[mythtv-users] missing tv schedules

[Paul Gardiner]

On 21/02/2012 06:55, Gavin Hurlbut wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 20, 2012 at 8:44 PM,<jameskel at comcast.net>  wrote:
>> The logic here is just silly and it's a slap in the face to all those who devote their time to open source. For a $100 I can have Windows OS and Windows Media Center (and I do. I run two concurent media servers for redundancy). Why are all of you devoting so much time to MythTV? It's only a $100.
>
> So I guess we like to slap ourselves in the face?  Whatever.

I think the slap in the face was from James. His counterargument
seemed to be "why would anyone use MythTV if not to avoid paying
for WMC?"

> ...                                                        That
> said, MythTV requires fairly expensive equipment to run properly, and
> as Michael indicated, $25/year is nothing in comparison to the
> hardware costs.  Especially to get good data and never have to worry
> about twiddling it like you are trying to do.

Yes quite. James, you were overlooking some really good advice here: one
of the most impressive things about MythTV is the use it can make
of program listings. You just have to tell it a series or film you
want, and it does all the jigging around finding ways to fit
the recordings in with whatever limited number of tuners you have.
It can prioritize HD. It can avoid old shows - all sorts of things.
But it needs good data. $25/year is very little for that.

Paul.