Re: [mythtv-users] Channel Surfing is a Myth
On Thursday 23 June 2005 09:05 pm, J. Scott wrote: I'm not real clear on why anyone would channel surf and try to figure out what to watch via their mythtv box. First of all, you'll have to watch commercials (blech!). Second, you have to deal with the pause between channels, not to mention the fact that your box is running hard for no reason, having to compress a video signal, write it to disk, read it from the disk, decompress it, and deliver the video output. At our house, on the rare occasion that we watch live TV, we just bypass the MythBox. On the even more rare occasion that we find something on live TV that we might want to pause or be able to rewind, we'll just switch over to Myth. I'd say that happens maybe once every 60-90 days, max. Maybe I'm in the minority, but 'Live-TV' is by far the least used function on my Myth. Good for you. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Channel Surfing is a Myth
On Friday 24 June 2005 09:35, Mathew Mrosko wrote: On Thursday 23 June 2005 09:05 pm, J. Scott wrote: I'm not real clear on why anyone would channel surf and try to figure out what to watch via their mythtv box. First of all, you'll have to watch commercials (blech!). Second, you have to deal with the pause between channels, not to mention the fact that your box is running hard for no reason, having to compress a video signal, write it to disk, read it from the disk, decompress it, and deliver the video output. At our house, on the rare occasion that we watch live TV, we just bypass the MythBox. On the even more rare occasion that we find something on live TV that we might want to pause or be able to rewind, we'll just switch over to Myth. I'd say that happens maybe once every 60-90 days, max. Maybe I'm in the minority, but 'Live-TV' is by far the least used function on my Myth. I'd disagree I'm afraid, while I use my Myth box more for recording programs, watching vids, listening to music etc (with Goom :-) ), I also use it for Live-TV, and find the pause/rewind etc very handy at times (sod's law that someone decides to pay a infrequent visit or phone me just in the middle of a really good program). As for the channel pauses, it's no worse for me than the pause I get changing the channel on my cable box, perhaps it's not as bad elsewhere in the world.. (I'm in the UK on Telewest Digital cable) I've not once regretted the time hair pulling I spent getting the box working as it is now. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Channel Surfing is a Myth
On 6/24/05, J. Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm not real clear on why anyone would channel surf and try to figure out what to watch via their mythtv box. First of all, you'll have to watch commercials (blech!). Second, you have to deal with the pause between channels, not to mention the fact that your box is running hard for no reason, having to compress a video signal, write it to disk, read it from the disk, decompress it, and deliver the video output. On a fast machine using a decent filesystem there's not much of a delay. That being said, traditional channel surfing, where one hits chan up/down repeatedly is silly on a Myth box since you *know* whats on the other channels by using the guide. Find a show that interests you then then change the channel to it, don't change the channel looking for a show. Then again, I used DirectTV and Tivo for so long that I grew acusstomed to the paradigm. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
RE: [mythtv-users] Channel Surfing is a Myth
Is Myth able to watch channels and automatically change tuners now? I think that it wouldn't do this for me with MythTV 0.16 with a PVR350 and a Nexus-S - I think I had to manually press the t key on the [nonexistent] keyboard which kind of put a stop to channel surfing. Derek -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Donavan Stanley Sent: 24 June 2005 14:46 To: Discussion about mythtv Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Channel Surfing is a Myth On 6/24/05, J. Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm not real clear on why anyone would channel surf and try to figure out what to watch via their mythtv box. First of all, you'll have to watch commercials (blech!). Second, you have to deal with the pause between channels, not to mention the fact that your box is running hard for no reason, having to compress a video signal, write it to disk, read it from the disk, decompress it, and deliver the video output. On a fast machine using a decent filesystem there's not much of a delay. That being said, traditional channel surfing, where one hits chan up/down repeatedly is silly on a Myth box since you *know* whats on the other channels by using the guide. Find a show that interests you then then change the channel to it, don't change the channel looking for a show. Then again, I used DirectTV and Tivo for so long that I grew acusstomed to the paradigm. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.323 / Virus Database: 267.8.0/27 - Release Date: 23/06/2005 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.323 / Virus Database: 267.8.0/27 - Release Date: 23/06/2005 ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
RE: [mythtv-users] Channel Surfing is a Myth
On a fast machine using a decent filesystem there's not much of a delay. That being said, traditional channel surfing, where one hits chan up/down repeatedly is silly on a Myth box since you *know* whats on the other channels by using the guide. Find a show that interests you then then change the channel to it, don't change the channel looking for a show. Then again, I used DirectTV and Tivo for so long that I grew acusstomed to the paradigm. I agree completely, but I still like to actually see something which is why I really only use the Mythbox as a high-end VCR. While the descriptions are OK, often I find that I'll watch something purely based on what's on the screen that catches my eye. For example, History Channel descriptions are great and I'll watch something based on that. However, some of those other randome music/entertainment channels, like the digital cable channels just catch my eye and the descriptions aren't great. -Khanh ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Channel Surfing is a Myth
I'm not real clear on why anyone would channel surf and try to figure out what to watch via their mythtv box. First of all, you'll have to watch commercials (blech!). Second, you have to deal with the pause between channels, not to mention the fact that your box is running hard for no reason, having to compress a video signal, write it to disk, read it from the disk, decompress it, and deliver the video output. At our house, on the rare occasion that we watch live TV, we just bypass the MythBox. On the even more rare occasion that we find something on live TV that we might want to pause or be able to rewind, we'll just switch over to Myth. I'd say that happens maybe once every 60-90 days, max. Maybe I'm in the minority, but 'Live-TV' is by far the least used function on my Myth. (That will be $0.02 please) ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Channel Surfing is a Myth
LiveTV is a very useful feature (that I use all the time), in a couple of circumstances: 1. I don't really want to record the show - I'll watch it if I catch it, but I don't want to deal with the hassle of deleting the unwatched recording 2. I'm kind of bored, and not necessarily looking for something in particular to watch. Note that in (2), I don't even try to channel surf - I mean, that's what having a program guide is for, right? I use LiveTV several times per week, in fact, I'm using it right now. Mind you, the TV is pretty much background noise as I type this. :) -- Joe --- J. Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm not real clear on why anyone would channel surf and try to figure out what to watch via their mythtv box. First of all, you'll have to watch commercials (blech!). Second, you have to deal with the pause between channels, not to mention the fact that your box is running hard for no reason, having to compress a video signal, write it to disk, read it from the disk, decompress it, and deliver the video output. At our house, on the rare occasion that we watch live TV, we just bypass the MythBox. On the even more rare occasion that we find something on live TV that we might want to pause or be able to rewind, we'll just switch over to Myth. I'd say that happens maybe once every 60-90 days, max. Maybe I'm in the minority, but 'Live-TV' is by far the least used function on my Myth. (That will be $0.02 please) ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
