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On Mon, 07 Aug 2006 03:15:36 -0000, Grant Edwards
wrote:

On 2006-08-07, Thumper wrote:

I would think that "how pleasant" it is would depend on the
display and remote control setup more than anything else. If I
hooked a MythTV box to a Sharp 37" Aquos, and handed you a
Logitech Harmony 880 remote, you'd find that an unpleasant
experience?

I can say it because I sit in front of a computer monitor a
great deal already. Sitting at a desk watching TV isn't my
bag.

Nobody said anything about sitting at a desk watching a
"computer montior".

I did.




I don't sit at a desk watching video on my
MythTV Linux box (something which is undoubtedly a computer). I
sit on the couch in my living room and use a remote just like
you would watching a movie on the same display connected to a
"non-computer" DVD player.

If you use a computer to send a signal to a 65" monitor so
that you can sit across the room and watch, I might be
interested but I don't consider that watching tv on a
computer.

Ah so the truth is that it's the _display_ that you're picky
about, not whether it's connected to a "computer" or a "dvd
player"?

Right.
Thumper

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On 2006-08-07, Wes Newell wrote:
On Sun, 06 Aug 2006 12:38:08 -0400, Thumper wrote:

On Sat, 05 Aug 2006 21:27:35 GMT, Wes Newell
wrote:

On Sat, 05 Aug 2006 11:48:47 -0400, Thumper wrote:

I can't imagine sitting in front of a computer watching DVDs.
Thumper

If you've ever watched a DVD, you've done exactly that. What do you thinks
inside a dvd player? It's just another limited access computer.


Now that's foolish. You know very well what I mean.
Thumper

Actually I didn't.

Neither did I. Apparently we're both "too ****ing stupid for
words".

I've got 3 MythTV computers aand I watch TV on all 3 at
different times. Only on one am I sitting at my desk, and I
don't watch much there either. The others I'm sitting or
laying somewhere else with a remote.

Do you have multiple backends running?

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Grant Edwards wrote:

Nobody said anything about sitting at a desk watching a
"computer montior". I don't sit at a desk watching video on my
MythTV Linux box (something which is undoubtedly a computer). I
sit on the couch in my living room and use a remote just like
you would watching a movie on the same display connected to a
"non-computer" DVD player.

But are you watching it from that far back on a
computer monitor?

Or BIG TV?

Using computer as HD tv redux
 

On 2006-08-07, wrote:
Grant Edwards wrote:

Nobody said anything about sitting at a desk watching a
"computer montior". I don't sit at a desk watching video on my
MythTV Linux box (something which is undoubtedly a computer). I
sit on the couch in my living room and use a remote just like
you would watching a movie on the same display connected to a
"non-computer" DVD player.

But are you watching it from that far back on a computer monitor?

No, but I thought that "thumper" [don't get me started on
people who don't use their real names on Usenet] was going on
about was "computer" vs. "DVD player" not "17 inch monitor" vs.
"60 inch monitor".

Or BIG TV?

TV? Yes. BIG? No.

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On Mon, 07 Aug 2006 15:36:05 -0000, Grant Edwards
wrote:

On 2006-08-07, wrote:
Grant Edwards wrote:

Nobody said anything about sitting at a desk watching a
"computer montior". I don't sit at a desk watching video on my
MythTV Linux box (something which is undoubtedly a computer). I
sit on the couch in my living room and use a remote just like
you would watching a movie on the same display connected to a
"non-computer" DVD player.

But are you watching it from that far back on a computer monitor?

No, but I thought that "thumper" [don't get me started on
people who don't use their real names on Usenet] was going on
about was "computer" vs. "DVD player" not "17 inch monitor" vs.
"60 inch monitor".


I do use my real name in every post dopey.

I never said anything about computer vs DVD player.
Thumper
Or BIG TV?

TV? Yes. BIG? No.

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On Mon, 07 Aug 2006 14:35:12 +0000, Grant Edwards wrote:

On 2006-08-07, Wes Newell wrote:
I've got 3 MythTV computers aand I watch TV on all 3 at
different times. Only on one am I sitting at my desk, and I
don't watch much there either. The others I'm sitting or
laying somewhere else with a remote.

Do you have multiple backends running?

No. All the tuners (4) are in my server on the desk.

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On 2006-08-07, Wes Newell wrote:
On Mon, 07 Aug 2006 14:35:12 +0000, Grant Edwards wrote:

On 2006-08-07, Wes Newell wrote:
I've got 3 MythTV computers aand I watch TV on all 3 at
different times. Only on one am I sitting at my desk, and I
don't watch much there either. The others I'm sitting or
laying somewhere else with a remote.

Do you have multiple backends running?

No. All the tuners (4) are in my server on the desk.

One of these days I need to either by a firewire ATSC tuner or
upgrade to a box with more than one PCI slot and ad a PCHDTV
card...

And then I need to upgrad to higer speed wireless and set up a
front end only box. I've found I can watch recordings via my
homebrew player using 802.11B (NFS mounted recordings
directory), but running a frontend and using Myth's protocol is
way too much overhead.

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