[mythtv-users] To "Live TV" or not to "Live TV" within myth...

[Phil Bridges]

On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 11:37 PM, Steve Hodge <stevehodge at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sat, Dec 20, 2008 at 1:25 PM, Matt S. <skd5aner at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Point being - if I'm hosting a super bowl party (just as a single
>> example), or any football game, and I invite friends over to watch -
>> I'm going to watch it live, because that's what everyone expects.  No
>> one is going to want to start watching it 2.5 hours after it starts
>> just because we could miss all the commercials by the time the game
>> actually ends.
>
> You can still schedule a recording and watch it when it starts. It means you
> wont miss the start because you forget the time and it means you don't have
> to remember what channel it's on. I watch a lot of sport live but it's
> always scheduled. I guess I see the "live sport" argument as a bit of a
> strawman.

What you are missing is that sports events typically run over their
allotted time slot.  Sure, you can manually go in add add time to a
recording, but isn't it easy to just watch it through Live TV?