[mythtv-users] prebuilt pvrs for developers benefit?

Bill Chmura Bill at Explosivo.com
Tue May 4 17:46:06 EDT 2004


On Tuesday 04 May 2004 05:14 pm, Joseph A. Caputo wrote:
> On Tuesday 04 May 2004 12:23, Peter Lee wrote:
> > I agree with the idea that the most obvious business potential in
> > MythTV is in the high-end super-customized home-theater market.  The
> > installation and configuration would go for $3K-$5K and would provide
> > something truly unique and very highly personalized to the high-end
> > customer (eg, UI themes designed specifically for the customer, etc).
> >
> > The main issue here is that this kind of business goes well beyond
> > just building linux boxes.  Probably there would be a significant
> > amount of general contracting involved (to build theater space,
> > racks, lighting controls, etc), integration, and so on.  So the
> > overheads would be a lot higher.
>
> Yeah, I've given this some thought myself.  Basically do custom
> home-media setups for high-end customers (think: multi-tuner backend(s)
> with frontends all over the house, that kind of stuff).  Best way to do
> it would be to form a relationship with a general contractor/home
> construction company.  Sit down with the customer & design a plan, then
> sit down with the GC or electrician to lay out the wiring.  Putting
> anything more than a simple 1-machine setup in an existing home with no
> network wiring isn't worth it (at least, not until we have 100 Mbit
> wireless...)
>
> Some friends of my sister-in-law recently had me come over and help them
> get their new Gateway (MS) Media Center & plasma TV set up properly.
> The Gateway salesman totally over-sold to them, and then they wanted
> $800 to do an in-home setup and demo.  There's definitely money to be
> made in home theater design & consulting.

Maybe, but they didn't opt for the $800 did they... 

>
> -JAC
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