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GrimUpNorth 27-02-2013 13:02

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Originally Posted by spiderplant (Post 35542170)
That's what "Keep Until I Delete" is for. Tell it the important ones, and let it manage the rest.

Pretty much everything on the box is set to 'Keep Until I Delete'. It would just be nice if you could have a 'holiday mode - Yes/No' option on series links etc so reducing the amount recorded whilst you're away is as easy as selecting 'I'm on holiday untill dd/mm/yy' in a menu somewhere.

Cheers

Grim

andy_m 27-02-2013 13:21

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If your series links are in order of priority then this will happen anyway, won't it?

spiderplant 27-02-2013 13:40

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Originally Posted by andy_m (Post 35542178)
If your series links are in order of priority then this will happen anyway, won't it?

That just resolves clashes. Grim wants to prevent it recording low priority ones at all, clash or no clash. There isn't a way to do it, but careful use of KUID will achieve the same end-result - they will return from hols to find the hard drive full of Mrs G's recordings. (Surely her recordings are most important whether or not you are on holiday?)

Another idea: his and hers Tivos :)

paultrademark 27-02-2013 15:44

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Originally Posted by spiderplant (Post 35542183)
Another idea: his and hers Tivos :)

Ahh if only MRS was of any use on the majority of channels that people watch.

borrissey 27-02-2013 21:04

2TB version would be better :)

denphone 27-02-2013 21:08

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Originally Posted by borrissey (Post 35542368)
2TB version would be better :)

+1

denphone 01-03-2013 16:29

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Virgin Media to 'delete' 'Coronation Street' tonight.

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/media/s3...t-tonight.html

borrissey 06-03-2013 00:41

Had 2nd TiVo installed today want to connect it so I can stream between boxes and use the TV anywhere app on it. When I go on media access key it says temporarily unavailable, any idea when it will be available and why it says that?

My other TiVo box is on my network fine has been for ages now, I use the TV anywhere app.

BenMcr 06-03-2013 01:07

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TiVo takes 24 hours to fully activate on all systems. You should get your MAK tomorrow (you might be able to get it sooner by perfoming a manual network update)

borrissey 06-03-2013 12:14

Thanks.

Got my media key now set up TV anywhere for second TiVo box. Just need to set up streaming content now, working fine on my other TiVo box but not new one. New TiVo it says video sharing disabled how do I enable it. Got home plug plugged into both TiVos.

Chad 06-03-2013 13:42

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http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-0...y-liberty.html

"Virgin Media Inc. (VMED), the U.K. cable-TV provider being bought by Liberty Global Inc. (LBTYA), plans to make Web services like Netflix a more integral part of its offering rather than fighting them, its chief executive officer said.

“Our approach is to get every content asset you possibly can on the platform,” CEO Neil Berkett said yesterday in an interview at the Cable Congress in London."

OLD BOY 06-03-2013 14:01

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Originally Posted by Chad (Post 35544925)
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-0...y-liberty.html

"Virgin Media Inc. (VMED), the U.K. cable-TV provider being bought by Liberty Global Inc. (LBTYA), plans to make Web services like Netflix a more integral part of its offering rather than fighting them, its chief executive officer said.

“Our approach is to get every content asset you possibly can on the platform,” CEO Neil Berkett said yesterday in an interview at the Cable Congress in London."

That is exactly my vision for Virgin Media! Whoo hoo, we're getting there! Thanks for the link, Chad!

andy_m 06-03-2013 14:06

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A bit light in actual quotes - if anything it just seems to be a rehash of the old "hundreds of apps" line, mainly on the basis that Berkett has said there will be no change in strategy. This despite the fact that we know that this actually means expansion of the cable network based on actual quotes made at the time the takeover was announced. Much more telling in my opinion was Fries' failure to commit to TiVo past the end of the current agreement.

BenMcr 06-03-2013 14:17

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Originally Posted by andy_m (Post 35544935)
Much more telling in my opinion was Fries' failure to commit to TiVo past the end of the current agreement.

Although, personally I'm not surprised at that - CEOs are paid to not make future commitments on a whim.

What I mean is if he had said anything about keeping TiVo past the current agreement, then it shows their hand in any negotiations with TiVo when the time comes

denphone 06-03-2013 14:51

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Originally Posted by Chad (Post 35544925)
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-0...y-liberty.html

"Virgin Media Inc. (VMED), the U.K. cable-TV provider being bought by Liberty Global Inc. (LBTYA), plans to make Web services like Netflix a more integral part of its offering rather than fighting them, its chief executive officer said.

“Our approach is to get every content asset you possibly can on the platform,” CEO Neil Berkett said yesterday in an interview at the Cable Congress in London."

That sounds good news on the face of it.

passingbat 06-03-2013 16:02

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Originally Posted by denphone (Post 35544952)
That sounds good news on the face of it.

Agreed, but as Andy said, we've heard the Netflix/Lovefilm type services bit before and nothing has come of it. Having repeated it, they need to make it happens this time, and fairly soon.

OLD BOY 07-03-2013 13:22

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Originally Posted by passingbat (Post 35544986)
Agreed, but as Andy said, we've heard the Netflix/Lovefilm type services bit before and nothing has come of it. Having repeated it, they need to make it happens this time, and fairly soon.

Well, unfortunately, they have not committed themselves to a timeframe.

denphone 09-03-2013 11:54

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Does anybody have this on Virgin's TV Anywhere site this morning.

Quote:

Access denied

Sorry, it seems you do not have the right to access this area of the site.

Dash: CF noob 09-03-2013 12:01

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yes


there is currently maintenance work on "MYVIRGINMEDIA" possibly related in some way..

denphone 09-03-2013 12:24

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Thanks kindly Dash.

steveqpr 09-03-2013 12:59

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Yeah, same for me too.

HDFootyMan 09-03-2013 13:30

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Originally Posted by Chad (Post 35544925)
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-0...y-liberty.html

“Our approach is to get every content asset you possibly can on the platform,” CEO Neil Berkett said yesterday in an interview at the Cable Congress in London."

Heard this before. They've been promising OTT apps like Netflix for over a year now.

muppetman11 10-03-2013 14:35

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Originally Posted by Chad (Post 35544925)
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-0...y-liberty.html

"Virgin Media Inc. (VMED), the U.K. cable-TV provider being bought by Liberty Global Inc. (LBTYA), plans to make Web services like Netflix a more integral part of its offering rather than fighting them, its chief executive officer said.

Our approach is to get every content asset you possibly can on the platform,” CEO Neil Berkett said yesterday in an interview at the Cable Congress in London."

If that in fact is the case why on earth has it took this long :confused:

The only apps currently worth having are YouTube and Iplayer , if apps are what people want I'd suggest an XBOX or a Roku.

denphone 10-03-2013 14:43

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Originally Posted by muppetman11 (Post 35546591)
If that in fact is the case why on earth has it took this long :confused:

They only apps currently worth having are YouTube and Iplayer , if apps are what people want I'd suggest an XBOX or a Roku.

Come on MM as your post somewhat paint a negative gloomy picture when one suspects that things are now in motion to bring us some of the OTT apps that many of us desire as remember sometimes things can take a little longer then you think sometimes as things never go in straight lines.

Henkesghost 10-03-2013 17:13

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Think someone is sneaking in my house and :tu:heaps of stuff I hate. Some the stuff TiVo recommends based on what i actually do like is mind boggling. EG Miranda????? :no: Pretty sure it just makes it up

spiderplant 10-03-2013 21:07

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Originally Posted by Henkesghost (Post 35546613)
Think someone is sneaking in my house and :tu:heaps of stuff I hate. Some the stuff TiVo recommends based on what i actually do like is mind boggling. EG Miranda????? :no: Pretty sure it just makes it up

Give Miranda a :td: or three and it will stop.

It may be worth tidying your thumbs. Go to My Shows->Suggestions->Improve my Suggestions.

Henkesghost 10-03-2013 21:28

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Originally Posted by spiderplant (Post 35546750)
Give Miranda a :td: or three and it will stop.

It may be worth tidying your thumbs. Go to My Shows->Suggestions->Improve my Suggestions.

Thanks Spiderplant, was kind. Think I'll try to give Miranda 4 thumbs just to make sure:)

Not in that way eeew ;)

andy_m 10-03-2013 21:37

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Originally Posted by muppetman11 (Post 35546591)
If that in fact is the case why on earth has it took this long :confused:

The only apps currently worth having are YouTube and Iplayer , if apps are what people want I'd suggest an XBOX or a Roku.

Correct. Apart from a throw away line from Cindy Rose there has never been any real suggestion that ott apps for TiVo are part of the long term strategy for Virgin, certainly not a suggestion that's been backed up by actions, at any rate. To suggest so now, when the stated intention of the prospective new owners is actually to continue to invest in increasing the cable footprint and when there is no commitment to TiVo past the current agreement (and a ready made replacement rolling out across Europe as we speak) appears disingenuous at best.

passingbat 10-03-2013 22:49

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Originally Posted by andy_m (Post 35546766)
Correct. Apart from a throw away line from Cindy Rose there has never been any real suggestion that ott apps for TiVo are part of the long term strategy for Virgin, certainly not a suggestion that's been backed up by actions, at any rate. To suggest so now, when the stated intention of the prospective new owners is actually to continue to invest in increasing the cable footprint and when there is no commitment to TiVo past the current agreement (and a ready made replacement rolling out across Europe as we speak) appears disingenuous at best.


I am pretty sure that Neil Berkett said that they were hoping (or some similar wording) to talk to Netflix and Lovefilm about the possibility of adding them to Tivo. It was certainly after the Cindy Rose article as Netflix has only been in the UK for a little over a year (launched January 2012 if I recall correctly)

HDFootyMan 11-03-2013 00:28

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Originally Posted by passingbat (Post 35546786)
I am pretty sure that Neil Berkett said that they were hoping (or some similar wording) to talk to Netflix and Lovefilm about the possibility of adding them to Tivo. It was certainly after the Cindy Rose article as Netflix has only been in the UK for a little over a year (launched January 2012 if I recall correctly)

Hoping?

Hoping for what? How long does it take to pick up a phone? Send a text or email?

Heck, I'll write the email for them:

---------


Subject: Netflix on Virgin Media's TiVo

Body Text: Hi there, we love Netflix and we suspect you'll would love to have access to a potential 3.8 million TV customers on our network (which you've already got your CDNs embedded within). We should talk and do lunch.

Love Virgin Media.

:)

andy_m 11-03-2013 05:18

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Originally Posted by passingbat (Post 35546786)
I am pretty sure that Neil Berkett said that they were hoping (or some similar wording) to talk to Netflix and Lovefilm about the possibility of adding them to Tivo. It was certainly after the Cindy Rose article as Netflix has only been in the UK for a little over a year (launched January 2012 if I recall correctly)

Oh right. And how has that worked out for them?

passingbat 11-03-2013 13:28

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Originally Posted by andy_m (Post 35546849)
Oh right. And how has that worked out for them?

As expected; nothing happened. You will get no argument from me on the points you are making, I agree with you.

I was just pointing out that there was a previous reference by Neil Berkett to aquiring Netflix services, after the CR article and before this latest statement.

Mr Banana 11-03-2013 14:06

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Originally Posted by passingbat (Post 35546935)
As expected; nothing happened. You will get no argument from me on the points you are making, I agree with you.

I was just pointing out that there was a previous reference by Neil Berkett to aquiring Netflix services, after the CR article and before this latest statement.

Maybe this is why - Liberty don't appear keen

■Netflix: I dont envy a business that spends 70% of its revenue on content, makes a margin of only 50c a home a month and has huge national marketing expenses; is that sustainable? But we have learned a lot from them about how consumers want their content.

passingbat 11-03-2013 14:25

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Originally Posted by Top banana (Post 35546949)
Maybe this is why - Liberty don't appear keen

■Netflix: I dont envy a business that spends 70% of its revenue on content, makes a margin of only 50c a home a month and has huge national marketing expenses; is that sustainable? But we have learned a lot from them about how consumers want their content.

But Neil Berkett made his recent reference after the takeover.

Personally, I'm not fussed about Netflix on Tivo. I use a relatively cheap streamer to do the job. Using that in conjunction with Unblockus, I can access all the Netflix regions, giving much more content; I wouldn't be able to do that on a Tivo Netflix app.

I think it would be a good addition, but with so many devices now able to access Netflix, they may have missed the boat. They probably should have done it shortly after Netflix launched in the UK, if they were going to do it.

Verified 11-03-2013 14:30

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Originally Posted by passingbat (Post 35546958)
But Neil Berkett made his recent reference after the takeover.

Personally, I'm not fussed about Netflix on Tivo. I use a relatively cheap streamer to do the job. Using that in conjunction with Unblockus, I can access all the Netflix regions, giving much more content; I wouldn't be able to do that on a Tivo Netflix app.

I think it would be a good addition, but with so many devices now able to access Netflix, they may have missed the boat. They probably should have done it shortly after Netflix launched in the UK, if they were going to do it.

TiVo's history with apps isn't great, I don't recall seeing any positive feedback on any of the main ones such as Iplayer, Spotify, YouTube etc

Mr Banana 11-03-2013 14:43

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Originally Posted by passingbat (Post 35546958)
But Neil Berkett made his recent reference after the takeover.

Personally, I'm not fussed about Netflix on Tivo. I use a relatively cheap streamer to do the job. Using that in conjunction with Unblockus, I can access all the Netflix regions, giving much more content; I wouldn't be able to do that on a Tivo Netflix app.

I think it would be a good addition, but with so many devices now able to access Netflix, they may have missed the boat. They probably should have done it shortly after Netflix launched in the UK, if they were going to do it.

It was a comment from Mike Fries at last weeks Cable Congress - this is the link?

http://advanced-television.com/2013/...s-next-target/

passingbat 11-03-2013 14:58

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Originally Posted by Top banana (Post 35546973)
It was a comment from Mike Fries at last weeks Cable Congress - this is the link?

http://advanced-television.com/2013/...s-next-target/

The comment isn't, on the face of it, the opposite of Neil Berkett. Just because Fries doesn't want to run a company in the same way as Netflix, doesn't prevent him offering Netflix's services via Tivo.

BTW, the Tivo Netflix app (the new one released last May) is regarded as one of the better ones, if not the best Netflix app.

http://www.techofthehub.com/2012/05/...on-review.html

denphone 12-03-2013 18:17

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Why have the apps on the TiVo dropped from 37 to 29?.

Jameseh 12-03-2013 18:22

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Millionaire's gone so I assume the contract with appalling game company has expired.

Doz007 15-03-2013 10:45

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Any news on VM bringing the TiVo Mini to the UK?

BenMcr 15-03-2013 10:57

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Originally Posted by Doz007 (Post 35548484)
Any news on VM bringing the TiVo Mini to the UK?

Nope, but personally can't see it happening.

It makes sense in the US where the TiVo required to run it costs at least $249 + $14.99 a month

VM TiVo is a lot less than that. In fact you can get a 500GB TiVo for the same price as the TiVo Mini - 50 install

OLD BOY 15-03-2013 13:44

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Originally Posted by denphone (Post 35547478)
Why have the apps on the TiVo dropped from 37 to 29?.

Presumably, because they are rubbish, of course! ;)

roughbeast 16-03-2013 19:28

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Does everybody have a noisy TIVO or is it just me?

Mine is a 1Tb version. Noise comes from two locations.

1. The TV card sits loosely in its slot. It vibrates with a really irritating buzz. I have dampened this with a bit of Blutac, but this only works for a while.
2. There is an annoying hum from deep inside the unit. This gets amplfied by the wooden furniture it's on. I've partially solved it by placing foam pads under each foot.

I had hoped a TIVO box might be better quality than some VM equipment. Apparently its not.

andy_m 16-03-2013 19:32

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No, mine is whisper quiet. I very occasionally hear the chug of the hard drive, but only if it isn't on, otherwise the noise of the TV easily drowns it out. The idea of your smart card sitting loosely seems wrong - I'd give them a ring if I were you.

Risco 18-03-2013 22:03

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Originally Posted by roughbeast (Post 35549202)
Does everybody have a noisy TIVO or is it just me?

Mine is a 1Tb version. Noise comes from two locations.

1. The TV card sits loosely in its slot. It vibrates with a really irritating buzz. I have dampened this with a bit of Blutac, but this only works for a while.
2. There is an annoying hum from deep inside the unit. This gets amplfied by the wooden furniture it's on. I've partially solved it by placing foam pads under each foot.

I had hoped a TIVO box might be better quality than some VM equipment. Apparently its not.

Bang it on the top, stops the grinding.

Also ain't it about time that TiVo had a firmware update? It still is a bit sluggish for me.

plaiter 23-03-2013 21:06

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Did anyone see this in the VM forum ?

http://www.tivo.com/mytivo/product-f...oid/index.html

Looks like the VM Android app may not be too far away.

BenMcr 23-03-2013 21:09

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Originally Posted by plaiter (Post 35552426)
Did anyone see this in the VM forum ?

http://www.tivo.com/mytivo/product-f...oid/index.html

Looks like the VM Android app may not be too far away.

Wouldn't infer too much from that the US TiVo Android app has been available since the middle of last year.

andy_m 23-03-2013 21:14

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That's from the US site. Their android app has been available since January.

2012.

paultrademark 23-03-2013 21:36

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So we looking at another 6 months then ;)

andy_m 23-03-2013 21:41

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It's coming soon...

geordiechris 23-03-2013 21:48

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Virgin should patent 'coming soon' and then advertise

For example: Sky - Believe In Better............Virgin - Coming Soon

:D

harry_hitch 23-03-2013 23:38

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Um, just a random question, whilst watching videos(?), dvd's or Bluray and you miss a small section of the movie/tv show and you rewind past the point you last remembered, does anyone else miss the "jump forward" function TIVO has. Curse TIVO for being so damn useful:-/ Anyway, randomness over....carry on.....

roughbeast 24-03-2013 11:09

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How useful will it be? It requires an IP address for your TIVO device. Do they have one we can access?

GrimUpNorth 24-03-2013 11:12

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Some serious work is still needed on the EPG, our box recorded an old episode of Air Crash Investigation yesterday - which was not only marked as new, but also had a first aired date of 18/4/13!!

Cheers

Grim

mhatter67 24-03-2013 12:40

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Originally Posted by GrimUpNorth (Post 35552513)
Some serious work is still needed on the EPG, our box recorded an old episode of Air Crash Investigation yesterday - which was not only marked as new, but also had a first aired date of 18/4/13!!

Cheers

Grim

Had the same problem, reported it to VM link here this was supplied by SP a while ago :)

Londonbornpaddy 24-03-2013 12:51

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Just wondering if i am being thick or my Tivo is being deliberately annoying. Perhaps someone can help me.
I have a few things all recording on a Friday night around the 9pm time and i want to record the new JJ Abrams Revolution which is also on at the 9pm time on a friday. So i guessed it would be on later in the week i found another day ( Saturday ) and set the series link. Went into My Planned recordings and there it is - bang in the middle of the Friday set. I have my settings as New only. I even set up a few episodes to record separately then did a series link for Saturday and it still appears to want to record on Friday.
What am i doing wrong? or how can i fix it?
Thank you :)

spiderplant 24-03-2013 14:05

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Originally Posted by Londonbornpaddy (Post 35552557)
What am i doing wrong? or how can i fix it?

You aren't doing anything wrong. It has decided there will be a tuner free on Friday so is planning to record it. If you go to Manage My Series Links and move Revolution below everything else on Friday, it will reschedule the recording to Saturday if there is a clash.

joglynne 24-03-2013 14:05

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Originally Posted by Londonbornpaddy (Post 35552557)
Just wondering if i am being thick or my Tivo is being deliberately annoying. Perhaps someone can help me.
I have a few things all recording on a Friday night around the 9pm time and i want to record the new JJ Abrams Revolution which is also on at the 9pm time on a friday. So i guessed it would be on later in the week i found another day ( Saturday ) and set the series link. Went into My Planned recordings and there it is - bang in the middle of the Friday set. I have my settings as New only. I even set up a few episodes to record separately then did a series link for Saturday and it still appears to want to record on Friday.
What am i doing wrong? or how can i fix it?
Thank you :)

Could you try lowering the priority of JJ Abrams Revolution (in Manage my Series Links) so that it sits below the other Friday recording links?

muppetman11 24-03-2013 14:11

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Originally Posted by spiderplant (Post 35552606)
You aren't doing anything wrong. It has decided there will be a tuner free on Friday so is planning to record it. If you go to Manage My Series Links and move Revolution below everything else on Friday, it will reschedule the recording to Saturday if there is a clash.

If you make Revolution a lower priority and you've set it on Sky One HD will it reschedule on the same channel if it has a repeat or just record on the next airing which could be Sky 2 in SD ?

BenMcr 24-03-2013 14:52

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Originally Posted by muppetman11 (Post 35552609)
If you make Revolution a lower priority and you've set it on Sky One HD will it reschedule on the same channel if it has a repeat or just record on the next airing which could be Sky 2 in SD ?

Series Links stick to the channel you set them on as far as I'm aware.

It's Wishlists that use all channels

Helix 24-03-2013 23:22

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Quote:

Originally Posted by GrimUpNorth (Post 35552513)
Some serious work is still needed on the EPG, our box recorded an old episode of Air Crash Investigation yesterday - which was not only marked as new, but also had a first aired date of 18/4/13!!

Cheers

Grim

The whole series of Parks and Recreation was wrong, it wasn't marked as New because it had already aired in the US and Virgin didn't correct it. The mistake continues into Season 2 as well.

Londonbornpaddy 24-03-2013 23:30

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Thanks guys - i already have the other series set at a higher priority.
I think the problem is that it IS technically possible but i think other things that also start or end at 9pm may get clipped - so to make sure there would none of that i tried to set it as a series link on the saturday showing.

Will have a play around a bit longer. I was just wondering if there is a way of specifically targeting a day to record on rather than when its first convenient for the Tivo :)

spiderplant 25-03-2013 09:51

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To prevent it clipping, go to Settings->Recordings->Overlap Proection, and set it to No. It will then reschedule the lowest-priority recording.

If you really want to force it to record on Saturday, tell it not to record episode 1 of the series link (or cancel the series entirely), and set a manual recording instead.

scollie 25-03-2013 16:00

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Londonbornpaddy (Post 35552557)
Just wondering if i am being thick or my Tivo is being deliberately annoying. Perhaps someone can help me.
I have a few things all recording on a Friday night around the 9pm time and i want to record the new JJ Abrams Revolution which is also on at the 9pm time on a friday. So i guessed it would be on later in the week i found another day ( Saturday ) and set the series link. Went into My Planned recordings and there it is - bang in the middle of the Friday set. I have my settings as New only. I even set up a few episodes to record separately then did a series link for Saturday and it still appears to want to record on Friday.
What am i doing wrong? or how can i fix it?
Thank you :)

I had a similar problem with a series which was being shown on a Monday and would cause another program to be clipped. I saw that the series I wanted to record was also being shown on a Thursday and tried to set the recording for the Thursday but no matter what I did, it still set it up for the Monday.

In the end I waited until Tuesday and was then able to set the series link up for the Thursday and all following Thursdays. ;)

RobboEdin 25-03-2013 16:04

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Originally Posted by scollie (Post 35552947)
In the end I waited until Tuesday and was then able to set the series link up for the Thursday and all following Thursdays. ;)

Are you sure? Have you checked?

TiVo will always record the first available showing of a program, assuming that the series link has sufficient priority.

The only reason that you created a series link that recorded the Thursday showing was that the Monday showing had already taken place and TiVo (obviously) couldn't record the Monday one. Check My Planned Progammes.

scollie 25-03-2013 17:46

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Originally Posted by RobboEdin (Post 35552949)
Are you sure? Have you checked?

TiVo will always record the first available showing of a program, assuming that the series link has sufficient priority.

The only reason that you created a series link that recorded the Thursday showing was that the Monday showing had already taken place and TiVo (obviously) couldn't record the Monday one. Check My Planned Progammes.

Now that you have asked I can only say that I'm not sure at all about what has happened!

The show in question is Arrow and in My Shows I have 2 episodes from Thu 14/3 and 2 episodes from Thu 21/3 which seems to back up what I had said had happened.

However looking in Planned Programs it shows that it is set up to record the 1 showing that is on tonight and Thursday's showing is set up as a manual recording. I can't remember exactly what I did when I set the program up initially but I do remember trying to set up a manual showing at one stage but I thought I had canceled that.

Looking back at recording hiccups it states that last Monday's 2 showings weren't recorded because the series link had been canceled. It also said that the manual recording of episode 'Lone Gunman' on the Thursday wasn't recorded because it wasn't new. However in My Shows it shows that it has recorded both episodes including 'Lone Gunman' from Thursday.

My Monday recordings no longer clash with Arrow so I'll leave it as it is and see what gets recorded this week.

Sorry for the confusion but I do remember being confused like Londonbornpaddy in trying to get it to record a series on the day I wanted it to. :confused:

Henkesghost 25-03-2013 17:47

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Got the problem above too. Have a series link for football's next star "New Only" but it continually records all episodes :(Really annoying as it could interfere with other recordings we've set. It recorded 3 last night instead of the one only that the link should have recorded.

spiderplant 25-03-2013 18:49

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Henkesghost (Post 35552995)
Got the problem above too. Have a series link for football's next star "New Only" but it continually records all episodes :(Really annoying as it could interfere with other recordings we've set. It recorded 3 last night instead of the one only that the link should have recorded.

That's happening because that programme doesn't have any episode information, so the TiVo can't tell the episodes apart. Same as happens with Click.

Setting a weekly (or whatever) manual recording is the easiest workaround.

Henkesghost 25-03-2013 19:42

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Quote:

Originally Posted by spiderplant (Post 35553045)
That's happening because that programme doesn't have any episode information, so the TiVo can't tell the episodes apart. Same as happens with Click.

Setting a weekly (or whatever) manual recording is the easiest workaround.

Cheers spiderplant

BenMcr 25-03-2013 20:28

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Quote:

Originally Posted by spiderplant (Post 35553045)
Same as happens with Click.

Luckily Click is now on Mondays on BBC 2 so only get one a week now ;)

plaiter 26-03-2013 22:33

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Quote:

Originally Posted by BenMcr (Post 35552427)
Wouldn't infer too much from that the US TiVo Android app has been available since the middle of last year.

This was posted by one of the mods on the VM forum. Perhaps another glimmer of hope.

"Hi all,

I can understand the frustrations you have, however I can assure you that we're in full of development with regards to the Android app. As someone else has posted, we're also working on improving our backends to support the influx of you guys hooking up with TV Anywhere over Android.

It shouldn't be much longer now. "

Londonbornpaddy 27-03-2013 15:19

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Thanks to all for their help with my Tivo recording issues. I think when i got Tivo i never imagined i would actually want to record 3 things that are on at the same time - guess my addiction to Ice Road Truckers on a Friday night has caught up with me. That and Walking Dead , Modern Family and now Revolution all around the 9pm mark. I think i got it sorted out now :)

richard s 28-03-2013 15:56

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Why is CNN news showing in a small window.

ntluser 13-04-2013 16:29

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Currently have a V+ box and am thinking about switching to a Tivo but want a comparable collection to the XL package.I was thinking about the VIP collection but without the Sky Sports/Movies element. Just wondered what the cost would be and if I could retain the V+ Box as my second box as I still have a lot of unwatched and non-transferable recordings on it.

MalteseFalcon 13-04-2013 17:54

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If not in contract, call retentions on 150, option 5 then 3. Explain what you want and they will tell you the best deal you can get. Be firm but polite and you can't go far wrong.

Firmsky 19-04-2013 23:11

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Its probably been there for ages but tonight I discovered the video games app, have to admit it is really good! Nice one VM!

denphone 20-04-2013 06:10

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Firmsky (Post 35562927)
Its probably been there for ages but tonight I discovered the video games app, have to admit it is really good! Nice one VM!

It was put there in the last few days Firmsky.

paultrademark 20-04-2013 07:32

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Hi posted this on the VM community forum but no harm asking here too.

Over the last week or so I have been experience a short burst of sound coming through my system.

I have a Samung HT-D5530 Surround System and a Samsung UE50ES6300 TV which are all connected by HDMI.

I have mainly noticed it on HD channels, and over the last couple of days we have kept a note of time/date/channel it has occured. I have yet to notice/log it on SD channels but will continue to log any instances.

I have checked all my connections including speakers and everything is fine. We have not noticed it during Bluray playback or any streaming from my NAS.

The last occurence has been during The One Show on BBC HD (108) twice in the last 20 minutes.

I have also checked by disabling the surround system and just using the TV speakers and the fault still occurs.

Also I am able to rewind the show and the fault still happens which to me assumes it is coming from the broadcast and not my equipment.

Is anyone else experiencing this?

It's hard to explain, it's just a sudden burst of volume which lasts under a second and then goes back to normal.
Its just a burst of high volume, am assuming that because I can playback the issue that it's coming from source and not the actual equipment, especially the fact it does it either through the surround system and also through the TV speakers.

I have recorded it using my phone, it's not the best quality but you can hear it around 10s into it when Brian Cox's name is mentioned.. hopefully this link works

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0BwQC...it?usp=sharing

It sometime happens 2 or 3 times a day, but sometimes worse than that as in louder.

There is no pattern to it, am trying to narrow it down to what channels it occurs on (we mainly watch HD and tends to be BBC HD, STV HD, C4 HD so that's why started logging it to see whats worse.

It's getting annoying, was hoping somone else is experiencing the same thing to see if it's the actual broadcast or possibly a box/signal issue.

Happened again at 22:05 on BBC HD (108) on the news, so if anyone else noticed please let me know.

HDFootyMan 21-04-2013 14:31

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Hmm:
http://www.broadbandtvnews.com/2013/...orizon-update/

There was talk of Horizon replacing TiVo as VM's PVR after the Liberty Global takeover. If that report via the link is any indication, we may have dodged a bullet.

Jameseh 21-04-2013 14:59

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Yeah, the Horizon interface seems to be far nicer to look at than it is to use, couldn't argue against all those tuners though.

Risco 21-04-2013 15:31

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Quote:

Originally Posted by BenMcr (Post 35553094)
Luckily Click is now on Mondays on BBC 2 so only get one a week now ;)

It still records every bloody episode...including those early morning ones on BBC news.

I get the feeling TiVo has been forgotten about. Where are the feature and bug fix and UI speed updates?

Jameseh 21-04-2013 16:08

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Risco (Post 35563339)
It still records every bloody episode...including those early morning ones on BBC news.

I get the feeling TiVo has been forgotten about. Where are the feature and bug fix and UI speed updates?

Because you haven't cancelled the BBC News series link yet?

denphone 24-05-2013 16:30

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Seagate 4TB hard disk hints at the future of Sky+HD and Virgin Media TiVo.

http://recombu.com/digital/news/seag...vo_M11612.html

andy_m 25-05-2013 19:01

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Who provides the film ratings on the TiVo epg? The Italian Job, 2.5 stars!

spiderplant 25-05-2013 19:29

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http://community.virginmedia.com/t5/...ht/true#M10321

MalteseFalcon 25-05-2013 20:26

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Which one was it though? Remake deserves less than 2.5 stars, the original deserves 5 stars (or whatever top rating is).

andy_m 25-05-2013 21:20

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Cheers Spiderplant. It's the original on film 4 tomorrow. Genuinely stunned at the rating. I appreciate this will always be subjective but surely this is an acknowledged classic? Seriously calls in to question the credibility of the film ratings, IMO. Does anybody actually use them to make viewing decisions?

denphone 25-05-2013 21:24

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Quote:

Originally Posted by andy_m (Post 35575783)
Cheers Spiderplant. It's the original on film 4 tomorrow. Genuinely stunned at the rating. I appreciate this will always be subjective but surely this is an acknowledged classic? Seriously calls in to question the credibility of the film ratings, IMO. Does anybody actually use them to make viewing decisions?

Summed up perfectly Andy.

spiderplant 25-05-2013 22:32

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Quote:

Originally Posted by andy_m (Post 35575783)
Genuinely stunned at the rating. I appreciate this will always be subjective but surely this is an acknowledged classic? Seriously calls in to question the credibility of the film ratings, IMO

It's a classic, but a British classic. The ratings come from Tribune in the US.

It gets a lowly 7.3 at IMDb too.

andy_m 25-05-2013 23:01

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And yet UK customers are being asked to use them to make purchasing decisions-that's not really on, is it. Besides which, your "lowly" imdb score is actually 73%, Tribune's rating equates to just 62% - less than two thirds compared with nearly three quarters. I genuinely think the credibility of Tribune's ratings are questionable.

---------- Post added at 22:01 ---------- Previous post was at 21:55 ----------

On investigation, it appears that 7.3 on imdb is actually a good score. An 8 gets you in the top 250 of all time. By contrast, 2.5 stars from Tribune puts you in the same bracket as Short Circuit (6. 4 on imdb, Btw).

Jameseh 27-05-2013 01:21

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I never understood why they went with 4 stars, who the hell rates things out of 4?

coulsontom 27-05-2013 01:47

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Jameseh (Post 35576177)
I never understood why they went with 4 stars, who the hell rates things out of 4?

lol, true.

It reduces the scope for distinguishing between films but even so I don't take much notice of them.

andy_m 27-05-2013 10:55

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Jameseh (Post 35576177)
I never understood why they went with 4 stars, who the hell rates things out of 4?

This appears to be the problem. Apparently, Tribune actually rate out of 5, and do draw their ratings from imdb. Their rating for The Italian Job is actually 3.5/5, which is roughly equal to imdb's 7.3/10, and certainly closer than 62%. The issue is actually with the subsequent conversion to TiVo's 4 star rating system, which when you think about it, is a bit ridiculous. It's very easy to blame Tribune for problems with what appears on the TiVo epg but obviously it's not always down to them.

harry_hitch 27-05-2013 12:38

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I detest the TIVO ratings. I have decided that a movie rated 3.5 stars is going to be the equivalent of a 4/5 and 4/4 equates to 5/5. 3 stars and below are literally 3 stars and below. I base my scores on the old Empire movie magazine/website ratings. I find Empire now to be part of the hype culture of reviews now, but 5 -10 years ago, they were excellent.
I now mainly use Time Out for reviews, which are very good, but I am not fully up to speed with their reviewers.
With regards to the IMDB ratings, I find IMDB a very useful site, but it's reviews in my eyes are often suspect. If you ever read some of the bad reviews for movies you will find there is not a lot of intelligent input. Often if a story is a slow burner for 90% of the movie, people will call it boring and switch off before the "pay-off" and thus drag the score down drastically. People also find "old" movies too tame and not "exciting" enough. Take The Italian Job for example, I have not seen either (shocking I know) but a lot of people under 25 will have seen the original. These people who then watch the original MAY find the original boring/priggish/slow/rubbish just because of the cast, quality of recording, script, how tame it is in comparison and of course Noel Coward!!!. I often judge 7.2/7.3/7.4 as a good score on IMDB due to the poor reviews. Anything below these scores I will generally class as poor overall (due to the reviews from the more "intelligent" film reviewer). Sorry, got carried away there.
BAck to the point, I don't know how to improve the TIVO review system, but it looks like TMS use American orientated reviews for their scores, would VM powered by TIVO be better using British based reviews (i.e Radio Times, Empire, Total Film, Time Out etc) due to different cultures etc? Just a thought!

denphone 28-05-2013 18:08

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Virgin Media: Multi-TB drives are not the future, it’s all about the cloud.

http://recombu.com/digital/news/virg...ud_M11624.html

coulsontom 28-05-2013 18:23

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lol. Bloody clouds. It all fails if the internet goes down. This is supposed to be the future of business also, but your business stalls if the internet goes.

muppetman11 28-05-2013 18:50

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Quote:

Originally Posted by denphone (Post 35576733)
Virgin Media: Multi-TB drives are not the future, it’s all about the cloud.

http://recombu.com/digital/news/virg...ud_M11624.html

I'm sure the cloud certainly is the future however were a good few years off that time in my opinion , catchup simply won't replace people recording shows in the short term , as the article states rights issues is a massive stumbling block and many broadcasters currently don't offer any sort of catchup service meaning recording your favourite shows on those channels is essential for the time being , short term I'd much prefer bigger HDD's.

coulsontom 28-05-2013 19:03

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Quote:

Originally Posted by muppetman11 (Post 35576759)
I'm sure the cloud certainly is the future however were a good few years off that time in my opinion , catchup simply won't replace people recording shows in the short term , as the article states rights issues is a massive stumbling block and many broadcasters currently don't offer any sort of catchup service meaning recording your favourite shows on those channels is essential for the time being , short term I'd much prefer bigger HDD's.

In a way it's counter-intuitive to say that the future for Virgin Media is with catch-up when it's flagship TiVo product is (rightly) lauded for the fact it has 3 tuners.

arcimedes 28-05-2013 19:07

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Catchup services are all very well but at present they only keep a week of programmes.

We manage alright with the 1TB box, we don't keep that many programmes more than a week probably about 250GB.

denphone 28-05-2013 19:08

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Quote:

Originally Posted by muppetman11 (Post 35576759)
I'm sure the cloud certainly is the future however were a good few years off that time in my opinion , catchup simply won't replace people recording shows in the short term , as the article states rights issues is a massive stumbling block and many broadcasters currently don't offer any sort of catchup service meaning recording your favourite shows on those channels is essential for the time being , short term I'd much prefer bigger HDD's.

Yes l have to agree with you MM.:tu:


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