[mythtv-users] MythTV vs XBMC

Thomas Mashos thomas at mashos.com
Sun May 11 00:40:19 UTC 2014


On Sat, May 10, 2014 at 5:32 PM, jedi <jedi at mishnet.org> wrote:
> On Sat, May 10, 2014 at 09:53:06AM +1200, Nick Rout wrote:
>> On May 9, 2014 11:08 PM, "Michael T. Dean" <mtdean at thirdcontact.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > On 05/08/2014 01:42 PM, Travis Tabbal wrote:
>> >>
>> >> And I can bring another TV into the system for ~$50 (RPi, case, PSU, IR
>> receiver).
>> >
>> >
>> > Wow, I remember when MythTV was considered a high-end, luxury DVR system.
>>  I guess now, you all want cheap (and, no, I don't mean "inexpensive").
>>
>> one factor is that reasonable TV panels are so cheap. I often see people
>> wanting to kit out houses with 5 or more TVs. They balk at that many $2-300
>> PC's but at $50 pis seems cheap. And yes the costs may vary widely
>
>     I find this a bit puzzling. 5 TVs is OK but a $200 set top box for each
> of those TVs is a show stopper. I just don't get that.
>
>     If you can avoid Smart TVs, a $300 HTPC already pays for itself.
>
> [deletia]
> _______________________________________________

5 TV's + RPI's $1675

5 TV's + HTPC ($300) - $3000

If you can't see why one is way more attractive than the other then I
can't help you.

Thanks,

Thomas Mashos


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