Based on all of the feedback generated by Big Boys Toys we now have a myPVR Frequently Asked Questions page. If you feel we haven’t covered some of your questions please contact us and we will endeavour to update it.
Steven and Cherie send a big thank you to everyone who visited our stand over the last couple of days. We had a great show at BP Ultimate Big Boys Toys 2006, with a lot of interesting feedback from the public about myPVR. This was the first public showing of the new look version 2 of myPVR and the reaction was overwhelmingly positive.
First of all we would like to say a quick thank you to Newtek for the loan of a Benq 37″ LCD TV, IBM for the loan of Tux the penguin, and to Orcon for kindly supplying the internet connection we needed for some of our demonstrations.
We will have updated information on line over the next couple of days along with the updated pricing for the version 2 units. We also hope to have a frequently asked questions page to cover the queries we got from potential customers over the course of the show.
Until then if you have any additional queries please don’t hesitate to contact us.
OpenMedia are using their appearance at Big Boys Toys to launch version 2 of myPVR. More details will be made available on the website next week, including updated pricing, but if you get a chance pop along to the show and take a look at our new hardware.
OpenMedia is proud to announce our involvement with BP Ultimate Big Boys Toys 2006. We will be situated in the “Technology and Gaming” area in Hall 3 on stand 301, so please don’t miss us!
We will have two of our latest myPVR units running demonstrations, and set up for you to have a play to see for yourself just how user-friendly myPVR really is.
Come along to meet us and take away as much information as you need about myPVR, or even place your order with us at the show.
OpenMedia are very pleased to announce that the basis for their myPVR software platform has now been upgraded to MythTV 0.20. This new release has been made available free of charge to all of our existing customers so that they can enjoy the enhancements made by the MythTV team over the six months. In addition, OpenMedia have made a number of improvements specific to the New Zealand market. These improvements have focused on customers who wish to record SkyTV, and initial support for the soon to be launched “Free To Air” New Zealand Digital TV Service. °
If you want to see a demonstration of myPVR and MythTV 0.20 in action why not visit us on stand 301 in Hall 3 at Big Boys Toys from 10-12th November.
Key Major Changes for myPVR 1.20 based on MythTV 0.20
Additional Bug Fixes and Enhancements
Enhancements to SkyTV Support
° Full details on the FreeView Digital TV support will be made available closer to the official launch of the service.
¹ Wireless network support is an optional feature.
² SkyTV support requires an existing SkyTV subscription and connection to a SkyTV supplied set-top box.
³ WTV + KTV are an additional subscription based service that are separate from a normal SkyTV subscription.
OpenMedia are very pleased to announce that myPVR will be supporting the recently released MythTV 0.20. Technical Director Steven Ellis has commented “The recent enhancements to the MythTV software make it the perfect delivery platform for the new FreeView digital network here in New Zealand. We are already testing both MythTV 0.20 and the FreeView network and hope to make a full release in the very near future. Our customers can be assured that we have carried out all the appropriate integration testing for the myPVR hardware platform”.
All existing myPVR customers will get an upgrade to the updated software as part of their standard support contract.
OpenMedia is very proud to announce that it has sponsored the launch of the new mythtv.co.nz news and information site. We hope that this will be a useful portal for people seeing information on MythTV in New Zealand, as well as place for MythTV advocacy.
One recent news item featured is a comparison of MythTV and Windows MCE 2005 carried out by Toms Hardware. The article is titled “The MythTV Convergence“.
Chris Barton at the NZ Herald poses the question in a recent article on whether his perfect FreeView set top box ever appear. We at OpenMedia like to think that we already have such a unit. Take a look at the Herald’s article below for more details
Also this week the Sunday Star Times covers the additional channels that the new FreeView platform is supposed to be offering. Catch the article on stuff.co.nz‘s website.
If you have a chance take a look at Issue 49, the July edition, of tone. As part of the Toneworld section on page 8 they have covered myPVR. They liked how well we stand out against the competition from mySky and Windows MCE, in particular the network capabilities and music jukebox.
OpenMedia is thrilled to announce that they will be at Big Boys Toys 2006.
At our stall in the Technology Hall, the public will be able see myPVR in action, complete with hands on demos.
Sales orders will be taken at the show.