[mythtv-users] Ubuntu TV

jedi jedi at mishnet.org
Wed Jan 11 18:37:18 UTC 2012


On Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 05:16:22PM -0500, Matt Emmott wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 5:07 PM, Brian J. Murrell <brian at interlinx.bc.ca>wrote:
> 
> > On 12-01-10 04:52 PM, Matt Emmott wrote:
> > >
> > > Nice to see that they're making it touchscreen-compatible. I built an
> > HTPC
> > > a couple years ago with a Dell all-in-one touchscreen system and it
> > worked
> > > fairly well, but not having a "back" on-screen button in Myth or XBMC
> > made
> > > it a little cumbersome.
> >
> > A touchscreen television?  Didn't the concept of having to go to the
> > television to select something go away with the remote control?
> >
> > How does a remote control map to a touch interface?  The best I can
> > think of would be a Wii type interface were the remote moves a finger
> > around the screen touching things.  Very cumbersome.
> >
> > Another place where they are trying to ram a "touchscreen" interface in
> > where it doesn't belong -- just like they are doing with on traditional
> > keyboard-and-mouse platforms.
> >
> > Unity is horrible on a computer with a mouse and keyboard.
> >
> 
> You're being one-dimensional with what MythTV and its ilk can do. My
> project wasn't meant to be a TV, it was a media hub for the kitchen. Get

    Point your remote in the general direction of the living room or 
family room and click away. No need for another box in the kitchen in
a remotely modern house.

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