[vdr] OT: VDR for grandparents
Dear list, has anyone on this list any experience in setting up VDR for older people like grandparents? It would be nice, if she/he could share her/his experience or point me to information on the WWW. Thanks, Paul signature.asc Description: Dies ist ein digital signierter Nachrichtenteil ___ vdr mailing list vdr@linuxtv.org http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/vdr
Re: [vdr] OT: VDR for grandparents
On Sunday 26 Oct 2008, Peer Oliver Schmidt wrote: Hello Paul, has anyone on this list any experience in setting up VDR for older people like grandparents? It would be nice, if she/he could share her/his experience or point me to information on the WWW. I have experience with second best thing after grandparents. A totally clueless user. Since I have setup VDR as the backend sitting near the dish, and added a MediaMVP box next to the TV set, she can use it, record stuff, delete recording, everything. We are using the Hauppauge MediaMVP together with the vdr-plugin-vompserver on the VDR system. Another vote for MediaMVP and vompserver. The user interface is IMO easier to operate than commercial PVRs such as the Humax, and the noisy recorder can be kept out of the living room. Dave ___ vdr mailing list vdr@linuxtv.org http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/vdr
Re: [vdr] OT: VDR for grandparents
has anyone on this list any experience in setting up VDR for older people like grandparents? It would be nice, if she/he could share her/his experience or point me to information on the WWW. I have experience with second best thing after grandparents. A totally clueless user. Since I have setup VDR as the backend sitting near the dish, and added a MediaMVP box next to the TV set, she can use it, record stuff, delete recording, everything. We are using the Hauppauge MediaMVP together with the vdr-plugin-vompserver on the VDR system. Another vote for MediaMVP and vompserver. The user interface is IMO easier to operate than commercial PVRs such as the Humax, and the noisy recorder can be kept out of the living room. While I have not had experience with this myself, I do know a few users who've set up VDR for (grand)parents and wives. From the feedback I've heard, VDR works really well in those scenarios which I think says a lot! ;) ___ vdr mailing list vdr@linuxtv.org http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/vdr
Re: [vdr] OT: VDR for grandparents
VDR User kirjoitti: has anyone on this list any experience in setting up VDR for older people like grandparents? It would be nice, if she/he could share her/his experience or point me to information on the WWW. I have experience with second best thing after grandparents. A totally clueless user. Since I have setup VDR as the backend sitting near the dish, and added a MediaMVP box next to the TV set, she can use it, record stuff, delete recording, everything. We are using the Hauppauge MediaMVP together with the vdr-plugin-vompserver on the VDR system. Another vote for MediaMVP and vompserver. The user interface is IMO easier to operate than commercial PVRs such as the Humax, and the noisy recorder can be kept out of the living room. While I have not had experience with this myself, I do know a few users who've set up VDR for (grand)parents and wives. From the feedback I've heard, VDR works really well in those scenarios which I think says a lot! ;) I've put a couple of systems up for clueless users with no problem. And now that I think of it one of them is actually a grandmother :) Though I do not think that it is a handicap ;) The good thing is I can maintain them remotely if for some reason it's necessary and thus avoid making time to go there. I also have a MediaMVP at home but the problem with it is it does not support subtitles and we have a couple channels here using them. \\Kartsa ___ vdr mailing list vdr@linuxtv.org http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/vdr
Re: [vdr] OT: VDR for grandparents
On Sun, 26 Oct 2008 10:48:33 + Dave P [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sunday 26 Oct 2008, Peer Oliver Schmidt wrote: Hello Paul, has anyone on this list any experience in setting up VDR for older people like grandparents? It would be nice, if she/he could share her/his experience or point me to information on the WWW. I have experience with second best thing after grandparents. A totally clueless user. Since I have setup VDR as the backend sitting near the dish, and added a MediaMVP box next to the TV set, she can use it, record stuff, delete recording, everything. We are using the Hauppauge MediaMVP together with the vdr-plugin-vompserver on the VDR system. Another vote for MediaMVP and vompserver. The user interface is IMO easier to operate than commercial PVRs such as the Humax, and the noisy recorder can be kept out of the living room. It looks like the MediaMVP is the crucial factor. I don't think (grand)parents would cope with remembering what key does what on a QWERTY keyboard or be able to cope with the appalling lag and randomised auto repeat in the DVB remote control drivers. -- TH * http://www.realh.co.uk ___ vdr mailing list vdr@linuxtv.org http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/vdr
Re: [vdr] OT: VDR for grandparents
Dear everyone, thank you for your fast replies. Am Sonntag, den 26.10.2008, 21:30 +0200 schrieb Kartsa: VDR User kirjoitti: has anyone on this list any experience in setting up VDR for older people like grandparents? It would be nice, if she/he could share her/his experience or point me to information on the WWW. I have experience with second best thing after grandparents. A totally clueless user. Since I have setup VDR as the backend sitting near the dish, and added a MediaMVP box next to the TV set, she can use it, record stuff, delete recording, everything. We are using the Hauppauge MediaMVP together with the vdr-plugin-vompserver on the VDR system. Another vote for MediaMVP and vompserver. The user interface is IMO easier to operate than commercial PVRs such as the Humax, and the noisy recorder can be kept out of the living room. While I have not had experience with this myself, I do know a few users who've set up VDR for (grand)parents and wives. From the feedback I've heard, VDR works really well in those scenarios which I think says a lot! ;) I've put a couple of systems up for clueless users with no problem. And now that I think of it one of them is actually a grandmother :) Though I do not think that it is a handicap ;) The good thing is I can maintain them remotely if for some reason it's necessary and thus avoid making time to go there. That is very appealing for me too. I also have a MediaMVP at home but the problem with it is it does not support subtitles and we have a couple channels here using them. Could you please post the hardware components you used. As Tony said in his reply the remote control seems to be one of the crucial parts. I think my “clueless” people would not need a separate server and client, since they just have one TV. So I guess, one could put everything in one machine, which then should just run if they want to record or play a recording. And the cable signal is loopthroughed from the machine to the TV, when they just want to watch TV. Time shifting would not be available during this time though. I think, the machine would not be able to boot fast enough to be a nice user experience. Thanks, Paul signature.asc Description: Dies ist ein digital signierter Nachrichtenteil ___ vdr mailing list vdr@linuxtv.org http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/vdr
