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I think the delays are something to do with the HDMI handshake. I pass my Tivo through my XBOX ONE and the last 2 days it is receiving a signal from the Tivo box, but then fails on the handshake, also the black screen for a few seconds is a classic case of handshake problems. I now have to reboot my Tivo every other day for it to work properly, and still get as my wife calls it the Ring Of Boredom a lot of the time.
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Ive only got two homeplugs one connected to the superhub along with the first TiVo and the other is a 3 port one that has the TiVo and ps3 connected in the bedroom. Like I said all worked fine before the update and now struggles. Ive tried resetting the Tivos and setting everything back up again but still no luck. |
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Now that the TiVo update has been fully deployed, will the new BBC iplayer be added to TiVo?
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For the sake of a balance of views, I am reading many posts berating the latest TiVo update. I have to say that I have not seen any issues in general. Can't comment on Netflix 'lag' as I do not subscribe
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As the previous two posters, I have absolutely no problem with the update. |
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Without having effected any 'testing', it's impossible to say. I am Test Analyst by profession, and I know with over 20 years experience, there is a lot of psychology going on where it comes to updates. Being aware of an update(s), folk tend to see what they perceive to be 'new' issues and blame the upgrade, but in reality they are actually seeing an outstanding issue, that has only become apparent because you are looking for one. And consequently, If you don't see an 'improvement', there 'must' be an issue with the update. Note: I am NOT saying there are not issues with this update and posters are not genuine with their observations. :) |
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The main problem with the TIVO is the BBC i-Player. The sooner this is fixed, the better.
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Big delays, mostly with black screens when I select "My Shows", sometimes 30 seconds or more. :(
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(I'm not saying there are no issues, just I don't see them) |
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I'm not aware that was the case. A big fuss was made of it on these forums (as is always the case with an upgrade), but I don't recall it being 'advertised' by VM. In fact, being that it was an 'under the hood' upgrade (which would not interest most people) and not a feature upgrade, there would be no point in trumpeting it. |
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Netflix interface is awful on Tivo for speed compared to my Samsung Smart TV and the PS4 (huge loading time aside)
PQ also looks better on the other 2 devices. Does Netflix use the dedicated 10mb BB line for it? |
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http://thenextweb.com/uk/2014/09/12/...-tv-customers/ http://www.expertreviews.co.uk/tvs-e...s-new-features http://www.pocket-lint.com/news/1309...coming-october Etc... |
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When TiVo was launched a lot was made about it having a dedicated connection that would not be subject to the vagaries of the ordinary broadband. In practice that hasn't worked out and the efforts of keeping this second network running efficiently seem to lag behind those of standard broadband. Maybe it will be helped by the people now deserting TiVo for smart TVs and other devices... |
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There is a difference between announcing and trumpeting. |
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My TIVO didn't record the last episode of BBC1's Remember Me" on Sunday.
I had it on series link and there were no clashes. Any ideas why? |
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Have you checked recording hiccups?
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The easiest way to get there is by pressing the Home button, followed by 6. |
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I've now realised that Tivo didn't record it even though it has a series link. Nothing shows up in Hiccups? |
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I'm not sure TiVo can be trusted any more.
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TiVo remembered my remember me! :-)
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A couple of times since the update I have looked for a show only to find it has been deleted and confusingly a programme I had watched which I thought I had deleted was still in My Shows. This is on my bedroom TiVo which only I have access to so I know it is definitely something I have done.
I watched HIGABMNFY and as it follows the news I always pad it by an extra 15 minutes just in case the news is extended. As it had extra padding when I had finished watching it did not ask me to delete it but instead returned to My Shows. I was just about to hit clear when I noticed that the selection bar which should have been on HIGABMNFY was actually on the programme above it (if you see what I mean). Whilst I had been watching HIGABMNFY another programme had started recording and shuffled the list of programmes down by one but the selection bar stayed where it was. I am sure previously the selection bar would have moved so it was still one the programme you had just watched? I think this is what has been happening causing me to delete the wrong programme when I have not been paying attention. Also, I noticed that that when you are in a group and you hit left to return to My Shows the selection bar returns to where it was positioned in the list when you entered the group which if another recording has started/taken place since is now the wrong place. Previously the selection bar would always re-appear on the group regardless of the groups positioning in My Shows. Anyone else noticed any My Shows oddities since the update? I am pretty sure the ones I have described have only just started happening since the update. |
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Now this behaviour is not consistent (depending on group settings and whether another programme has started recording) and the selection bar may remaining highlighted on the programme just played (as expected) or it could be the programme above or the one above that (I suppose it depends on how many new recordings have started). This behaviour seems more like a bug, rather than by design. (Edit: When you say "remembers the position you were last in, instead of returning to the top" do you mean when entering My Shows from the main menu or from Live TV? If so, then we are talking about different things here. My problem is when it automatically returns you to My Shows when you stop a watching a recording). |
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Also, I know their have been numerous reports on here and over on the VM support boards about laggy remote commands and generally slow menus. I have also noticed this. The other day I was in my planned recordings and I hit page down twice followed by down 4 times and nothing happened. Just when I thought it had not registered the remote commands the screen updated and it went to the expected place (i.e. two pages down and four programmes down). It must have took a good 7 or so seconds before the screen update happened but when it did it was one quick succession (i.e. just one single update as apposed to it replaying the commands one-by-one and updating the screen after each one). |
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The erratic response is already logged. |
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Just got my Tivo and in setting up the series links I notice that the EPG has only 3 days worth . Even my old V+ had 6 days.:confused: It just says "To be announced". Is this correct or I have done or not done something?
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It will take some time for the epg to populate all this info.
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l think it takes 24 hours or so for all the info to propagate the EPG Nomad.
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The startup screen said 10 mins, but longer for 14 day epg. Even the V+ didn't take this long.
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The start up screen will take 10 minutes as the TiVo has far more information then a V+ thus it takes longer.
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Not had time to test this but has anyone had any problems recording the first programme on BBC 3 or BBC 4 (at 7 PM) when it transitions from the off-air screen? Being reported over on the VM forums that it looks as though this bug which was previously fixed has now returned:
http://community.virginmedia.com/t5/...w/td-p/2559156 :td: |
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Why would anyone record stuff from BBC3 or BBC 4, lol.
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Well, why would people record from the likes of SKY 1 or SKY Atlantic or GOLD? Because people like watching different things.
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Just added some movies on tv anywhere app to wish list to auto record.
Now loads of music programs on various channels are set to record. Tried to delete but the same ones keeps coming back. Anyone know if this is a bug |
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i have found the problem. I added the movie "Non Stop" but I noticed that all the unwanted music recordings had non stop music in the title. Lol took the movie out and all is well. Doh!!! So basically as you have suggested so thanks harry_hitch. Didn't realisie u can set to look for movies only |
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I guess this may be the wrong thread for this (apologies in advance mods, please can you suggest the most relevant thread for this to move to.) However, I am wondering why my TIVO does not produce as good a quality HD picture as my bluray player. I upgraded my bluray on Saturday, and the PQ on the Netflix app is massively improved than the TIVO app. Even on watching blurays on my old bluray player, the PQ of films was much better than the same film compared to when it was shown on TIVO. I have looked online and lots of people say there is no difference with gold plated or normal HDMI cables. However, I have a gold plated cable for my bluray and a normal cable for TIVO, and as I say the bluray player(s) has much better PQ. Do any of the knowledgeable peeps on here know much about the differences on cables? Is it worth me buying a new cable for the TIVO or is it just the TIVO not sending the best PQ through? Oh, the settings on TIVO say I am on 1080i if that makes a difference. It wont allow me to have 1080p.
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The 1080i bit is the problem. Super hd, as Netflix once had it, is 1080p. TiVo should let you select 1080p for passthrough if your tv supports it??
Re: the cables my understanding is it's a digital signal so over that sort of distance as long as it gets through its as good as it started out. |
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You might also want to check that the picture settings on the TV are the same for both inputs. However, even with 1080p enabled on the TiVo I still find the picture quality is softer than on other devices.
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Harry: Check to see if there's a firmware update available for your TV. It might also be possible to trick the TiVo into letting you select 1080p if you temporarily connect by SCART instead of HDMI. Whilst Netflix is playing, if you press the Info button it'll tell you what resolution is in use. |
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This morning I pressed My Shows, for the first few seconds I thought how slow it was again, nothing happened so I thought TV must be on Freeview thats why there was no My Shows page displayed. So I hit the input button and tried to change to HDMI 1, as I did this the My Shows page loaded. Im not kidding but it must of taken 12 seconds to load up. Then theres the black screen for around 4 seconds before the show starts after pressing Play. The Now TV box is lightening fast, I can be 50 seconds into a song on Spotify on Now TV before Spotify on Tivo even loads up. Since the update Spotify has the purple ring before the Spotify loading page comes on, this never happened before. |
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Thanks andy m, steveh and SP.
Andy m, when netflix is streaming through TIVO it tells me I am getting 1080, but the tv does not want to support the pass through option. The picture settings are the same steveh, but I am glad I am not the only person noticing it. Me telly is a bit of a dinosaur as it is over 6 years old now and does not even offer me the option to update anything SP. I don't think I posses any scart cables, but if I find one I will try your other suggestion. Thanks again for all the info guys.:-) |
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I understand that might be the technical issue but from a non-techy customer's point of view it's looking like TiVo that's the problem! |
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If it didn't do this, there would be a risk of selecting an incompatible format and losing the picture entirely. (And not be able to fix it because you couldn't see the menus any more) |
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OK then, please can somebody tell me why my Tivo spontaneously re-boots itself. It happens at least once every week, regardless of what I might be watching or recording, and it is driving us MAD.
We only watch in the evenings, so no idea of whether it does it all day of course. And because it happens in the evening, I really can't be bothered to ring for support, knowing I'm going to get connected to bangalore or wherever and have all the standard language probs to deal with. Can anyone comfort me, is it just us, or does it happen to everyone?? |
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However, I think the 1080P option on TiVo isn't included in the automatic check - you have to select it manually if it's shown as available. I think this is to make clear it's a pass through option only (it used to be titled 1080p/24) |
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You could ring in the daytime to improve your chances of getting a UK call centre. Or you could report it via the VM forum, here: http://community.virginmedia.com/t5/TiVo/bd-p/Tivo |
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Does "pass through" in that context mean the the Tivo cannot generate a 1080p picture itself, but can pass through a 1080p picture coming from an outside source?
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General Tivo discussion so I hope I have posted in the right place? I've looked for discussions on this and I've probably missed them but here goes.
I have a TiVo box in my front room attached to my LG TV. What I would like to know is can I run and connect a cable onto the TiVo box and run it to either my Samsung TV or a virgin+ box that I have in my bedroom. I know I will have to watch what ever is on the TiVo box in my bedroom but I don't care about that. There will be only seven feet between TVs as the wall that has the main TV is the wall of the landing and the next back wall is my bedroom so its basically back to back with a landing between them. So to recap I have two TVs and a subscribed TiVo box and a spare Virgin+ box. And I want to know what is the best way to get a signal from the TiVo to either my spare TV utising the V+ box or not. Sorry for the long winded explanation just didn't want to leave anything out, Thank you for your help. |
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You have a few options. I'm assuming the LG TV is connected by HDMI to the TiVo.
1) Get an HDMI splitter, and run a HDMI lead into the bedroom. (Assumes the Samsung TV has an HDMI input) 2) Run a SCART lead from the TiVo to the Bedroom. (Assumes the Samsung TV has a SCART input. You'll only get SD pictures in the bedroom this way) 3) Get a video sender, and connect to the SCART socket on the TV. Again this is SD only, but an advantage over the other two is it will let you change channel from the bedroom. Also requires no hole drilling or trailing cables. You can't make use of the V+ in this situation. If it was made by Samsung and is no longer active on your account, please return it to VM. Scientific-Atlanta boxes are no longer collected so you can recycle those. |
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Has anyone here successfully split their Tivo signal?
I bought a powered HDMI splitter to do this (http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B001D9P1O...=hdmi+splitter) I want to have one cable to go to my Samsung TV and another one to my Xbox One. I cannot get a picture to pass through the splitter I know the splitter is working because I tried it with my Virgin HD box upstairs and that works perfect. By trying different cables I manged to get a very distorted pink picture but that's it so it must be that the TIVO is not able to do it. Unless someone here knows different! |
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I seen reports that that Neet splitter works well with TiVo.
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We've got a Neet splitter working with TiVo and a projector that works fine.
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One other thing if I may. If I want to add a third TV (there is one downstairs in a chill out room) can I add to the configuration you said and could you please tell me how would I do it?? Top Draw Spiderplant thank you very much |
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You can buy everything from Amazon. Use the link on the forum home page if you want to support the running of the forum. :)
To run three TVs, I'd suggest using an HDMI splitter to feed the two upstairs TVs, and a SCART-connected video sender to feed the one downstairs. Alternatively, 3- or 4-way HDMI splitters are available, but I have no experience of these. When shopping, beware that an HDMI switch is not the same thing as an HDMI splitter. A switch is to connect two or more devices to one TV. |
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Hi Spiderplant
Would something like this work h**p://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/IR-Infra-Red-Remote-Control-Extender-Kit-Sender-Transmitter-over-RF-005892-/190787154754 would 5.4Ghz be better than 2.4Ghz Ive been reading up some posts from around the net and it seems that the wireless sender kits give out really bad end results on your tv screen, grainy and poor quality. I don't want this to happen as its important to have them both crystal clear. I don't want to leave it to chance so would laying wire down be better. I have no carpets down yet so if its possible I would like to do it now instead of later so they can be hidden. |
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My Tivo has been OK since the update until the last couple of days. Now getting lots of freezing on both live and recorded stuff. Tried a reboot earlier and now it is taking between 5 and 10 seconds to change channels.:(
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Here is an update on my earlier post about splitting my Tivo signal to send it to my Xbox One.
i had no luck with the Neet splltter I bought so sent it back and bought a cheaper one http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00C23X7Z...=hdmi+splitter It works perfectly great picture on my TV and Xbox so all happy here thanks for the replies! |
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