[phroman]

I really shouldn't have used the word flaws, I should have just said my suggestions for Beyond TV's future !

Now, let me start by saying that Beyond TV is probably the single greatest piece of computer software I've ever used. There is no application I use more or get more enjoyment out of, period. Thank you to the developers and to Snapstream for a great product. With that said, I think Beyond TV can and will become even better in the future. However in my opinion there are a few issues I consider very important, these may or may not already be in development, but I just wanted to put them forth.

1: Windows is dead. Vista couldn't have been a bigger failure unless it rendered all who use it sterile. Seriously, with Linux and Apple steadily gaining market share, Snapstream should really make versions of Beyond TV for these platforms. I'm not a programmer and don't pretend to have any idea of the difficulty in doing this, or even the possibility, but with things like Apple TV, it seems like a great fit.

2: Beyond TV should always be recording a 1 hour buffer. I had a few friends over a while ago and we all watched some show, when it finished, I just turned down the volume on my stereo and we hung out for a bit. 28 minutes later someone said, hey, rewind back to the start (of whatever was on) and we could watch that next show from the beginning. Well, I had just hit Menu on my firefly remote, loosing all of the buffer... Crap. Tivo is always recording a buffer, so should Beyond TV, always, regardless of weather you're watching live TV or at the main menu.

3: Full support for recording to multiple hard drives and multiple computers, with what I believe is called polling, so it's all globally accounted for when viewing your remaining recording time.

Let me finish up by restating how much I love Beyond TV, it's great software that I recommend to everyone I can. Please keep up the great work.

Phroman.