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It's Not TV, It's MythTV

Posted by michael on from the i-want-my-mythtv dept.

ChipGuy writes "The New York Times looks at MythTV (an open source PVR technology), Bit Torrent and Videora and how they are disrupting the television business, especially the lucrative business of selling TV DVDs. Unlike the music industry, television folks are trying to get ahead of the curve and offer TV downloads in a legal and easy to use manner."

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  1. 5000 saved programs... by game+kid · · Score: 3, Funny

    ...and still nothing on.

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    You can hold down the "B" button for continuous firing.
  2. You are so, so wrong. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    The women look like a bunch of retards too.

  3. Re:Finally... by |<amikaze · · Score: 2, Funny

    Look at Nike.

    Yeah, that company is strugling. I bet they're out of business by next year!

  4. Well you know what they say. by Chuck+Chunder · · Score: 2, Funny

    It's funny because it's true.

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    Boffoonery - downloadable Comedy Benefit for Bletchley Park
  5. Re:TV is disrupting its own business! by TheHonestTruth · · Score: 2, Funny
    I always admire it when people post AC. I mean, you don't even have the balls to say what you're going to say while hiding behind a registered handle (like I do)? That's a level of spinelessness I could never hope to achieve. Bravo.

    -truth

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    I had a steady B+ in my AI class until I failed the Turing test...

  6. Re:TV is disrupting its own business! by aussie_a · · Score: 5, Funny

    Turn on TV at any given time in prime time and you'll see some moron man (Everyone Loves Raymond) being bossed around by his bitchy wife. I'm not gonna watch shit like that

    Neither am I. I get enough of it at home.

  7. Re:myth by aussie_a · · Score: 2, Funny

    America, the land of the free.

  8. Re:TV is disrupting its own business! by ultranova · · Score: 2, Funny

    Here in Finland there's five major tv channels. Four of them suck and one has all the good shows from Star Trek to Sailor Moon, from Knight Rider to Neon Genesis Evangelion. Guess which one doesn't show where I live ?

    Well, at least the other channels have Get Smart...

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    Forget magic. Any technology distinguishable from divine power is insufficiently advanced.

  9. Re:TV is disrupting its own business! by hrm · · Score: 3, Funny

    watching a frigin busload of women redecorate their houses and elimidate each other

    Man, I think you're on to something! Women redocorating shit, then going on dates with each other (hot! hot! think the US market is ready for this? Maybe try euroland first), and at the end of the evenening eliminating one of their own (did she go too far on the first date? not far enough? eliminate!). Behold the elimidate!