[mythtv-users] re:MythTV production run

[Bill Chmura]

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On Tuesday 04 May 2004 07:12 pm, Chris Petersen wrote:
> > 5 years is crazy for this... the entertainment field is constantly
> > changing. If you took mythtv and spent five years overhauling, you would
> > be 5 years behind when you finished it.  Not to mention the technology
> > changing.
>
> he said "5 man-years," not "5 years"...  5 man-years could be 30 people
> working for 2 months.  It's still a long time.

Ah your right... Can't believe I missed that part.  2 months would be 
acceptable, but why does myth need all that work anyway?  Seems that with a 
feature freeze, it should be able to stablilze much faster than that.  

> > Cable companies are starting to develop ways to compete with Tivo... 
> > Pretty soon the Cable box will have a DVR built in for only a higher
> > monthly fee. Everything I read says Tivo is going to be in trouble from
> > all the competition coming along.
>
> Yes and no.  Remember, Tivo is owned by DirectTV, who has licensed Tivo
> technology to at least a couple of other providers.

> > The one thought that sounded good was building a real high end box...  If
> > you did that, got some advertising in some of the audiophile magazines
> > then maybe you could sell some high end system...  You know... DVR of the
> > rich and famous...
>
> I have to agree here.  The low-end market will soon be saturated with
> low-end solutions (people are finally realizing that setting up a DVR
> can be easier than getting rid of the old blinking 12:00 on the VCR).
> Getting into the high-end market might be viable (I know nothing about
> it), especially since myth does a LOT more than just record TV.  You
> still have to worry about CSS fees.

What is CSS?

>
> On the other hand (CSS fees aside), setting up a few classes to teach
> people how to put together a computer and install linux, with the
> outcome being a working mythtv box, would be a great way for a few of us
> to earn some extra $$$.
>
> -Chris
>
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