[mythtv-users] WAF Achieves a Positive Value !

[Brad Templeton]

On Fri, Apr 29, 2005 at 09:23:14AM -0400, John Kuhn wrote:
> ya.. just wait.. last night i was in the dog house because of my WAF is 
> at 110% so much she doesnt really watch "live" tv anymore..
> 
> well instead of "Joey" last night.. we got "bushie" and i was in trouble :)
> 

It is actually the curse of the box that the better it gets, the more
people come to depend on it, and thus the more they will curse it if
it fails.   Even when the failure has nothing to do with the system.

For example, in the old live tv days, if there was a slight delay in
programming, or a show went longer than the listings said it would due
to listing error, or because it was a live event like a ball game, the
live watcher just naturally accomodated and would barely notice the
problem.

On the other hand, when a movie that really runs 2:05 is listed as only
2 hours, so you miss the last few minutes with the big surprise ending,
that's "throw your remote at the TV in anger" time.   Something live tv
would never have given you.  (And a reason large auto-pad is good.)

Of course, mythtv as beta software also can have failings that fall
upon the system, but the frustration remains.