[mythtv-users] Mythtv "image"

Simon Hobson linux at thehobsons.co.uk
Sat Jan 23 22:58:38 UTC 2016


Ian Evans <dheianevans at gmail.com> wrote:

> I posted a pro-MythTV tweet with my @torontoota acct and one of the responses was that our beloved PVR is


> "too expensive to build

Yes, you need hardware to run it - so it's expensive compared with some of the "free" offerings available now. Over here in the UK, there are now several ISPs that will sell you phone, internet, and ... TV with a PVR thrown in either free or for a nominal charge.

> , too hard to set up

Yes, it's more than "open box, plug in power, aerial, and HDMI, sit down and watch"

> ,  too expensive to operate

Not sure where that comes from - unless they are looking at some of the backends some people have mentioned here with "significant" lecky consumption figures.

> and there are at least half a dozen better options".

Depends on what the definition of "best". For most people, the pile of manure that comes with their internet service is more than adequate. Over here, the dominant platform is still Sky - a closed system where they run the system, provide the receivers, manage the EPG, produce programs, ... and many people can't see why anyone would want anything "better".

> Does myth have an image problem? I didn't think so.

I think it does. Whether that's justified or not, it has the image that it's a complicated system for nerds, needing lots of knowledge in Linux and the black arts.


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