[mythtv-users] Thank You to the Devs

Brad DerManouelian myth at dermanouelian.com
Thu Jun 14 23:17:20 UTC 2007


On Jun 14, 2007, at 4:06 PM, Schlaegel wrote:

> On 6/12/07, Mark Chang <mark.chang at gmail.com> wrote:
>> And don't forget how you are messing up my newborn. Thanks to your  
>> evil
>> commercial skipping, he won't have any concept of commercials  
>> growing up!
>> How is he supposed to assimilate into mainstream pop culture in  
>> America
>> without COMMERCIALS? He also won't have any idea of channels, or  
>> the fact
>> that shows come on at certain times and don't naturally pause when  
>> he needs
>> to eat dinner. Oh, woe for a whole generation of Myth users!
>
> This is so true for me. I have a four year old son who doesn't have a
> real concept of commercials. He thinks all TV can be paused and
> rewound, and thinks that shows can be watched whenever one wants. When
> at friends' houses, when there are commercials, he wonders why the
> show stopped; if something funny happens, he asks to see it again, if
> he has to use the bathroom, he asks someone to pause the TV; if
> someone turns on the TV, he asks if he can watch his favorite Saturday
> Morning cartoon regardless of what day of the week it is.
>
> This is all true. In fact, my primary motivator in setting up MythTV,
> was realizing that my, then one year old, son was scared of "scary"
> commercials during prime time, and that he didn't have to be
> brainwashed by TV commercials like my generation was.
>
> -Schlaegel

My kids remember Live TV. Whenever something appears at the top of  
the Watch Recordings lit that catches my daughter's eye she puts it  
on while it's still recording. When she catches up to real-time after  
skipping commercials, she says, "Ugg! Stupid Live TV!" My son is  
older and knows to go do something else until the show is almost over  
before starting to watch it. :)



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