[Opensource] MythTV stand at LinuxConf Open Day

[Roland Gesthuizen]

Exactly .. think of it as a free to air HDD recorder on steroids and you get
my drift. They take the guess work out of the hardware and build a box that
does its job well. After buying the box, we now have oodles left over to buy
DVDs again .. :-)

A huge irritation is always vendor lockin, use of closed standards, the
seducation of glossy brochures and the hype around the hawthorn effect when
new technologies are launched. As a rule, I avoid bagging solutions on a
public mailing list so feel free to chat to me off-list .. I can add more.

Regards Roland

On 31/01/2008, Cameron Bell <bell.cameron.p at edumail.vic.gov.au> wrote:
>
> I had it running on the R51 over the hols with a couple of movies
> installed as a trial. But I couldn't get it to recognise the TV capture
> card I had though. :-(    This is often a problem for Linux and having a
> company put together a box that is all compatible is very attractive.
> I thought of doing the same thing and looking at replacing Clickview,
> but the cost of replacing the Clickview content was not trivial. But
> using it as a free2air recorder is looking good.
> Cheers
> Cameron
>
> Roland Gesthuizen wrote:
> > This is an interesting product .. we bought one of these units last
> > year for our school instead of renewing our ClickView licence with
> > money left over. Very well priced and we keep discovering new features
> > or things we can do. Think of TiVO or a HDD TV recorder on steroids
> > and you get the idea. I was impressed by some of the YouTube videos
> > about how to use MythTV that you can Google for yourself on the web.
> >
> > This Saturday at the Open Day held at Melbourne University, you can
> > check out and play with these units (or even consider for home)
> > Details below ..
> >
> > Regards Roland
> >
> > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> >
> >     Date: 30 Jan 2008 00:09
> >     Subject: MythTV stand at LinuxConf Open Day
> >
> >     LinuxConf Open Day is on this Saturday. MythTV have a stand,
> >     everyone is welcome to drop by and check it out.
> >     http://linux.conf.au/wiki/index.php?title=Open_Day#MythTV
> >
> >     Mike Williams is an Australian MythTV developer. He builds and
> >     installs MythTV systems based on the KnoppMyth installation. He
> >     can deliver and run the install with a brief tutorial all at once.
> >     He has also been fairly open about providing support to any
> >     questions we have had trying out new things with the box also.
> >     Homepage at http://www.better-access.com/
> >
> >
> >
> > Regards Roland
> >
> > --
> > Roland Gesthuizen - ICT Coordinator - Westall Secondary College
> > http://www.westallsc.vic.edu.au
> >
> > "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can
> > change the world; indeed it is the only thing that ever has."
> > --Margaret Mead
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Roland Gesthuizen - ICT Coordinator - Westall Secondary College
http://www.westallsc.vic.edu.au

"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change
the world; indeed it is the only thing that ever has." --Margaret Mead
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