[mythtv-users] MythTV requires a better name

[jedi at mishnet.org]

> On 9/19/07, Ryan Steffes <rbsteffes at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On 9/19/07, Jay R. Ashworth <jra at baylink.com> wrote:
>> > On Wed, Sep 19, 2007 at 02:09:36PM +0100, Paul Mason wrote:
>> > >    See I "record" TV programs, and have done so for over 20 years.
>> The
>> > >    technology I use has changed - and probably will again. Similarly
>> I "hire"
>> > >    movies (though not very often).
>> >
>> > Really?  What kind of salary do they get?  And what do they do?
>> >
>> > >                                    Talking this way has the
>> advantage that
>> > >    anyone who speaks English can understand me.
>> >
>> > Two nations, divided by a common language.  :-)
>> >
>> > Almost all uses of "hire" in BE are rendered as "rent" in AE, except
>> > regarding people.
>> >
>>
>> You can rent a person, it's just that if it turns out they are a law
>> officer, you end up going to jail (in most states).
>>
>> Just to stay on topic, I tivo my shows with mythtv, and I photoshop my
>> pictures with the gimp.
>>
>
> I regularly talk with co-workers about "Mything" a program.  They've
> understand completely and have gotten quite used to it.

Lately, I have started using the expression "Tivos and Tivo-like devices".

I also tend to use PVR in place of Tivo or Myth/MythTV.

Although most people aren't familiar with the acronym 'PVR' either.