What name do you prefer...

[steeb]

for fear of rocking the boat again I'm going to (simply because I have nothing better to do on a Saturday night )

Personally I'm still not sure about the 'PVR' thing. I can understand why not an 'MC' ('Media Centre' thing) but I would have thought given Sub's whole new approach to this it really is a 'DVR' not a 'PVR'

Surely the philosophy behind NPVR has been digital? Therefore DVR?

Some people liked 'BlueSky' as a possibility. Blue is default skin. Sky maybe not so good as BSkyB may have something to say about it!

BlueMoon was a rubbish suggestion of mine

Digital Heavens

BlueStarDVR?

I really know it doesn't mean anything but if Sub has kept the thread open........

[whurlston]

PVR = Personal Video Recorder.
DVR = Digital Video Recorder.

Basically, they are the same thing. My point about moving away from PVR/DVR was that this software is so much more than just a P/Dvr now. It's my entire media hub.

[steeb]

PVR = Personal Video Recorder.
DVR = Digital Video Recorder.

Basically, they are the same thing. My point about moving away from PVR/DVR was that this software is so much more than just a P/Dvr now. It's my entire media hub.

Absolutely. But having read through this thread now from start to finish, many many times it seems Sub just seems to like PVR?

I have pointed out that I use nothing other than GB-PVR to fuel my whole Media Experience at home. I'm not a tinkerer dipping into MP, XBMC, Sage etc. GB-PVR has been the whole experience at home for 4 years now. And N-PVR is about to replace that. BUT I just think 'NextPVR' is lame as a name.

Media Hub, Media Station yes this is surely better than PVR or DVR?

But Sub no like this stuff!

Steeb

[Loomy]

I haven't used this new software yet, but I'm logging in to say that "PVR" is a deprecated term in the english language, and will never be commonly used again. "PVR" might as well be random characters like "VLC", as far as normal people are concerned.

Something like "g3hub" would make more sense to regular people, because at least one of the terms in it is recognizable.

nextv, g3tv, newtv, mytv... we'll be lucky if people are still saying "TV" in ten years, but at least it makes sense today.

That said, NPVR looks kind of cool to me, like a secret branch of the government that makes people disappear

[andematt]

I always found GBPVR a bit clumsy to say. It;s too many letters in an acronym without making a word. When I have told people about it the name was difficult to remember so I was always sending them a link. (not that that is a problem)

Haven't read to the end of this thread yet so I'm not sure if something has already been decided but this is exactly what I wanted to say and think it is important for you to consider sub. Many times while talking about "dvr" setups at work or where ever I've noted how, although it does roll of the tongue alright, it is just a little too long in conversation. Not having a better idea I'd probably go with NextPVR. Although, NextVR (probably NVR in the forums) would be nice (I see google searches aren't the best - nextvr is ok but nvr is definitely taken) as I don't see the need for Personal anymore - video recorder would be sufficient.
my two cents.

[johnsonx42]

VR is already pretty well equated to "Virtual Reality". PVR may not be perfectly descriptive, but most people know what it is.

[andematt]

VR is already pretty well equated to "Virtual Reality". PVR may not be perfectly descriptive, but most people know what it is.

Yeah, I'm plenty familiar with that term and I won't disagree (much) mainly because I didn't think NVR was the best anyways (and I'm still appreciative of your help this weekend ;-)) but I would like it if the brainstorm stayed toward the shorter, more clever, more recognizable names/abbreviations. Although I don't care for BlueSky or BlueMoon I think this is a great piece of software that could take on a name similar in concept to those that isn't blatantly descriptive and people would pick it up just fine. AGAIN, even in saying all of this I don't have any better ideas right now and would still choose NextPVR.

[liteswap]

For what it's worth (and I'm sorry if I'm treading on anyone's corns) but NextPVR is lame and sounds as if the author (and, by association, the product) lacks imagination. And the objections raised earlier about 'Next' pretty soon becoming 'Last' (and the problem of where you go after 'Next') torpedoes this option. Sub, whatever you do, please don't choose NextPVR or one of its variants.

[ShiningDragon]

My vote again:

This time with logo.

[johnsonx42]

Well you know I'm in agreement with NextPVR, and that's a nice logo... but if the logo looks like that wouldn't we have to call it "neXtPVR" and "XPVR"? That's isn't too bad actually, but is that what you're going for?