I don't know about that. My grandmother (& other relatives) manage to use my mythtv setup with no issues.
Recording is fairly simple - pressing the record button in the guide will schedule a recording. Now, more advanced things like setting it up from scratch or perhaps series recording I doubt she'd be able to do (she probably couldn't do this on her cableco's DVR either!) But usability itself is pretty nicely done.
About two years ago we kicked my cable company's TV service and DVR to the curb, installed a large OTA antenna in my attic, and bought the TiVo. 1080p broadcasts are beautiful.
Another person who kicked cable to the curb. Just thought I'd mention broadcast TV currently is 1080i not 1080p. ATSC can support 1080p but no stations actually broadcast it. 720p and 1080i are very common.
Sure, and two years for now Sony will force an update that uses the same DRM as the XBOne. Sony's already proven they'll restrict the console after launch. I don't trust them, period.
I'll be sitting out of the new console generation. I'll either go back to PC games or just find something else to do with my time.
What goes around comes around. Apple did the same thing to Samsung and got a ban on an older Galaxy S model. Even back then the S2 was out so it didn't have much of an affect. No difference here.
Remember, Apple started all this and now they're on the receiving end. No sympathy from me.
If the entire UI changes dramatically (as it did in Windows 8) you have to relearn the whole damn interface anyway. It's actually the best time to switch. You're going to have to learn something new regardless of what you do!
This right here is what needs to stop: just because you're a plumber, or a carpenter, or an electrician, doesn't mean you're dumb.
I know for electricians, at least, there is a fair bit of math and physics involved. Not understanding it can literally be the difference between life and death. When my brother went through getting his electricians ticket he was surprised about that part. While he didn't have any problems with the math and physics he said classes were held up several times due to people not understanding. About a third of the class dropped out due to the math and physics content. Not sure how many passed, but there were likely several borderline pass marks, at least in the class he was in.
Can't say much about the sports, but I've been using mythtv for television for more than 2 years.
I haven't had any issues with it at all. I do have a guide (I pay for the guide data, I think it's about $2.50 a month) so I can schedule programs. I have four tuners on it, but mythtv can support more than that if your write speed to storage is fast enough. I also have frontends on all TVs (I only have two) that are IR-controlled with a Harmony remote. They all use the same server, so all frontends can watch live TV, schedule recordings, and watch recordings.
As far as ease of use, my grandmother can use my setup. It's not that hard. It has clear menu options "Watch TV" and "Media Library" (where recordings are available.) I did edit the default menu layout to put those two options at the top, however.
The only thing with OTA is that it doesn't show a lot of sports (I find it does on weekends, though) so if you're a sport nut OTA is not for you. In my case, cable was basically 150 channels of nothing on. I still have moments with my whopping 6 channels when there's nothing on, but at least it isn't costing me $100+ a month...
I can say that 5 years ago if you said something about watching TV OTA I would have been "yeah, right", but I'm a convert and I always seem to find something to record.
But they do drive safe. It's just slow, in the left hand lane.
This endangers traffic around them. How is that safe?
I have a relative working in the auto insurance industry - she says that seniors do have the experience to drive safely. But they also drive less. Per kilometre/mile driven, seniors have generally the same amount of accidents as new drivers. Their insurance should reflect this, but it doesn't. Nice that young drivers get penalized, but seniors don't.
That makes no sense - sure, the car enters open-loop mode under hard acceleration, but eventually the load is taken off the engine and the emissions systems/ECU will go back into closed-loop. Not to mention on most modern cars the A/C compressor clutch will be disengaged under full throttle. You can't stay under hard acceleration all the time. You'll either hit the speed desired or the ECU's programmed limit.
For others that don't know: open-loop is when the O2 sensors and other emissions sensors are ignored (generally under hard acceleration/full throttle and when the car is initially warming up, this can be observed with an air/fuel gauge which can be installed aftermarket.) Closed-loop is when the ECU actively monitors the O2 and other emissions sensors.
If anything, if they (EPA) really wanted to game the system, they should do it on a steep downhill where there's no acceleration input required - all modern cars shut off the fuel injectors in this case and mileage would go up drastically.
I could never figure out why insurance is needed in the first place. I've had mobile phones for 15 years at least, and I can count the number of times I dropped them on one hand. I've never bothered with insurance and never will.
You'd think if people are buying expensive items they'd take better care of them.
You have to be careful with the insurance too, an acquaintance I know of paid for insurance on the phone, but when something actually happened to it the insurer made up all sorts of excuses to not fix or replace it. Protip: make sure you completely understand the exclusions in the insurance! Some of them are so broad that the dang insurance may not be all that useful!
Well, it's possible the gun could malfunction in such a way that anyone could fire it anyway. So it could fire when it's not supposed to or not fire when it should. Failures are rarely one-sided.
Ditto - and the interesting thing is that most of the time when something is wonky with the hosts/gateways it's almost always the government. Go figure.
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Is there a charge to use it?
If there isn't I can see it being abused by people.
I don't know about that. My grandmother (& other relatives) manage to use my mythtv setup with no issues.
Recording is fairly simple - pressing the record button in the guide will schedule a recording. Now, more advanced things like setting it up from scratch or perhaps series recording I doubt she'd be able to do (she probably couldn't do this on her cableco's DVR either!) But usability itself is pretty nicely done.
Another person who kicked cable to the curb. Just thought I'd mention broadcast TV currently is 1080i not 1080p. ATSC can support 1080p but no stations actually broadcast it. 720p and 1080i are very common.
Sure, and two years for now Sony will force an update that uses the same DRM as the XBOne. Sony's already proven they'll restrict the console after launch. I don't trust them, period.
I'll be sitting out of the new console generation. I'll either go back to PC games or just find something else to do with my time.
Well, that explains why my watch battery only lasts 15 minutes...
What goes around comes around. Apple did the same thing to Samsung and got a ban on an older Galaxy S model. Even back then the S2 was out so it didn't have much of an affect. No difference here.
Remember, Apple started all this and now they're on the receiving end. No sympathy from me.
Why not? If you have to learn a new UI anyway it's the best time to switch.
If the entire UI changes dramatically (as it did in Windows 8) you have to relearn the whole damn interface anyway. It's actually the best time to switch. You're going to have to learn something new regardless of what you do!
Well, sure. It won't happen to them, you see.
Oh, he had a firewall and it malfunctioned... he didn't have enough holes poked in it.
I know for electricians, at least, there is a fair bit of math and physics involved. Not understanding it can literally be the difference between life and death. When my brother went through getting his electricians ticket he was surprised about that part. While he didn't have any problems with the math and physics he said classes were held up several times due to people not understanding. About a third of the class dropped out due to the math and physics content. Not sure how many passed, but there were likely several borderline pass marks, at least in the class he was in.
Yep, he can use the plunger to get rid of cruft sitting in current code.
If the book hits them hard enough, the highlighting won't matter!
Well, maybe we should just figure out a way to refreeze it up there so the damn poles can't move anymore.
Can't say much about the sports, but I've been using mythtv for television for more than 2 years.
I haven't had any issues with it at all. I do have a guide (I pay for the guide data, I think it's about $2.50 a month) so I can schedule programs. I have four tuners on it, but mythtv can support more than that if your write speed to storage is fast enough. I also have frontends on all TVs (I only have two) that are IR-controlled with a Harmony remote. They all use the same server, so all frontends can watch live TV, schedule recordings, and watch recordings.
As far as ease of use, my grandmother can use my setup. It's not that hard. It has clear menu options "Watch TV" and "Media Library" (where recordings are available.) I did edit the default menu layout to put those two options at the top, however.
The only thing with OTA is that it doesn't show a lot of sports (I find it does on weekends, though) so if you're a sport nut OTA is not for you. In my case, cable was basically 150 channels of nothing on. I still have moments with my whopping 6 channels when there's nothing on, but at least it isn't costing me $100+ a month...
I can say that 5 years ago if you said something about watching TV OTA I would have been "yeah, right", but I'm a convert and I always seem to find something to record.
This endangers traffic around them. How is that safe?
I have a relative working in the auto insurance industry - she says that seniors do have the experience to drive safely. But they also drive less. Per kilometre/mile driven, seniors have generally the same amount of accidents as new drivers. Their insurance should reflect this, but it doesn't. Nice that young drivers get penalized, but seniors don't.
That makes no sense - sure, the car enters open-loop mode under hard acceleration, but eventually the load is taken off the engine and the emissions systems/ECU will go back into closed-loop. Not to mention on most modern cars the A/C compressor clutch will be disengaged under full throttle. You can't stay under hard acceleration all the time. You'll either hit the speed desired or the ECU's programmed limit.
For others that don't know: open-loop is when the O2 sensors and other emissions sensors are ignored (generally under hard acceleration/full throttle and when the car is initially warming up, this can be observed with an air/fuel gauge which can be installed aftermarket.) Closed-loop is when the ECU actively monitors the O2 and other emissions sensors.
If anything, if they (EPA) really wanted to game the system, they should do it on a steep downhill where there's no acceleration input required - all modern cars shut off the fuel injectors in this case and mileage would go up drastically.
No, your mileage may vary.
Well, I have about 6 old phones. I juggle them regularly. So lots. :-P
I could never figure out why insurance is needed in the first place. I've had mobile phones for 15 years at least, and I can count the number of times I dropped them on one hand. I've never bothered with insurance and never will.
You'd think if people are buying expensive items they'd take better care of them.
You have to be careful with the insurance too, an acquaintance I know of paid for insurance on the phone, but when something actually happened to it the insurer made up all sorts of excuses to not fix or replace it. Protip: make sure you completely understand the exclusions in the insurance! Some of them are so broad that the dang insurance may not be all that useful!
Same here. I have concrete. Best material to make a man-cave out of.
Everything bounces off of concrete! Best part is you won't ruin the floor!
Regarding point #2: Any parent who gives their 5-year-old a "toy" like that needs to have their head[s] examined. Seriously.
Well, it's possible the gun could malfunction in such a way that anyone could fire it anyway. So it could fire when it's not supposed to or not fire when it should. Failures are rarely one-sided.
That quarter pounder would look a lot more appealing if it was.
Ditto - and the interesting thing is that most of the time when something is wonky with the hosts/gateways it's almost always the government. Go figure.