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bySilentChris ( 452960 ) writes:
MythTV is great if you like to fiddle with your DVR hardware instead of actually WATCHING the television.
For most people, this is a reasonable solution (alongside other reasonable solutions such as getting the DVR that comes from the cable/telephone company, getting a Windows Media Center box, etc). I would venture to say that a MythTV box takes a couple hours for the average user to set up (barring issues with incompatible hardware/software, which'll undoubtedly add more time). Let's say it takes 4 hours
byAnonymous Coward writes:
Well, if your time is worth more than $50/hour, based on a 40 hour work week you make at least $104,000 annually, so paying for something that can be done for free is worth it to you. For those of us not making six figures mythtv is a great option.
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byjebrew ( 1101907 ) writes:
Mod parent up. I frequently calculate costs of things before I venture off into lands unknown. Building a DVR was pretty sweet.
Additionally, if you 'roll your own' you can do things like I've done. I have 2 Media Center based systems that have access to a 4TB storage system with full DVD rips of all of my movies as well as all of my pictures. MyMovies keeps it all organized and up to date with IMDB.
Try that with your tivo.
byjedidiah ( 1196 ) writes:
...something else that should bring up in all of this
nonsense about "how I can magically convert my free
time into little gold coins" is the fact that all of
the other PVR solutions offer far superior commercial
skipping features.
I don't have to worry about my 30-second skip button
going away or trying to re-program it afterwards.
My PVR skips those pesky commercials automagically.
Nice convenience. Nice time saver.
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bySilentChris ( 452960 ) writes:
Well, if your time is worth more than $50/hour, based on a 40 hour work week you make at least $104,000 annually, so paying for something that can be done for free is worth it to you
I do, and I doubt I'm alone here in that regard. Tech has seen a resurgence -- not uncommon for people to be making 6 digits nowadays.
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