New Zealand
Started on: 2007-06-26
last update: 2007-06-26
Summary:
To be able to have MyTV change channels (at a scheduled time, or per the TV guide) without having to also record the channel. i.e. just schedule a blast of TV channel change to the settop box.
Area:
My TV / TV Guide
Description:
I don't know if anyone else has wanted this? But I often leave MyTV playing the current TV channel while I'm doing "stuff". If I miss a few minutes of TV I'm not too fussed so I don't need it recorded. I know what I want to watch next so while I'm hunting through the TV guide it would be nice to be able to say then "I'll watch this, then this, then this etc - but don't bother recording any of it to disk and using up the space". Then I could just leave the TV on, and not have to find the remote to change channels later between programs.
This feature would also have another use... I have a setup whereby there are other TVs in the house not connected to MP - but they are connected to the SettopBox that MP controls. So I would like to be able to tell MP to change channels on the Settop box as per the TV guide, so I can watch in the other room and not have to walk through the house. Currently I do this by getting MP to record the stuff. Then I watch it in the other room and have to remember to come back and delete the recordings that I watched in the other room and never saw in MP. Or I setup the specific recording to delete itself after a short period of time, but that is too much setup when all I am trying to do is change channels at a scheduled time.
I guess it could be selected in the record menu, after selecting "record", the next option could be a new one giving the alternative to "view", and then to the existing "don't record" option. Instead of showing a Red circle in the TV guide indicating a scheduled recording, it could be yellow to indicate a scheduled "view".
What do you think? Would anyone else use this feature?
last update: 2007-06-26
Summary:
To be able to have MyTV change channels (at a scheduled time, or per the TV guide) without having to also record the channel. i.e. just schedule a blast of TV channel change to the settop box.
Area:
My TV / TV Guide
Description:
I don't know if anyone else has wanted this? But I often leave MyTV playing the current TV channel while I'm doing "stuff". If I miss a few minutes of TV I'm not too fussed so I don't need it recorded. I know what I want to watch next so while I'm hunting through the TV guide it would be nice to be able to say then "I'll watch this, then this, then this etc - but don't bother recording any of it to disk and using up the space". Then I could just leave the TV on, and not have to find the remote to change channels later between programs.
This feature would also have another use... I have a setup whereby there are other TVs in the house not connected to MP - but they are connected to the SettopBox that MP controls. So I would like to be able to tell MP to change channels on the Settop box as per the TV guide, so I can watch in the other room and not have to walk through the house. Currently I do this by getting MP to record the stuff. Then I watch it in the other room and have to remember to come back and delete the recordings that I watched in the other room and never saw in MP. Or I setup the specific recording to delete itself after a short period of time, but that is too much setup when all I am trying to do is change channels at a scheduled time.
I guess it could be selected in the record menu, after selecting "record", the next option could be a new one giving the alternative to "view", and then to the existing "don't record" option. Instead of showing a Red circle in the TV guide indicating a scheduled recording, it could be yellow to indicate a scheduled "view".
What do you think? Would anyone else use this feature?
Any word from the devs on this one???