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ahardie

11-05-2011 17:03

Re: Is this slow?

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Originally Posted by macguru32 (Post 35234056)

Sorry try this one:

http://community.virginmedia.com/t5/...wn/td-p/482887

In that thread a staff member says that it isn't a known issue for the box to slow down as the drive fills up and to try a reboot.

muppetman11

11-05-2011 17:08

Re: Is this slow?

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Originally Posted by denphone (Post 35234060)

My tivo is wonderfully responsive but its obvious some customers are unhappy about the speed of their tivo but l certainly don,t believe their lack of speed is down to their recordings or deleted recordings filling up the hard drive.

Im not doubting you Den , I have only used TIVO once in a VM shop and the menus didnt seem as slow as on that video.

denphone

11-05-2011 17:11

Re: Is this slow?

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Originally Posted by muppetman11 (Post 35234068)

Im not doubting you Den , I have only used TIVO once in a VM shop and the menus didnt seem as slow as on that video.

No l am no expert like certain forum members who might have a better idea about some customers tivo boxes and what the problem might be.:angel:

DaBoz

11-05-2011 17:22

Re: Is this slow?

Ok this is interesting. So the video shows unreasonably slow performance. Can someone with fast menus please post some examples, preferably the undelete actions.

It could be I have a faulty box after all.

macguru32

11-05-2011 18:34

Re: Is this slow?

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Originally Posted by DaBoz (Post 35234081)

Yes it could, but for me the problem is slightly different, my menus are not sluggish it's the red circle that keeps appearing for longer and more often than it did after the first week.
How often do you see the red circle? between each sluggish menu or only when performing a function like deleting or setting a series link?

DaBoz

11-05-2011 18:59

Re: Is this slow?

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Originally Posted by macguru32 (Post 35234111)

I get red circle randomly it seems, but perhaps it's related to operations. I would say I get it infrequently, but several times an evening.

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Originally Posted by clinteastman (Post 35234050)

I don't think you can. Have you tried a manual "delete for ever" on all your deleted stuff to see if it gets faster. Not suggesting it as something to do from now on but just as a diagnostic tool.

I have 13 pages of deleted shows. Any suggestion on how to delete this much stuff quickly?

devilincarnate

11-05-2011 19:03

Re: Is this slow?

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Originally Posted by DaBoz (Post 35234132)

I have 13 pages of deleted shows. Any suggestion on how to delete this much stuff quickly?

No Sorry I think that you have to do them 1 by 1. Unless anyone can shed any more light in how to do this?

clinteastman

11-05-2011 19:14

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Originally Posted by DaBoz (Post 35234132)

There is no "Empty this folder" so one by one. It slightly faster to use the 'Clear' button from the list.

DaBoz

11-05-2011 19:18

Re: Is this slow?

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Originally Posted by devilincarnate (Post 35234139)

No Sorry I think that you have to do them 1 by 1. Unless anyone can shed any more light in how to do this?

Face palm. If I keep TiVo, I hope this makes it into the fix list! Ok, here I go...

devilincarnate

11-05-2011 19:24

Re: Is this slow?

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Originally Posted by DaBoz (Post 35234144)

Face palm. If I keep TiVo, I hope this makes it into the fix list! Ok, here I go...

We will hear from you in a few hours then :D:D:D:D

clinteastman

11-05-2011 19:28

Re: Is this slow?

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Originally Posted by DaBoz (Post 35234144)

Face palm. If I keep TiVo, I hope this makes it into the fix list! Ok, here I go...

Make sure you use the clear button!
Let me point out that I don't think we will ever actually have to do this but it's a good way of ruling out a full drive as being the problem.

Stephen

11-05-2011 20:09

Re: Is this slow?

There should be no need to empty the deleted items folder. TiVo automatically does this when it needs to.

Also that is why there is no delete all option for the folder.

DaBoz

11-05-2011 20:18

Re: Is this slow?

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Originally Posted by Stephen (Post 35234178)

There should be no need to empty the deleted items folder. TiVo automatically does this when it needs to.

Also that is why there is no delete all option for the folder.

So I shouldn't bother deleting the 13 pages of deleted to see if my slow issues are attributed to actual disk space usage?

On the flip side, what if you wanted to delete all the shows, because you didn't want others in the house to see what you've been watching? Specially that stuff on 484 everyone seems keen to get seizures over!

DaBoz

11-05-2011 22:54

Re: Is this slow?

Well I tried deleting all undeleted anyway. Then deleted some shows and tested undeleting them again. Looks slightly faster in some instances I think.

Would really appreciate feedback or similar vids from others to show what the performance is like for others.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U36Ar...e_gdata_player

windy

11-05-2011 23:10

Re: Is this slow?

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Originally Posted by macguru32 (Post 35234030)

I've just posted on the 'My Experience with TiVo' thread about general slowness with my box. Check out the growing list of people this affects here:

http://community.virginmedia.com/t5/...wn/td-p/482887

As I say in my original post, what's the point of having 1TB if the box becomes very slow when it's around 25% full?

The link isnt working....it is now and yes tivo is very slow.

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