[mythtv-users] this might be a dumb question

[Michael T. Dean]

On 10/09/2007 03:28 PM, Mike Dodge wrote:
> On 10/9/07, Josh White <jaw1959 at gmail.com> wrote:
>   
>> On 10/9/07, Mike Dodge <dmikester1 at gmail.com > wrote:
>>> I do not currently have MythTV nor will I have the funds or time for it
>>> until at least a year or two.  I am getting married in less than a year,
>>> which is sucking up both the money and the time.  I downloaded a cool MythTV
>>> wallpaper with what looks like a wall of programs being shown, like you saw
>>> in one of the Matrix movies.  Is this even possible with MythTV?  Do you
>>> need one tuner card per program to display at any one time?
>> To answer your first question: no.  To answer you second question: yes.
> Thanks for the quick answers.  OK, so if I built a computer with 4 tuners in
> it, could I set it up to be watching four different channels at the same
> time in the four quadrants of the same screen?

Please, everybody, no top-posting (
http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Mailing_List_etiquette ).  I fixed
it this time ("Everybody gets one.  Tell them, Peter.").

Stanley Kamithi is working on "Picture by Picture" support, so--rather
than playing back one show in a small window in one corner of the screen
while watching something else--you can play back two shows side-by-side
(i.e. ideal for 4:3 content on a 16:9 screen).  But, more than two just
isn't feasible.

Personally, though, I don't understand the idea.  After all, you can
only listen to one and--if it's really worth watching--why not watch
it?  And, before you say, "Commercials," Myth is a PVR, so why even
watch LiveTV?  Record a show and use the commercial flags to skip
commercials.  I see this (or, worse, the wall of videos) as nothing more
than a, "See how cool this (useless) feature is.  I'll bet your TiVo
can't do that," kind of capability.  But, to each his own.  :)

If you really want a wall of videos, get yourself 25 MythTV frontends
and 25 displays and you're all set.

Mike