[mythtv-users] Live TV playback frustration

[Michael T. Dean]

On 08/08/2012 03:01 PM, Saul A. Peebsen wrote:
> On Wed, 08 Aug 2012 14:15:53 -0400 Jim Morton wrote:
>
>> Mostly people that use DVRs for any length of time get away from
>> watching live tv. The advantages of recording everything you might
>> possibly want to watch and then then picking from what has been
>> recorded are many. I don't know of any advantages to watching live tv.
> I beg to differ. I've used MythTV since 0.21. I do not have a TV in my
> bedroom, the secondary monitor of my PC serves as a TV. And I like
> watching old movies on TCM at bedtime. I do not want to record them,
> just relax watching.

You /are/ recording them--Live TV is recorded, too.  If you do this 
often, why not set up a rule to record TCM movies every night, then you 
can watch them even if you get to bed late.

> Plus, when watching live sports I want to see what is happening as it
> is happening.
>

http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/387302#387302

Whether you watch it while it's recording or not is irrelevant, but 
there's really no reason not to record it.  The point is make your DVR 
work for you instead of making yourself to watch your TV.

Besides, when Live TV fails a bunch of times and breaks up the recording 
into several pieces, and your fellow viewers start to curse MythTV, 
doesn't it make you think, "Hmmm, now if the backend knew to keep 
recording this..."?

Mike