[mythtv-users] press a key to continue watching this channel

E. Westbrook mythtv-users at westbrook.com
Thu Feb 10 08:42:34 UTC 2011


On Wed, Feb 9, 2011 at 12:35, Gavin Hurlbut <gjhurlbu at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Wed, Feb 9, 2011 at 11:25 AM, Greg <greg12866 at nycap.rr.com> wrote:
>
>> They (TWC) do the same thing here in Northern New York...They think if you
>> sit on a channel too long it's idle,and it asks for confirmation.. Marc is
>> right it's part SDV,It won't do that on channels that aren't SDV...
>>
>
> Even without MythTV that would cause my set-top box to fly out the window.
>  If watching live TV, I usually park on one channel all day.  Having to do
> keep-alives to my cable box would cause said cable box to fly into a
> dumpster.
>
> What a stupid user experience.
>

I couldn't agree more!  Reminds me of Comcast's OnDemand "service" which
times you out of the whole movie if you pause for more than 5 minutes.  Who
decided that was acceptable?

$0.02,
Eric
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