[mythtv-users] The Race to Change the Channel

[W.Kenworthy]

The alternative view: in Australia (Perth) the program info is lousy,
missing  or plain wrong.

Channel surfing is where its at (we only have a small handful of
channels - not counting the dups), and the delays are a real pain, as is
the OSD jitter which seems endemic, and the  lockups, ...  mythtv is a
great app, but there are some real rough edges depending on your
usage ...

BillK

On Mon, 2005-10-17 at 21:33 -0700, Joe Votour wrote:
> I agree, with one caveat.
> 
> I still use the LiveTV feature, although not as much
> as I used to (because even though I'm on the west
> coast, most of my channels are east coast feeds, which
> necessitates recording everything).
> 
> Even though I still use LiveTV, I would never, ever
> "channel surf".  What's the point, when you have full
> program information available with only a button
> press?  If I'm watching LiveTV (because, perhaps I've
> watched all of my recordings), when I want to find
> something to watch, I'll scroll through the program
> guide.  It's much more effective than scrolling
> through every channel.
> 
> Even with a real TV, channel surfing is a pointless
> waste of time.  While you're busy going through your
> 50+ channels looking for something to watch, you might
> be missing something you'd actually enjoy.
> 
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