[mythtv-users] Sports events, LiveTV or Watch Recording?

Kevin Kuphal kuphal at dls.net
Fri Jan 27 18:35:26 UTC 2006


Chad wrote:
> I rarely watch sports events of any type, so I'm a bit clueless in
> this arena.  I know that they can go longer than anticipated, so I
> would assume people watch LiveTV and then just pause it to give them
> the ability to skip parts they don't want to watch or commercials or
> whatever.  But then I started thinking and it would seem that Watch
> Recording might be better, if I want to channel surf a bit during
> boring parts or whatever, I can just save my position, exit Watch
> Recordings, then head to LiveTV and watch something else for a bit,
> then return and miss nothing...
>
> I've got it currently setup to Record, and have it End Late by 60
> minutes.  Should I remove this and just go LiveTV, or should I extend
> or decrease this time?
>
> Any thoughts?  I'm specifically talking about the Super Bowl, but
> figured it might apply to any sport on TV.
>   
I never use LiveTV.  I always schedule a recording for things I want to 
watch.  You never know what might happen or what you might want to do so 
why not have it record for those situations.

Kevin


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