So, in other words, a very powerful MythTV/Tivo sort of device? Would
it have a hard drive?
One of my friends spent months researching MythTV with the intention
of building one. He ultimately came to the conclusion that getting a
Tivo would be less expensive, more reliable, require less effort to
set up, less effort to maintain, and there would be someone to
complain to when something went wrong. We could take a step towards
correcting this problem by developing a "supported platform," where a
company, such as Traversal, would sell it and take responsibility for
the customer service.
What would be good to see is a full spec, inside and out. Include
software requirements in the spec, even if the existing software, like
MythTV, doesn't already have the features you require. When you have
made all of the appropriate engineering compromises, you'll be able to
go straight to specing out the components that would go into it.
BTW, don't try too hard to make the thing tiny. We're going to want
an array of things like USB ports and even a serial port for both
general I/O and as access to the inner workings when we're debugging
the thing. Don't spec something without having designed in a way to
test it. Otherwise, a "simpler" design could take far longer to get
to market.
On 4/27/07, James Richard Tyrer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
IIUC, what some are proposing is something that looks like the Apple TV
box. Possibly a little larger to also include a VGA connector on the
back. The difference would be that:
We would not require proprietary software to run it.
We would support all video formats.
Our box could also be used as the only video "card" on the
system.
Should we support WiFi or should we have a PCMCIA card to plug it in.
Considering the Apple product, if Apple succeeds then this would seem
like a viable product.
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