[mythtv-users] MythTV on Ebay

[James L. Paul]

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On Sunday 07 December 2003 14:30, Jason Ramey wrote:
> Very good question, I'd wager they have setup their own mirror to the
> zap2it listings that they will upgrade as needed. Buy It Now for 749
> dollars!? Insanity.

If I were to be so insane, instead of trying to mirror or provide zap2it 
listings, I'd avoid that whole legal and technical ratnest. I'd probably set 
up some a script to do automated package updates that checked my own server 
every day. When zap2it or something else needed updating, I'd put the 
package(s) on my server and the remote clients scripts would check in, see a 
needed update, pull down the package and update themselves.

Making it all robust and stable enough to deploy to end-user consumers at this 
point is a much larger problem, IMHO. ;)

Then again, I wouldn't expect to find a solid solution being offered on ebay, 
I'd be more likely to think the buyer is on their own after purchase. But I'm 
cynical, Over the years I've had more bad experiences than good when buying 
on ebay.

> Jason
>
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> From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org
> Sent: Sunday, December 07, 2003 5:24 PM
> To: mythtv-users
> Subject: [mythtv-users] MythTV on Ebay
>
> Was looking for a pvr-250 and came across this item.
>
> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2770366871&category=5113
>6
>
> Shuttle XPC SN41G2 Linux PVR "Tivo" System Watch, pause & record live TV
> without fees!
>
> I'm wondering what the seller is going to do every two months or so when
> zap2it breaks and we all have to update xmltv?
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