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by Jared Richardson.
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I've tinkered with MythTV on and off during the last several years, but it's never quite passed the "Wife Test". There are a lot of reasons for that, but a much of the problem has been than I've always bought really cheap TV tuner cards and had to struggle to get them working. I've literally bought $10 tuner cards before. Another reason is the amount of time it takes to get a more advanced Myth system completely configured.
But Mythbuntu really puts a dent in the configuration argument. (In the past I've also used Knoppmyth, and it's also slick. I'd love to carve out some to see where it's at compared to mythbuntu, but time is tight these days.)
I realized that perhaps this time was different when my wife started listing kid's shows I needed to add to the schedule... and I don't even have it on a TV yet. So far, we're just using it on PCs around the house and the kids are