Myth TV And Media MVP In Action

August 30th, 2006 Davis Posted in Media, TV, TiVo |

This is a really neat video of a home theater set up that uses a Myth TV and a Media MVP in order to record television and stream it throughout the home. While watching the Myth in action is certainly impressive, I was actually more impressed with the quality of the video that was being broadcast through their televison projector. It’s certainly not HDTV quality, but considering the size of what’s being presented, it looked like a good option for those who don’t need the high resolution.

The Myth box has gotten a lot of good viral press and there are many people who feel as passionately about it as I do TiVo, but I worry that because of the restrictions put on HDTV content that there won’t be a future for the open source PVR once HDTV becomes the norm. No one really needs HDTV, but it’s a great luxury to have and as the price on HD capable sets continues to fall and as more networks adopt the broadcasting of HDTV content at some point it will replace standard television. Because of the expense necessary to certify a machine as cable card ready, the draconian laws that our legislators seem to love to pass may actually make creating your own HDTV capable myth box illegal. While I think the studios have a right to keep their HDTV content from ending up on the internet, I’m not fully convinced that making companies jump through these types of hoops will really prevent pirated HDTV signals from showing up on the bit torrent sites, especially when an HDTV other the air signal still exists. Instead, I think that consumers will be left at the mercy of cable operators who continue to raise cable prices year after year. In the short term though Myth is still a great solution for those of you who want to tinker around with your own setup and I’ve got to admit that the Media MVP looks pretty sweet.