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<pre wrap="">On 07/10/2007 02:48 PM, Mike LaPlante wrote:
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<pre wrap="">Jay Mallar wrote:
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<pre wrap="">One of the outright *best* things about my TiVo is the program guide.
The TiVo guide is more vertical and has two panes. On the left pane
you get a list of about 10 channels and what is currently playing on
each channel. When a channel is selected in this pane the right hand
pane displays the schedule over the next several hours on that
channel. When you are in the right hand pane up/down move
forward/backward in time on that channel. When you are in the left
hand pane, up/down move between channels. As you move between
channels, the right pane updates to reflect upcoming programming on
that channel.
Here's an example: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.pvrcompare.com/SATivo2TivoChannelGuide.jpg">http://www.pvrcompare.com/SATivo2TivoChannelGuide.jpg</a>
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<pre wrap=""><!---->Looks to me like that assumes that the user is more interested in
watching a particular channel than in watching a particular show. It
puts the emphasis on channel--not on content. Probably perfect for
selling the idea to networks, but, IMHO, not at all user-friendly. (My
opinion does presume that a user wants to watch /shows/ and doesn't
really care on what channel they appear.)
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That's entirely true. I have several channels that I just scan through
when I'm looking for something to watch. Discovery Channel, HBO...
sometimes I'm not looking for something in particular, but I know I
watch a lot of what those channels put out, and often like to see
what's coming up that I might be interested in recording. <br>
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I disagree it's not user-friendly, it's just different from what you're
used to. Usually when I want to watch a particular show, I know when
and where it is, and don't need to look it up in a guide to find it. <br>
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I can jump the guide very quickly just by typing in a channel number
and the guide automatically scrolls to that channel. It also obeys
favorite channel settings, so it only shows those channels that I
watch. Thus, I can scan the entire network programming guide for all
four local networks for the next seven to ten hours in just four
clicks. Horizontally, you'd have to select a channel, hit right to get
the next few hours (I'm assuming your fonts aren't ant sized and you
can't see seven to ten hours on a single line), and then repeat for
each of the four channels.<br>
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After using my TiVo for the last several years, I've refused several
new upgraded machines because they use the horizontal guide.
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<pre wrap="">It's *by far* the most efficient program guide I've ever seen.
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<pre wrap="">Is there any way to duplicate TiVo's guide style in MythTV?Nope. You'd have to code it yourself.
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I just might try that. I know a little bit of QT programming... And
from what I can tell, most of the guide stuff is isolated into a single
source file.<br>
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-Jay
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