Congratulations VDR, Klaus and every person who contributed to VDR in any way possible!
I can honestly say that about 2 years ago I didn't use VDR, because I thought it required a Full DVB card. But since I wanted to watch HDTV, I decided to gamble and buy a HTPC instead. So that I could be more flexible, it was cheaper then a dedicated HDTV receiver (which in total costed me more then I anticipated, but hobby costs money anyway) and it was more future proof. In the beginning I started using some awkward Windows applications (MCE, Media portal, DVB Viewer Pro) and Myth TV, but it wasn't quite what I wanted and I was planning to sell my HTPC. Then I discovered that I could use VDR in combination with a softdevice-plugin, I've never gone back to other options. Ok, I still test some new hard- and software but still I keep coming back to VDR. And yes, that's a major compliment :).
Regards,
Niels Wagenaar
On Fri, Feb 19, 2010 at 5:09 PM, Klaus Schmidinger Klaus.Schmidinger@tvdr.de wrote:
It has been exactly 10 years since version 0.01 of VDR (originally named "OSM" - On Screen Menu) was released.
I want to use the occasion to thank everybody who has contributed to VDR, but also those who simply use VDR in their every day life. I for one couldn't imagine watching tv without VDR any more. Special thanks go to the people running the VDR-Portal (www.vdr-portal.de).
Originally I intended to release version 2.0 of VDR at the 10th anniversary, but as ever so often, I ran out of time. But I'm still on it - stability comes before deadlines ;-)
I hope you don't think I'm blowing my own horn here, I just didn't want the date to pass by without a remark...
Klaus
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