[mythtv-users] New to the whole DirecTV thang.

[tarek Lubani]

Hey Jeremy!!

While this idea is intuitively appealing, I doubt very much if you will 
have a lot of success with it.. For example, if you want to be able to use 
the ff/rewind features, that means your signal will experience ~ 5 second 
lag from the time you hit a button on your remote to when myth shows it.. 
Furthermore, that signal is *recorded*, which just plain sucks..

My setup here has been to hook up the receiver to my serial port and 
control everything on the receiver through myth.. This was an easier 
decision for me that it seems like it will be for you, since my built-in 
EPG sucks.. However, as the myth EPG and interface continues to improve, I 
think you'll find it an excellent replacement to your current setup..

tarek : )

> So, a couple of weeks ago my main TV went out.  I decided to upgrade to an
> HDtv box.  Upon doing so, I realized just had *poor* my digital cable
> signal was.  So I then decided to throw the cable out da window and get a
> dish.  And I'm glad I did...it's SO much clearer.
> 
> Anyway, I got it hooked up today and I was shocked on how good the user
> interface is now (much better than the receivers of yesteryear).  So, I
> think I want to use the dish receiver's interface for most of the things. 
> Does it seem like a bad idea to use Myth's OSD _only_ when I want to
> schedule recordings?  I mean, why go thru all the trouble of getting
> Myth's OSD to display everything I need when the dish receiver already has
> all the info?
> 
> I'm thinking of mapping the pause, rewind, fast forward, play, etc. to
> Myth but the other stuff will be done via the dish's receiver.  Does that
> seem like a stupid idea?
> 
> 
> Thanks for any input!
> Jeremy
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> mythtv-users mailing list
> mythtv-users at snowman.net
> http://lists.snowman.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
>