Mythbuntu

We're doing away with (amongst other things) Cable television. At some point I would like to put an antenna up the tower along with a masthead preamplifier, but that can probably wait a while.

At the other end of the coax cable, we would like to have a video recorder (DVR, PVR, whatever). We could buy one from someone like TiVo, but then we're at their mercy for firmware fixes. Instead I would rather use Mythbuntu, which is capable of doing more (e.g. streaming recorded content over the computer network) and is an active open–source software project so can't be killed off by the hardware vendor.

All of this work will cost us a bit up front but every month we'll be saving money (via a somewhat convoluted service switch) and we should end up with a more pleasant, less restrictive overall home entertainment experience.