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<blockquote data-quote="agayton" data-source="post: 203155" data-attributes="member: 28739">deebo,I would agree, for now, but the potential is there. MediaPortal is getting so many great features and the three systems I have running are pretty stable. Thanks to the folks on this forum, I have been able to tweak things to the point where my home system has become a &quot;daily driver&quot;. Part of this conference is to introduce new ideas to educators. I want to show them how this system could be used. I will not be recommending that they run out and set up a massive TVServer Master Slave system with MediaPortal clients right away. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" />&nbsp; Most of the folks at this conference will be techs, tech directors, and other technology leaders. Exposing them to MediaPortal will get the ball rolling and I think can add good people to this group. Schools face some pretty tough issues when it comes to media distribution. They first have to deal with some tough legal issues, but then they have budget issues as well. Most media distribution solutions start around the 30k range and get higher from there. They also have platform issues to deal with. I looked at some of the other solutions (Myth and GB-PVR) but most schools don't have folks who know Linux, there is not a good Myth pc client yet, and GB-PVR is closed source. Since most schools in Georgia are Windows based, MediaPortal is an obvious choice. No, I don't see schools moving to this right away, but they need to start looking at it now so that they will be ready when the time comes. Schools are starting to move to the idea of ubiquitous computing and an interface like MediaPortal's will get them farther in that direction than anything they use now.thanks,ag</blockquote>

[QUOTE="agayton, post: 203155, member: 28739"] deebo, I would agree, for now, but the potential is there. MediaPortal is getting so many great features and the three systems I have running are pretty stable. Thanks to the folks on this forum, I have been able to tweak things to the point where my home system has become a "daily driver". Part of this conference is to introduce new ideas to educators. I want to show them how this system could be used. I will not be recommending that they run out and set up a massive TVServer Master Slave system with MediaPortal clients right away. :D Most of the folks at this conference will be techs, tech directors, and other technology leaders. Exposing them to MediaPortal will get the ball rolling and I think can add good people to this group. Schools face some pretty tough issues when it comes to media distribution. They first have to deal with some tough legal issues, but then they have budget issues as well. Most media distribution solutions start around the 30k range and get higher from there. They also have platform issues to deal with. I looked at some of the other solutions (Myth and GB-PVR) but most schools don't have folks who know Linux, there is not a good Myth pc client yet, and GB-PVR is closed source. Since most schools in Georgia are Windows based, MediaPortal is an obvious choice. No, I don't see schools moving to this right away, but they need to start looking at it now so that they will be ready when the time comes. Schools are starting to move to the idea of ubiquitous computing and an interface like MediaPortal's will get them farther in that direction than anything they use now. thanks, ag [/QUOTE]

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