[mythtv-users] MythTV as a non-primary device?

[Jeff C]

> 
> Does anyone use their myth only when they want to
> set up a prerecorded section or watch something they
> have recorded?  Sort of like only using your VCR for
> recording and playing back, not really using the tuner
> much during actual usage.

I think you have described roughly how I use Myth.  I rarely watch "live" TV
(although it works fine).  I find that by going through the Program Finder
on a Sunday night and tagging everything that is interested, I capture 95%
of what I would watch and then I watch it when I have time and I can skip
commercials...  I do occasionally watch the news live, that's about it.

> I'd love to put this into full blown use in my setup,
> but the wife is a bit resistant to the problems I
> occasioanlly experience on the main TV in the
> house.  She's asked that I move it to where I have
> our VCR and only use it when necessary until the
> codebase is a bit more stable.  Even then, I got to
> thinking that there's no reason I can't split the signal
> and only use myth when I need one of its functions.

My wife resisted at first as well but she wouldn't be without it now.  She
loves it and she adjusted "culturally" to having it on the main TV.

> Arguing about recording live TV and pausing live
> tv and having the tv listings available and weather
> and all that other cool stuff isn't quite winning the
> discussion.

Has she used it and doesn't like it, or is she just resisting the suggestion
of change?
 
> Awesome product, but not quite ready for non-techies...

It's ready enough that I'm building one for my mother, so we'll see how that
goes....

-Jeff