<div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 2:17 PM, David Lowe <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:david@thistledown.co.nz">david@thistledown.co.nz</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 4:42 PM, Steve Hodge <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:stevehodge@gmail.com" target="_blank">stevehodge@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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The other point I'd make is that if you don't care about the "new paradigm", if Live TV is your main thing, then you're probably better off with a MySky box or another good PVR. Live TV is simply not one of MythTVs strengths. If you must have MythTV then it'll annoy you less if you make a conscious effort to adopt the paradigm and forget about LiveTV and to convince the other users in your household to do the same. </div>
</div></blockquote><div><br>I've been using MythTV for nearly two years & have found it hard to convince the family to adopt the new paradigm, until i hit on a solution... give them no choice. I had an old rear projection TV that I hated and gave away, planning to upgrade. While searching for the upgrade, I just put a 21" computer monitor in the lounge. No analogue receiver, no direct sky input, but a surprisingly clear and watchable picture... they had no choice but to use Myth (or as my daughter calls it 'Blue'. It's both a noun and a verb already!).<br>
<br>Three months later, still no 42" replacement and everyone has come to adopt the new paradigm.<br></div></div></blockquote></div><br>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.<br>
<br>Cheers,<br>Steve<br>