<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 12 July 2010 21:42, jedi <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jedi@mishnet.org">jedi@mishnet.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
<div class="im">On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 08:54:49PM +0100, Jason Ward wrote:<br>
> On 11 July 2010 23:06, Nick Rout <<a href="mailto:nick.rout@gmail.com">nick.rout@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
><br>
> > there have been threads before over the years about "let's make/design<br>
> > a consumer level mythtv box". They usually founder on the fact that<br>
> > everyone wants different things in their myth machine, and that you'll<br>
> > never make something cheaper than the consumer electronics<br>
> > manufacturers can!<br>
> ><br>
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</div> It's even worse than that. State of the art cable tuners are completely<br>
disallowed from open systems entirely. Such tuners are restricted to members<br>
of an industry cartel and those willing to play by their rules. This not only<br>
impacts hobbyists but also smaller "garage" operations that might have a new<br>
take on the PVR.<br>
<br>
Then there are the Tivo patents. There's no telling how far a court will<br>
let them apply those if Tivo Corp threatened by such a garage operation.<br>
<div class="im"><br>
> Snip<br>
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</div> Tivo is having enough trouble with their business model an they are a bully<br>
and an early mover in this area.<br>
<div class="im"><br></div></blockquote></div>I think the ability to pursue a project like this is much greater outside of the US. Beyond the difficulty in making a consumer class MythTV system in of itself, I see no problems with doing it in the UK, certainly I don't foresee the problems you describe for US.<br>