[mythtv-users] MythTV review from a long-time TiVo user

[Ben Giddings]

On Feb 28, 2005, at 23:59, Paul Leppert wrote:
> The thing I miss most from the TiVo is the Live TV buffer.  The Tivo
> is always recording live TV, so if you turn on the TV, TiVo has the
> last 30 minutes of the current channel.  I'll probably get over this
> with Myth, but it's nice to start watching Live TV and be able to back
> up (via the buffer) to the beginning of whatever show is currently on.

Not to bring up a bad memory, but on Sept 11th I woke up, wandered out 
to the living room, and flicked on the TV, only to see smoke pouring 
out of a building.  I went back 30 minutes and was able to see the 
beginning of the coverage, I then hit "record" and it even kept the 
stuff that happened before I woke up.  Overall, I don't use this much, 
since I almost always watch recorded things (TV on *my* schedule is the 
point, afterall), but I agree, this is a handy feature.

Ben