[mythtv-users] this might be a dumb question

[Mike Dodge]

On 10/9/07, Michael T. Dean <mtdean at thirdcontact.com> wrote:
>
> On 10/09/2007 03:28 PM, Mike Dodge wrote:
> > On 10/9/07, Josh White <jaw1959 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> On 10/9/07, Mike Dodge <dmikester1 at gmail.com > wrote:
> >>> I do not currently have MythTV nor will I have the funds or time for
> it
> >>> until at least a year or two.  I am getting married in less than a
> year,
> >>> which is sucking up both the money and the time.  I downloaded a cool
> MythTV
> >>> wallpaper with what looks like a wall of programs being shown, like
> you saw
> >>> in one of the Matrix movies.  Is this even possible with MythTV?  Do
> you
> >>> need one tuner card per program to display at any one time?
> >> To answer your first question: no.  To answer you second question: yes.
> > Thanks for the quick answers.  OK, so if I built a computer with 4
> tuners in
> > it, could I set it up to be watching four different channels at the same
> > time in the four quadrants of the same screen?
>
> Please, everybody, no top-posting (
> http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Mailing_List_etiquette ).  I fixed
> it this time ("Everybody gets one.  Tell them, Peter.").
>
> Stanley Kamithi is working on "Picture by Picture" support, so--rather
> than playing back one show in a small window in one corner of the screen
> while watching something else--you can play back two shows side-by-side
> (i.e. ideal for 4:3 content on a 16:9 screen).  But, more than two just
> isn't feasible.
>
> Personally, though, I don't understand the idea.  After all, you can
> only listen to one and--if it's really worth watching--why not watch
> it?  And, before you say, "Commercials," Myth is a PVR, so why even
> watch LiveTV?  Record a show and use the commercial flags to skip
> commercials.  I see this (or, worse, the wall of videos) as nothing more
> than a, "See how cool this (useless) feature is.  I'll bet your TiVo
> can't do that," kind of capability.  But, to each his own.  :)
>
> If you really want a wall of videos, get yourself 25 MythTV frontends
> and 25 displays and you're all set.
>
> Mike



Sorry Mike, Gmail automatically does that when I go to "reply".
Mike

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