[mythtv-users] TV Tuners, backend PC, etc

[Michael T. Dean]

On 12/23/2011 01:30 PM, Phil Bridges wrote:
> On Dec 23, 2011 12:33 PM, "Michael T. Dean" wrote:
>> On 12/23/2011 11:47 AM, Phil Bridges wrote:
>>> I prefer channel-hopping during football season. There's no way I'm
>>> dedicating a tuner to each channel that has a game.
>> My thoughts (and a post that will probably help Diego see the true idea
>> behind MythTV's design--and why few developers have much interest in
>> Live TV):
>>
>> http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/387302#387302
>>
>> Tuners are cheap.  My time is not--especially when you're talking about
>> my free time.
> Wait - you *don't like* I've TV? That's the first time I've heard you
> mention that since the last live TV thread ;-)
>
> Encrypted QAM tuners aren't cheap - at least for me. Besides - I'm not
> interested in watching live sports not-live.

Of course, that entire post was about how watching live sports 
recordings does not make it non-live.  The only difference is you 
actually tell MythTV, "Hey, I /care/ to watch this show" (and you can 
actually do it on your own schedule--starting 20min late or whatever and 
catching up with commercial skip and timestretch--when life gets in the 
way of starting on time).

Mike