[mythtv-users] Ubuntu Media Center team dumping MythTV for Elisa (yuck!)

[Brad DerManouelian]

On May 15, 2007, at 9:32 PM, Michael T. Dean wrote:

> On 05/15/2007 09:00 PM, Justin Hornsby wrote:
>> So a new player comes along & 'wows' (if you can even call it that in
>> the case of Elisa) people with its effects driven UI... so what?
>>
>> What does that mean for mythTV?  A few users find it suits their  
>> needs
>> & they use that rather than MythTV.  No great loss.
>>
>> I'm sorry but there's nothing to see here.  So we 'lose' a few fickle
>> users.  Big wow.
>>
>> Other than the obvious (and rather tacky IMHO) UI effects, MythTV is
>> still miles ahead of many a PVR application - even ones folks pay  
>> good
>> money for.
>>
>
> Yeah, but they say Elisa will have some amazing features--like the
> long-sought-after "trick mode support" offering features such as fast
> forward, slow motion, and reverse playback.  And, they'll have TV
> viewing and PVR capabilities, including features such as time- 
> shifting.
> ( http://elisa.fluendo.com/features/ )
>
> Sounds to me like Myth's days over.
>
> (I agree with you fully, Justin.)
>
> Mike

I wonder how long it takes for Apple to issue a cease and desist on  
that navigation they stole from them. Google tried to do that a while  
back. It stayed on google.com for about a day before they were  
ordered to take it down - and they did so immediately.