[mythtv-users] MythTV and the "average" user...

[Mike Dent]

2008/5/21 George Mari <george_mythusers at mari1938.org>:

> Mike Dent wrote:
> [deleted]
> >
> > Does there exist a Tivo-esque theme for MythTV?
> >
> > I've had a Tivo in the UK (which is a few version behind the US stuff)
> for
> > about 5 years now, as others have said it 'just works' and the UI,
> although
> > now very slow in comparison to Myth, is simple to use and navigate, and
> > causes little confusion to the wife :) which is a good thing.
> >
> > The standard Myth themes seem to make almost too many functions available
> to
> > the average user, and choice of wording for some of the menus may be
> > considered confusing to some?
> >
> > I guess what I need is a very simple theme which allows watching and
> > recording shows and all the other stuff is hidden behind an 'advanced'
> menu.
> >
> [deleted]
>
> Have you tried changing your menu theme?
>
> Utilities/Setup->Setup->Appearance
>
> At the bottom of this setup screen is a selection for "Menu theme" :
> options on box are: Default, classic and DVR.
>
> The DVR theme puts the more DVR-specific functions on the first menu
> screen you see.  (The "Main" screen you seen when you first start the
> frontend.)
>
> NOTE: I am running version .20.2, using the G.A.N.T. theme.  I tried a
> couple of different themes available to me, and the "DVR" menu theme
> seems to work on those as well.  I can't speak to whether this works any
> differently in .21, but anyway, it might be more along the lines of what
> you are looking for.
>

Thanks for your reply, I'll take another look at those settings.

Mike
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://mythtv.org/pipermail/mythtv-users/attachments/20080521/f2a98f05/attachment.htm