[mythtv-users] RANT: MythTV has a *horrible* end user experience.

Phil Bridges gravityhammer at gmail.com
Sun Feb 24 14:09:09 UTC 2008


On Sun, Feb 24, 2008 at 8:20 AM, Jean-Yves Avenard <jyavenard at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi
>
>
>  On Sun, Feb 24, 2008 at 11:58 PM, Matt MacDonald
>  <macdonald.matthew at gmail.com> wrote:
>  >  I have to disagree with this statement.  My wife, who is somewhat
>  >  technical figured the UI out without any trouble and when my
>  >  grandmother (who's VCR is still flashing 12:00) came by to visit, she
>  >  picked up the remote and just started to use it.
>
>  to just change channels and watch, sure.
>
>  try to rewind, skip back etc... then the hassle starts.
>
>  Also no easy way to access the current program information.
>
>  on my cable box, i press the i button and it shows the name of the
>  program, press i again and you have a nice summary.
>
>  all that information is there in mythtv, you just can't easily and
>  intuitively have access to it
>
>

I would say that is a function of the enduser setup, as well as
whatever remote you use.  My wife has no problem pressing the "info"
key to get this information.  As easy as can be.


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