[mythtv-users] this might be a dumb question

[Jay R. Ashworth]

On Tue, Oct 09, 2007 at 04:26:28PM -0400, Michael T. Dean wrote:
> 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.  :)

News.  Natural disasters.

I, personally, would *love* to be able to have all 4 newscasts going on
screen at the same time, and hit one key to zoom to a specific one, and
another to zoom back.

Cheers,
-- jra
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