[mythtv-users] Will I be able to watch tv and record another channel with Directv

[Boyd II, Willy]

>-----Original Message-----
>From: Bruce Markey [mailto:bjm at lvcm.com] 
>Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2003 3:42 PM
>To: Discussion about mythtv
>Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Will I be able to watch tv and 
>record another channel with Directv
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>fsquires wrote:
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>> One Thing you should realize is that you'll rarely ever want to do 
>> this
>> (at least that's what I've found), because you can watch a 
>recorded show 
>> and record another at the same time (provided you have the 
>CPU power for 
>> it).
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>I agree. If everything in your recorded list isn't better than 
>anything that happens to be on right now then you aren't 
>taking full advantage of the DVR. I haven't planned to be 
>glued to the TV while something is being broadcast for over 
>two years now. I never channel surf unless I'm testing something.
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>If I do spot something on the EPG or while channel surfing, I 
>immediately hit "R" then watch the record in progress (or 
>maybe not, maybe later =).
>
>I always get a kick out of people sheepishly saying that they 
>want a second tuner so they can "watch TV while recording 
>something else". Well, no ;-). Over time they'll learn that 
>they want two tuners so they can record both shows and watch 
>either recording in progress or something else or go out to a 
>restaurant and watch both of them later.

Like someone said before me when this last came up, thank you so much
for enlightening me on how I should be using my tv and PVR software. :-)

Seriously, I don't see myself using only scheduled recordings.  Unless I
magically
find more time to look at future programming, there's only a few things I
know in
advance I wanna record.  And if I see something in the EPG interesting,
usually
it still not interesting enough for me to wanna keep if after I watch it.
So 
simply watching that channel for as long as I desire is better to me than
selecting
to record it, watching the in-progress recording, and then selectively
deleting it later.

Most of the time I sit down in the front of the tv just because I have some
free time and wanna watch tv.  Not because I spent an hour or two over the
past week building up things for myself to watch.

True, I will sometimes like to be time-shifted.  In this case, I'll just
change to the channel, then pause it, and go to the bathroom or make a
sandwich or whatever I wanted to do.  Come back and I can un-pause it, and
skip through commercials when they come up.  Afterall, that's really all the
ringbuffer is:  a recording in progress (that gives you the freedom to
change channels, and doesn't stick around when you're done).

- Willy

>>  Live TV is mostly a thing of the past for me, except maybe sports
>> and some HD stuff.
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>I absolutely digitally record sports. Even if I felt I needed 
>to watch in "real time", I want my own slo-motion replays. 
>However, I usually watch about 20-30 minutes behind real time 
>so I can skip commercials and fast forward through time-outs. 
>I would never want to be stuck in the ring buffer for watching 
>a sports event. I would always want to record and watch the 
>recording file.
>
>--  bjm
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