<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, May 8, 2014 at 12:03 PM, jedi <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jedi@mishnet.org" target="_blank">jedi@mishnet.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div class="">On Wed, May 07, 2014 at 11:18:05PM +0100, Richard Morton wrote:<br>
> In my view the concept us a complex user interface on the tv is going to go<br>
> away. I've spoken about this on a few occasions previously but there is now<br>
> evidence that this is happening...<br>
><br>
> If myth back end was the store of the media and the smart phone/tablet<br>
> application was the use interface and controller then the TV just needs to<br>
> be renderer of the video or audio... A.k.a. a chromecast...<br>
<br>
</div> Nope. Smart TVs suck. They try to displace external set top boxes but do<br>
a very bad job of it. In the future, there will still be a market for people<br>
who want something better. MythTV represents that kind of sensibility.<br>
<br>
So doing away with the frontend would be a bad idea.<br>
<br>
ARM devices are cheap but they can't do any of their own decodding and<br>
often the experience ends up being less satisfying then using a proper HTPC.<br>
<br>
[deletia]<br>
<div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><br></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Hmmm, I would have to disagree a bit. I have been on the HDPVR a while, and now that my TV supports HBOGo/Showtime/CineMax, etc - I no longer record my shows with MythTV that I can watch in 1080p with my smartTV (still whenever I want to). No commflagging needed on pay channels anyway, but the 1080p beats the shit out of DirecTVs 1080i through a HDPVR all day long and twice on Sunday. Of course I still watch everything else through the FE.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Just another opinion on Smart TVs.</div></div></div></div>