[mythtvnz] The Paradigm Shift

[Nick Rout]

On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 5:26 PM, Brett Miller <blmiller at slingshot.co.nz> wrote:
> First must thank all who have made MythTV what it is...BUT let's stir up the
> nest...
>
> What watching LiveTV paradigm shift..it's a feature !
>
> Kind of funny how "LiveTV" has become the old paradigm just because it does
> not work properly.

No, its because its kinda redundant.

>
> What is the first (top) menu item in MythTV ?
> What features are touted (boldly) on MythTV webpage ?
>
> "--  number of users who can't get the "what is live TV
> for anyway" paradigm. ie visitors 'expect' to turn the TV on and watch
> what's playing now.  "

I sometimes use live tv, but can't stand the ads and can't stand the scheduling.

>
> Spoken like a true software developer that can not / will not debug her/his
> code.

I am not a developer.

> LiveTV should work flawlessly because this should have been debugged
> months/years ago.
> The pausing & recording LiveTV should be flawless.
> Playback of an active recording using navigation (pause, FF etc) should
> work.
>
> The endless scope creep/ extra feature lists work to defeat this.
> Software debugging is the toughest & most tedious part of code development.
> It is also the most important after the initial defining documents.
>