I concur with what has already been said. I don't own, nor have I ever had a DirectTV Tivo but my cousin has (you may also have a different version, provider, etc. so this may not be true in your case) but he said that he couldn't watch a recorded program and record a new recording at the same time. This is something that I do constantly with mythtv.
My mother uses mythtv all the time. She is moderately adept at using computers. All she needed was a quick once over what the buttons do, and the menu structure (where to go to watch recordings, create new recordings, etc.) and she was good to go. On 6/9/05, Robin Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My MythTV box is rock solid stable (unless I mess with stuff - but > that's personal choice). > > My 8 year old can use it, my wife loves it, Who can ask for anything more. > > Robin > > On 6/9/05, Garry Cook <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 6/9/05, David Asher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Our household is currently all DirecTivos (2 series 1, 1 HDTivo). > > > > > > My wife LOVES her/our tivos. (As do I) > > > > > > Unfortunately, DirecTV ticked me off recently with the NFL Sunday Ticket > > > pricing, and I've always loved the convergence possiblities (realities?) > > > of MythTV, so I'm thinking of using it as an opportunity to bring in > > > MythTV. > > > > > > Once MythTV is working, is it as stable as the tivos? Is it as > > > trustworthy as the tivos? I haven't had a chance to play with it yet, > > > is it as easy to use as the tivos? I know it can do things that the > > > tivos can't, but I'm not sure my wife will be interested in those things. > > > > > > Anyone with experience using both directivos and MythTV please chime > > > in. I really,really,REALLY don't want to lose the WAF of the Tivos. > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > David. > > > > I have no experience with Tivo's, as I never saw the value of paying > > for them. But when I thought about the possibility of building my own, > > it was easy to shell out a couple of hundred bucks for some capture > > cards and a big hdd. > > I believe the WAF is very high with my Mythbox. About the only time > > she gets upset is when I start fiddling around and break it. And even > > then it's not too bad, because when I am done and it's back online, it > > usually works better than it did previously (new features, plugins, > > etc.). > > The wife is actually sitting right next to me now, on her *cough* > > windows box. Let me ask her to rate it on a scale of 1 - 10... > > She says it would rate a 7 if it were not sitting in a tower case > > beside the TV. The fact that I don't have it in a compact type case > > drops it to a 5. She also adds that because I now am in front of the > > TV a lot more than I used to be, perhaps it's a 4. > > However, she never misses an Oprah anymore, so I'm offended by her rating > > of 7. > > --Garry > > _______________________________________________ > > mythtv-users mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users > > > _______________________________________________ > mythtv-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users > _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list [email protected] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
