Re: GeeXboX (linux multimedia)

[Jesse Keating <hosting j2solutions net>]

On Saturday 31 May 2003 06:01, Keith Winston wrote:
> However, I may never get around to building one, because I've read that
> TIVO will soon release a TIVO BASIC that will not require a subscription
> or a phone line connection.  If that is true, I could never build one as
> cheaply as TIVO.  On the other hand, if you want all the other goodies
> of MythTV (like MP3, photo, weather, etc.) it may still be worth it to
> roll your own.

Yeah, I see mythTH and Freevo as more of an alternative to Microsoft's Media 
Center, rather than Tivo.  MC has a lot more features than the tivo, but most 
of them show up in Freevo and mythtv.

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