[mythtv-users] Tivo debuts slimmed-down TV service

[tarek Lubani]

Wasn't that the short answer to getting the XBox to run linux sans mod?

The key here is to properly balance the various priorities.. Ultimately, 
though, for the cost of that tivo (549 USD?), you could probably assemble 
your own system..

And as the Myth advances, it's bound to get easier : )

tarek : )

>This is almost certainly impossible. The reason people (foolishly) get 
>their hopes up about TIVO is that it runs linux right now. The stock 
>software from TIVO is in fact linux based. However, the chance of getting 
>a stock linux distro to install and work with all that proprietary 
>hardware is near null. Furthermore, the TIVO architecture (slow ass CPU 
>and hardware encode/decode) would complicate things even more. The short 
>answer is .... forget it.
>
>Cedar
>
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