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No More TV Listings For MythTV Users
Ryan Brown writes "As of September 1, the free XML TV guide service at zap2it labs has shut its doors due to misuse issues, as well as internal business issues. Now that Linux users, and most PVR users for that matter, are nearing the end of their last fetched TV guide, what free alternatives exist that can replace this much-needed service?"
Uhh, from the blurb (emphasis mine):
Now that Linux users, and most PVR users for that matter, are nearing the end of their last fetched TV guide, what free alternatives exist that can replace this much-needed service?"
From Schedules Direct's website's main page:
The cost of the service is currently US$15/3 months with a 7 day trial. We hope to lower the price by the end of the term, so recurring subscriptions are not yet offered.
What part of that are you confused about? Oh, and congratulate me on my 5000th Slashdot post, thanks.
Because information wants to be free. Free the info... oh yeah, the info! Ungh... ungh... oh damn, I just came all over my photo of Richard Stallman.
what free alternatives exist that can replace this much-needed service?"
Easy. Get up and walk off some of those calories.
For all intensive purposes, "whom" is no longer a word. That begs the question, "who cares"?
Why the fuck would anyone want to pay for TV listings? is it so esstential to your life that you need to fork out for this shit?
If you mod me down, I will become more powerful than you can imagine....
What's wrong with paying a couple bucks to get the listing data? Someone somewhere had to pay to provide the service. I don't see why everything, everywhere has to be free, free, free.
Oh damnit - I forgot. This is slashdot. Paying for stuff = bad.
This was their entire argument for why everyone who uses a TiVo is stupid. "MythTV is free, what don't you understand?!"
Well, now it's not free and it's also difficult to use which means it's just another irrelevant Linux based project.
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MythTV was shut down as part of a government conspiracy. They want to be able to more closely monitor what people watch on TV and do online, and this system would let them do that, so the government put pressure on them and they shut it down, for a new service that can be tied to names and credit card accounts. Don't be sucked in! Big Brother is watching you!
If you feel like the government is watching you, they're not. They're watching everyone! Stop BIG BROTHER!
No I didn't, I'm not a fact-nazi cocksucking niggerfag like you are.
Wow, they're not exactly marketing geniuses are they? Announce plans to make a very large discount on you service as soon as enough people sign up at the original inflated price? Yeah, that'll pull a huge number of customers in at your launch.
This is in no way a troll but are you geeks really talking about how you can watch TV on your Computers and not have to bother walking down the road to buy a TV guide. Seriously folks, don't you think that's just a little bit sad ? I mean watching TV all day is bad enough as is sitting in front of a dinky little computer but to combine the two, well it's tragic.
I understand this site is mainly aimed at an American audience so it's understandable many of them may have trouble waddling very far outdoors without being run down by a Hummer or recruited for illegitimate wars in countries they've never even heard of but as for the rest of you there's no excuse. Go outside, walk in the countryside, breathe in the fresh air and you will feel better for it. Your skin might even improve and you'd lose some weight so please, please do give it a go and stop discussing this sort of nonsense.