[mythtv-users] Legality of selling MythTV and its Components?

[Brian Wood]

On May 3, 2006, at 2:28 PM, Kevin Kuphal wrote:

> Steven Ihde wrote:
>> I agree there is potential here.  Not from me, I've already  
>> invested a couple
>> hundred bucks and at least ten trips to Fry's Electronics so I  
>> can't stop
>> now!  But finding the right combination of fanless or very quiet  
>> devices that
>> will all work together and fit into a good-looking small case  
>> turned out to
>> be quite a bit more work than I thought, and I still don't think  
>> my wife
>> likes it, she just doesn't hate it enough to veto it.
>>
>> If I find myself looking for a second front-end, I would seriously  
>> consider
>> buying from a fellow enthusiast who provided a website with lots  
>> of pictures;
>> detailed, complete specs for the hardware; and precise  
>> measurements of the
>> case (so I could see if it would fit where I wanted it).  I guess  
>> two main
>> problems would be (1) people finding the website might just avail  
>> themselves
>> of your "free research" and buy the same hardware themselves and  
>> assemble it,
>> and (2) getting the word out -- I didn't think to look for  
>> something like
>> this, I just went and did it myself.
>>
>>
> This is really the rub.  No one is building these boxes at home with
> unlimited budgets.  We're all cash strapped.  Unless you can sell the
> bundle for significantly less than I can go out and buy all the same
> components myself + shipping and warranties, etc., then I don't see  
> any
> pre-bundled solution taking off.  The bottom line is I'm a cheap skate
> and I'll get it wherever it is cheapest.

Certainly the readers of this list would make a poor target for  
potential customers. Most of us here are quite capable of putting a  
machine together for the same as it would cost anybody else, and  
getting the software set up as well. we are not likely to pay anybody  
bug bucks to do any of this for us.

Now if you want to target a bunch of well-off professionals with more  
money than time, who know next to nothing about computers, then I'd  
say you have a god potential market.

Just don't send your customers here for support :-)