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From: "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid>
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Subject: Re: electrical deaths
Date: Tue, 3 Dec 2024 15:04:50 +0100
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On 2024-12-03 03:18, Don Y wrote:
> On 12/2/2024 2:07 PM, Carlos E.R. wrote:
>>>> MythTV is very powerful, but in the past I had trouble making 
>>>> Digital TV cards work with Linux
>>>
>>> The SD offerings are stand-alone boxes; typically two (optimized
>>> now, to one) antenna/cable input and a network connection.  (I
>>> think once you get above 4? tuners, they add network interfaces
>>> just because HD content -- for multiple concurrent broadcasts --
>>> can quickly consume bandwidth of a single interface)
>>
>> I will have to see if they sell here. The transmission protocols are 
>> different.
> 
> <shrug>  No idea.  I treat THAT technology much like people treat 
> automobiles:
> "What do I have to do to MAKE IT GO?"
> 
> MythTV, OTOH, is a big mess.  Typical of FOSS offerings where no one sat 
> down
> to DESIGN the product but, rather, opted to have scores of "settings" (and
> boasting that it maximizes flexibility!) so that the user -- EACH user 
> -- ends
> up having to make decisions that the developers avoided.  <frown>
> 
> Thankfully, the "box" we have has already baked ITS notions into its
> design so, as long as we can live with those assumptions, its a great
> solution!

Yes, I agree that a ready made box is better; I just have not found a 
good enough box. I have one somewhere, but it is much worse than my old 
Gigaset. It appears that good makers have abandoned this market in Europe.

-- 
Cheers, Carlos.