Recently it occurred to me that a lot of the design in modern TV boxes - FireTV, AppleTV, GoogleTV, Roku etc - was first pioneered back in the early 2000s HTPC days, of MythTV, Xbox Media Center, etc.
Back when mainstream TV was doing giant tables of text, the HTPC people were doing film posters, and simpler, more spatial UI.
Was anyone on HN hacking on MythTV / XBMC etc in the early 2000s? Did you you end up at Amazon / Apple? Did you start your own company? Did your work end up inside another project? What was the transition from warez to licensed content like?
Recently it occurred to me that a lot of the design in modern TV boxes - FireTV, AppleTV, GoogleTV, Roku etc - was first pioneered back in the early 2000s HTPC days, of MythTV, Xbox Media Center, etc.
Back when mainstream TV was doing giant tables of text, the HTPC people were doing film posters, and simpler, more spatial UI.
Was anyone on HN hacking on MythTV / XBMC etc in the early 2000s? Did you you end up at Amazon / Apple? Did you start your own company? Did your work end up inside another project? What was the transition from warez to licensed content like?