[mythtv-users] Freevo, Tivo & MythTV

[Viitasaari]

I have been listening to all you folks weigh in on how you watch TV and
you all make a great case for your style of watching.  However, it still
does not take away from the fact that there are a lot of channel surfers
out there who like to pause and play live TV.

I would think that it goes against the rules of systems analysis to not
acknowledge this when developing a PVR.

Best Regards, Hedgehog

On Fri, 2006-11-17 at 15:43 -0700, Brian Wood wrote:
> On Nov 17, 2006, at 3:33 PM, David Brodbeck wrote:
> 
> > Steve Hodge wrote:
> >> I think this is only the usage pattern for people who are just
> >> starting to use systems with integrated EPGs like MythTV and Tivo.
> >> After a matter of weeks or months I expect most users would watch  
> >> very
> >> little live and just record everything for latter viewing. That's
> >> certainly been my experience.
> >
> > Mine, too.  It's pretty rare for me to watch live TV anymore.  When I
> > do, I usually bypass Myth and use my VCR's tuner, so I can let Myth
> > carry on recording stuff I've scheduled.
> 
> I think anybody who has been using Myth for a while will agree that  
> LiveTV is not used much.
> 
> But old habits can be hard to break for new users, and they have to  
> get used to changing from the sequential nature of programming to an  
> essentially on-demand system.
> 
> One problem I have now is that after I have told the system to record  
> something I think of it as "available" to me, even when it hasn't  
> been broadcast yet.
> 
> But for the few times when Live TV is wanted, like perhaps some  
> sporting events and truly significant breaking news stories, the  
> ability to pause is a nice advantage over a live tuner, as is the  
> ability to decide to record something after you have started watching  
> it.
> 
> And I have got to the point where I find commercial really irksome.  
> Everytime I see that "Skipped xx:xx" message on-screen I realize I  
> have got a small part of my life back from the advertisers who seek  
> to take it away from me.
> 
> So having enough tuners to be able to record and watch LiveTV is a  
> must IMHO.
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