[mythtv-users] WISH: "Surf Mode" like ATI Media Center

Brad Fuller bradallenfuller at yahoo.com
Tue Oct 31 23:22:22 UTC 2006


Justin Hornsby wrote:
> Just my £0.02 worth here but IMHO 'toys' such as the one suggested
> here pretty much defeat the whole object of MythTV being a personal
> video recorder.
>
> In my house at least, TV viewing has once more become programme-based
> rather than opting to graze through hundreds of channels & never
> succeeding in finding a whole show to watch.  The whole _point_ of
> MythTV, in my opinion, is to eliminate spending valuable time surfing
> channels in the vain hope of finding something vaguely entertaining to
> watch.
>
> Maybe it would be a 'cool' feature to have such a 'surf' mode at some
> point in the future, but as I'm sure plenty of people will agree,
> there are plenty of other things which need seeing to first.
>   
maybe, but I see what the poster is saying. Why not enhance real-time
viewing? The idea is within the realm of doable and it would enhance
surfing to find that program you find interesting and then record.
Nothing wrong with that. Why force the user into record-only mode? The
viewer can make up his/her own mind.

brad


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