[mythtv-users] Terrestrial Television, Aereo and MythTV

[Chuck Peters]

This morning the CEO said the equipment costs for Aereo are about $50 per
user with a 5 year lifetime [1].  It seems to me that number could be
reduced quite a bit.

As many of you know Aereo's service uses free Terrestrial Television and
cloud based services.  I think the Aereo service is demonstrating how the
MythTV community, or partners etc, could provide over the air channels
legally.  How feasible do you think it would be for some users, or locally
based projects, to provide these channels?

If my understanding of this is correct, a mythtv user could setup a bunch
of these small antenna's and distribute the over the air recordings within
an area where the TV station broadcasts.  Have any ham radio people and
mythtv developers, or other projects, discussed doing something like this?


Thanks,
Chuck


1. CNBC about 10:45 am Chet Kanojia appeared on Squawk on the Street.

Pic on antenna's used by Aereo
http://gigaom.com/2013/02/06/inside-aereo-new-photos-of-the-tech-thats-changing-how-we-watch-tv/dsc_0151/
Inside Aereo: new photos of the tech that’s changing how we watch TV
http://gigaom.com/2013/02/06/inside-aereo-new-photos-of-the-tech-thats-changing-how-we-watch-tv/

Aereo might work with Linux and/or MythTV.
http://support.aereo.com/customer/portal/articles/793280-will-aereo-work-on-linux-
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