This is the same battle that broadcasters fought against cable companies in the 60's and 70's, when cable companies basically sold access to a large antenna some miles away through their coaxial: their primary customers often lived in places where television signals did not reach (valleys, etc).
Everything about this rubs me the wrong way: from PBS fighting it to there even _being_ a market for Aereo (it shouldn't be necessary, given modern technology).
> Everything about this rubs me the wrong way: ... to there even _being_ a market for Aereo (it shouldn't be necessary, given modern technology).
Sadly, though, there is a _huge_ hole in the market for cheap, easy-to-setup DVR boxes for over-the-air broadcasts. Mythtv is too tedious for the average consumer to bother with, and items like HD Homerun still require some sort of backend server (of sorts) running to schedule record times. Tivo is perhaps the cheapest option, but its monthly service costs are still higher than this option (and still requires separate purchase of a box).
For $8 a month for a 40 hour DVR box, this sounds like a pretty sweet deal to me.
Everything about this rubs me the wrong way: from PBS fighting it to there even _being_ a market for Aereo (it shouldn't be necessary, given modern technology).