Tivo vs MythTV (was: *pout* HDTV No Recordee....)

[Ben Scott]

On 11/8/06, Randy Edwards <redwards at golgotha.net> wrote:
>> What's the payback for giving away guide data?
>
> It's funny you mention that.  Just yesterday I corrected the guide's
> channel listings for my local cable company.

  Hmmm, kinda like a FreeDB.org for TV.  *nods*

> Besides corrections like that, the guide needs to encourage people to
> code apps to their service, which some Mythers do.

  So it encourages more people to take advantage of their free
service, increasing the load on their servers.  How does that help?
:)

>    But this is a concern to some Myth devs.  I believe there is one working
> alternative service which has a small fee.

  Ahh.  That kind of foresight alone is good news.  And I would be
willing to spend a *reasonable* amount of money to get guide data.
(Note to Comcast: $10/month is *not* reasonable.)  Not that different
from buying a printed TV Guide back in the days before TiVo.

>> Also, does the decoder/output on the PVR-350 work with MythTV?
>
> I use the 350's tv-out to put things out to my TV and it works great.

  Good info.  Thanks.

-- Ben