[mythtvnz] Going cold turkey (was: MythTV upgrade, bleeding code, ready for tester)

[Matt Poff]

Quite a timely discussion as I've just experienced Myth withdrawal  
after our roofers reset my dish wrong and I had to wait until the  
weekend to find time to fix it (was nice weather for it too). I  
haven't watched live TV since putting the system in about two years  
ago and have to agree I'm watching much less on the box. I usually  
line up the schedule for the next week on a Sunday night and it's  
sobering to find only  one or two items I actually want to watch  
(leaving aside the 'always on' schedules of news and current affairs).  
News and current affairs can be chewed through at x2.25 speed with no  
loss of signal/noise in the reportage (probably an improvement in  
fact). Some of what I do record and watch is on at antisocial hours in  
programming cul-de-sacs I'd probably overlook  without a system like  
this so it's an odd-paradox: a now essential piece of TV watching kit  
that helps me watch less TV!



On 6/07/2009, at 3:07 PM, Aaron Drysdale wrote:

> >I think that having TV dictate your schedule is a habit for a lot  
> of people and habits are hard to give up. I had a few disagreements  
> with >my wife over watching TV live but in the end she came round  
> and I'm sure she'd agree now that it's better not to be tied to the  
> box. It's >certainly better never having to waste time on advertising.
>
> I agree with the comment on advertising, however I’m curious to know  
> whether my experiences are the same as everyone else. I find that  
> now that I have adopted the “new paradigm” I actually watch less TV.  
> Before, I would watch a program because “that’s when it’s on”,  
> however now I might go and do something else. Make the kids lunch,  
> do the dishes, read a book – whatever; just because I know I can  
> watch the program later. Half the time, I end up deleting the  
> program because I’m just never in the mood to watch it. Less TV has  
> got to be a good thing.
>
> However, I also find that sometimes you’re just in the mood for  
> watching some mindless TV, ads and all. I still get the urge to  
> watch Live TV – either when I’m not in the mood to watch anything  
> else, or when I only have 30 minutes to spare and I don’t want to  
> start anything.
>
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