[mythtv-users] Freevo, Tivo & MythTV

[Brad DerManouelian]

On Nov 22, 2006, at 2:48 AM, Ed Gatzke wrote:

>         ...which goes right out the window as soon as you start
> channel surfing. No PVR can solve that problem.
>
>
> MythTV could solve the problem, or at least limit the apparent  
> impact of delay when surfing.
>
> Use three tuners at once, so the video stream for the +1 and -1  
> channels are already being recorded, eliminating the buffering  
> delay.  There would be a slight delay while you switch the player  
> to a new video file, but that may be minimal compared to the  
> buffering when changing to a new signal.

You win for coming up with the worst nightmare of a solution to a  
delay in changing channels problem. So now I will need 6 tuners in my  
box to watch Live TV instead of 2 (1 SD, 1 HD)? And each will thrash  
my hard drive whenever I enter LiveTV mode recording 3 streams all  
the time? And when something wants to take a tuner to record then the  
problem isn't solved any more? Yikes. Talk about a big effort for  
little (no?) gain.