[NCLUG] MythTV Questions

[Paul Hummer]

>>
>> What I WOULD like to see (and something more relevant to the list), 
>> is a linux device that is capable of being THE set top box.
>
> TiVos and some STBs do use Linux, so I suppose they are "Linux 
> devices" in a technical sense, but they are using proprietary hardware 
> to subvert the entire GPL concept. They want the free OS benefit 
> without giving anything back, and are actually working to limit what 
> other Linux users can do.
>
The Hauppauge product you talked about that decrypts, is that a PCI 
card?  Could you use a case with similar TiVo form factor, and have it 
replace your satellite/cable set top box/DVR?  Technically, if you were 
to do that, and run MythTV, the only subscription you would have to pay 
for is the channel listing service.  I would definitely be interested in 
building something like that (and there HAS to be a market for them, at 
least with the hardware hackers).

Paul