<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 7/11/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Nick Tan</b> <<a href="mailto:nick@wehi.edu.au">nick@wehi.edu.au</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
David Whyte wrote:<br>> On 7/11/06, Bruce Nordstrand <<a href="mailto:brucen@ksl.com.au">brucen@ksl.com.au</a>> wrote:<br>>> I was just wondering what drives the rest of you....<br>><br>> Simple, the convenience. The alternative would be the use of a VCR
<br>> and frankly I detest VCR's. Tapes go missing, you have to rewind and<br>> fastforward, you have to wait for the show to finish recording to<br>> start watching, only one person can playback the show at once, you
<br>> have to setup the recordings etc etc etc.<br>><br>> Plus, I like the fact I can do more with my recordings, such as watch<br>> them on my PDA or burn them to DVD.<br>><br>> And whilst the difficulty involved in Foxtel type recordings has
<br>> detered me from even bothering, I do still watch FTA so it is all<br>> worth it!<br>><br><br>I've set mine up for FTA and Optus digital cable and I can say its well<br>worth the effort involved. I agree with your comments about VCR's. I
<br>love being able to watch my shows on a remote frontend while my wife<br>watches her shows on the main TV, while recording from FTA and cable at<br>the same time!<br>_</blockquote><div><br></div></div>Hi,<br><br>Me its the convenience, there is precious little show i actually could be bothered to watch on FTA tv, but there is a few. Mythbusters, beyond 2000 (or whatever its called), grey anatomy, and a few others.
<br>I tried the whole VCR thing and it all got too much record this, record that. Not to mention the time it takes to do the VCR.<br><br>But for me i would have to say it is the whole package. The ability for it to keep a record of what ever shows i have recorded is great. The other day i checked the recordings and the stupid stations had start to show alias again without any warning. But myth found it was on and recorded it.
<br><br>Also the other Saturday it was raining and we were feeling lazy so we sat on the couch and watched DVD for most of the day that i had ripped (legal ones) on to the mythbox.<br><br>Andi guess the novelty factor of the mame games keep the kids amused when they come over.
<br><br>Before i was using .18 i was just using the tv recording and thats it. When i upgraded to.19 using mythdora alot of the niggling problem were gone and i have started to use all of the features. And that, I have to say, makes ita whole different kettle of fish.
<br><br>CH<br> <br>