Re: Draft MythTV proposal and results of meeting with NHTI faculty and staff - March 3rd target for pilot

[Jarod Wilson]

On Feb 15, 2007, at 10:14, Jon 'maddog' Hall wrote:

I might try buying a PVR-150 at CompUSA and cross my fingers...

There are several reasons why we are doing this in "stages":

o We are all technical, and can understand when things go wrong

  understand that things can go wrong.
o We understand that we are going to do the best we can, but sometimes
  things go wrong.
o Small groups allow more time to "iron out wrinkles" that happen in
  case things go wrong
o I spent 16 years at Digital and I know that "shit happens" (i.e.
  things go wrong).
o There once was a person named "Murphy".

So with all of that, if you (or anyone else in this pilot) wants to

corner and try a concerted effort to make it work, we are all friends
here.  And, in fact, the more things we try in terms of configuration
size and power, the more we can guide them.

o We have been following this, or working with this for a while, and we bring along some card or some slightly strange configuration, sit in the

Ooh, I like playing with oddball items... I have a few I could bring, but I've already made most of them work (or decided they weren't currently worth the effort).

My findings, however, is that it is easier to take out memory from a
system that has too much, overload a system that has "too much CPU",

opposite direction because you don't have enough.


made an investment of any type hoping to get a working "Tivo on

and tell them what to buy (within limits of "Openness").

turn off a second CPU to see what one will do, than to have to go in the Later on, as we try to fit "Mom&Pop" masses, we may find people who have Steroids" may not be as happy with us. That is why we have to be "mean"

I'd suggest maybe offering both component-by-component requirements (ex: 1GB RAM, nVidia graphics, 3GHz+ total cpu power), and at least one pre-built system where we can say "just buy this box". I've thought about selling pre-built systems myself, but haven't ever really got beyond the thinking about it and talking about it with a few other people stage. Certainly, if we could get Showtime to offer up a pre-built bundle, I think that'd be great (and I'd definitely help them with specs).

I'm a little trepidation offering because I don't have a working
MythTV box yet...but maybe between Jarod and I, we can collectively
cover  all each other's backs?

And part of "driving" is simply being there to hold the wheel.

Thank you for raising your hand.

--
Jarod Wilson
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Yeah, I think we'll manage... I'm rather excited to see how this all goes.

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