Oh yeah, and here's something weird!
After RTV degraded the picture last year, the sound has been out of sync on both RTV and TUFF. Every time I would change to one of the channels the sound was out of sync with the picture but several seconds. VERY annoying. But, recordings would play back just fine. What I would have to do is press the fast forward button (I'm using a PC DVR software app) and that would "jigger" the whole thing and then the sound and picture would sync up.
After this problem, I deleted the channels then rescanned the satellite.
It found only RTV, TUFF and that color bars channel listed as "AMC-9/3-F". Ok, cool. Used to be some other channels listed as Tandberg or something like that but they were always blank anyway. Big whup..
But now, when I change channels to RTV, the sound and picture is in sync! I don't have to touch a thing or jigger it (I kind of think of it like smacking the top of an old TV), it just works right, like it used to before they messed things up last year. But, Tuff TV is still messed up, out of sync and I have to jigger it to get the sound synced.
Does anyone else notice this and if so, do you have any suggestions on how to fix it?
The DVR app I'm using (but don't really like) is called Mytheater. My ex put it on the pc because he said it was simple. Well, he was right. It's very simple with no features. It just plays TV and that's about it. What chapped my backside is that he paid MY money for it! So for now, I'm stuck with it, mainly because I don't know what to replace it with or how to replace it. It does allow me to schedule recordings and automatic channel changing on schedules though and that's the only reason I'm dragging my feet on replacing it.
I looked at some other app last year called Sage but I couldn't figure it out to save my life. The site showed it to have some cool features but it looks like it only allows you to have a few foreign satellites, no provision for USA satellites and no way for multiple satellites like I have.
It's just too complicated for me so I gave up on it.
I looked at a Boxee thing but I don't like how it's all cockeyed with the missing corner, it has no Blu-ray ability and it doesn't do satellites or even OTA TV..
I need ONE box that gets everything. That records and plays back. And uses a remote control. I have several old iPhones I can use as remote controls or I would even buy a wireless keyboard if I had to. I saw a little clamshell keyboard with touchpad that works wirelessly but it was pricey.
But really, I need something better than this thing. This mytheater thing is sooooooo limited. Dumby stuck me with it because it was simple and he wanted to throw something on it and get out fast. Lazy bum. Grrrrrrrr.... Ok. Enough grousing on that. One thing at a time. Next step coming up is getting those big dishes up.
After that then I'll try to work on finding a "do it all" box.
