[mythtv-users] The Death of MythTV in the US?

[Phil Bridges]

On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 10:05 PM, jedi <jedi at mishnet.org> wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 04:48:14PM -0400, Braindead wrote:
>  > On Thu, 27 Mar 2008 15:52:50 -0400
>  > "Eric Mesa" <ericsbinaryworld at gmail.com> wrote:
>  >
>  > > I've been doing a lot of reading and research with respect to current
>  > > cable trends in the US as well as reading the MythTV lists daily and
>  > > some of the archives.  First of all, I don't understand the point of
>  > <snip>
>  > I've got analog cable, can tune all the channels I want with as many tuners as I want.  No STB required.
>  >
>  > There's nothing on TV that I would even bother trying to get in HD anyway.
>
>     HD means dramatically higher storage requirements.
>
>     Even if Good Eats and Scooby Doo were available in genuine HD, I am not
>  sure I would care to spend 7-9GB per hour on either. The same goes for old
>  movies that have been mutilated and most new stuff.
>
>     TV in general seems intent on putting itself out of it's misery. The
>  newer generations are more interested in different content. The older
>  generations can get the cream of the crop from years past on DVD. A lot
>  of other people can use techniques that aren't politically correct to
>  mention here.
>
>     I find myself watching more TV while watching a lot less of stuff
>  captured from my cable provider.

Two corrections:

(1) Good Eats is available in genuine HD.
(2) It records at less than 6 GB per hour for me from my cable box.