[mythtvnz] Channel changing time

[David Lowe]

I'm struggling with driving the 'household habit' changes that you need to
make with a PVR. What I mean is that the way some people (typically of the
opposite gender, sorry) watch TV is to channel surf. Some (the one I'm
married to and my adult daughter) even seem to manage to watch at least two
programmes at once which I hate. I guess it's a guy thing. Fundamentally,
this is not a good way to operate a pvr. I've tried to explain that the best
way to use the media centre is to decide what you want to watch in advance
and time lapse it, but they just don't seem to get it and complain about the
2 second channel change delays when they try to surf. 

So we are getting to the point where I have banned them from using the
frontend for Live TV - it's just too much aggro to deal with and causes the
WAF to plummet. I might even take it off the menu.

I guess the way we watch TV will change in time, but it is a harder change
process than I expected it would be. 

They do however love it when a recorded programme skips the ads. Now if I
could get the ad-zapping happening while a programme is recording that would
be sensational.

- David


-----Original Message-----
From: Nick Rout [mailto:nick.rout at gmail.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, 5 December 2007 2:38 p.m.
To: toby.mills at np.co.nz; MythTV in NZ
Subject: Re: [mythtvnz] Channel changing time

I often "trail" a programme. Often reasonable stuff starts at 8.30,
but we are often getting the kid to bed, making coffee, finishing the
dishes etc. I set it to record and sit down at 9.00 ish, and then
watch the recording. You can flick through the ads and generally you
"catch up" to live TV, depending on the number of interruptions.

On Dec 5, 2007 2:26 PM, Toby Mills <toby at np.co.nz> wrote:
>
>  Yes, concur on this one.
>  I can't remember the last time anyone in our family used Live TV. Its a
> swear word and something the ill informed masses have to do :)
>  If you want to watch something, record it (and watch something else while
> its recording), then you can cut all those pesky ads.
>
>  Cheers
>  Toby
>