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If you are trying to record three channels whilst watching a fourth, you'll get the message.

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You'll also see a similar message if you have a substantial amount of content buffered on one of the other tuners that isn't being used for what you are watching on live TV and your box needs to clear this buffer and start recording on another channel.

I can't remember exactly what the messages says in this scenario but the wording is slightly different to the message you get when all 3 tuners are about to be in use. I think the phrase "other tuner" is part of the message.

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All recordings were spread across just 3 channels - E4 HD, CH5HD and Sky1HD. I have done the same as you in the past and set an SD link by accident but all these are set for the HD channels.

Update is that I was going to do some more investigation but discovered it appears to have sorted itself out and the schedule is now fine (with no intervention from me) although there was a minor power blip which means the box has been through a reboot cycle since last night.

I suspect the reboot and the planned recordings sorting itself out is not unrelated :confused:

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Quick question, is there a limit to the number of TV boxes per account?

I only seem to be able to add one extra TiVo box online.

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Think you would need to call them for more than 2 boxes total in a household.

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The limit is 6.

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Thanks for the replies chaps. Much appreciated!

Another few TiVo questions, if you don't mind....

Does TiVo have Sky Movies On Demand in HD?

How about the rest of the Sky On Demand content?

I can't find the Virgin Media TiVo app in the Google Play Store, do they not have an Android app?

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The TiVo app is called TV Anywhere and is definitely in the play store.

I don't think the Sky Movies stuff is HD but I could be wrong.

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TiVo on demand sky movies is in HD

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Thanks again chaps.

I've managed to find a direct play store link and the TiVo app isn't compatible with my phone (Nexus 6).

I use the Sky+ app a lot when I'm out of the house so that is probably a deal breaker unfortunately.

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Ahhh, its probably due to it being a newer device, the app does get updated every now and then so will probably get a compatibility fix sometime.

Sometimes if you can get the apk you can get it installed and working.

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So its finally arrived, I wonder how much cloud space virgin will give us and how much extra it will cost us.... oh the joys, its like big children throwing the toys out of the pram cause it wanted new features!

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Does anyone know if it is possible with a Wishlist to set it to record only episodes from a certain series? I am currently watching Hawaii Five-0 on Netflix, and am just about to begin Season 3. They only go up to Season 4, and as SKY 1 have just shown Season 5 I wanted to set a Wishlist to record any repeats of Season 5 on SKY 1.

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If I remember correctly, you can set a whishlist for specific episode, but not for a specific season.

So you could a whishlist for season 5 ep1 and a whishlist for every other individual episode of season 5.

Again, going by memory, you can set them from the screen that gives you the full season and episode information of a series. I'm not in front of the Tivo so can't check.

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Thanks, will look at that later.

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Interesting slide at 20:42 - Shipping Haxe Tivo in "Summer 2014" .....

Looks to be very fast compared to the old Flash UI, but as we know that's been superseded by HTML5. Just thinking however, maybe Haxe is running under HTML5 ??

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Yes, that's the HTML5 change as far as I'm aware.

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It runs alongside it, rather than under it. Both were introduced at the last update, but there aren't many HTML5 apps yet

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Virgin Sources has told us to "expect a new TIVO box towards the end of the year".

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Lets hope its the one with extra tuners and storage.

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If it's the cloud version, it may not have any recording tuners!

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Think they need to resolve the over utilised areas out first before cloud storage becomes the norm ...

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Tivo have just launched Tivo Online in the states - online.tivo.com. Some of this is offered though TV Anywhere, but you can watch recordings from your Tivo online.

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Bit of a strange one on TiVo this morning. All of my recordings have no sound, anyone else have this problem?

I've tried a reboot but it didn't help, checked the faults page online and it shows no TV problems in my area, although there are phone and broadband problems.

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have you got sound on 'live' TV? if not try pressing channel up/channel down.

I seem to recall this fixed loss of sound on TV for me

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Thanks for the info, yes, that does work but only temporarily fixes the problem.

I have since found out I have the same issue when pausing and restarting live TV. I have also confirmed this is not a VM issue, I have narrowed it down to my HDMI splitter between TiVo and 2 TVs which I have disconnected for now.

Lots of head scratching as to why the sound cuts out on 5.1 audio on recordings but live TV is fine.

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Why does the TIVO have so many menus to navigate for On Demand ? If your wanting to just browse what's available On Demand rather than knowing a certain show its s real chore.

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It's a limitation of the VOD system rather than TiVo. You'll find the same menu structure on the Liberate boxes too.

Have you tried the Browse menu (or whatever it's called these days)?

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Search and discover > discover tv & movies.

The only (major) limitation is that it aggregates content from all available sources, including those that might not be included in your subscription.

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Really? Didn't know that. What happens if you pick something that is not in your subscription?

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Probably get a popup asking you to call 150 if you want to add it to your subscription.

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Just out of curiosity, have Virgin added a live EPG to the TiVo?

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If only they had:(

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No we are still waiting for that.:(

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Pretty sure you'll be waiting for a long time. As far as I'm aware TiVo doesn't run a fully live EPG for a number of reasons.

It's designed around receiving periodic updates - the most that can be done is increase the number of times this update is done. This has already been done at least once since VM TiVo was launched.

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Maybe you can give us some good news now then Ben......;)

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Had an engineer visit today he talked along these lines. Said they havent seen the box themselves. I know this doesnt help add to the rumour but the engineers seem to be aware of it.

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Engineers say anything though, I asked one once if they were getting Atlantic. He said Virgin would have both by Christmas that year. This was in 2013 though, and still no sign of it.

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Does anyone know if power consumption has decreased within power saving options?

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Perhaps he thought you meant the ocean.

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Not recently. Why do you ask?

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I remember reading sometime ago that even in eco friendly mode, stand-by etc. the TiVo consumes a fair amount of electricity. The reason why my TiVo get turned off when not in use.

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I think the marvellous TiVo has been on eco mode since it's inception, it's that friggin slow!

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:D:D:D

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TiVo update...

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Meaning?

I'm not quite as savvy as most of you in here. :dunce:

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Wonder if there's any chance of the TiVo's EPG being updated to show the NFL Red Zone coverage on Sky Sports on Saturday night. I could set up a manual recording but it'd be nicer if the EPG was updated.

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The other day I was recording 2 programs and watching the footy on the 3rd tuner. Somebody came to the door and I thought no problem, if theres a goal I`ll just rewind it. But when I came back, the footy channel I was watching had switched to some cookery program. When I checked the info, it was a suggestion that was being recorded. Is it meant to do this ? Surely if I`m watching a channel it should remain on it until I change it.

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If you're watching a channel live then TiVo doesn't know whether you are watching it or whether you've just left it on the channel and have turned the TV off.

However if you had paused the football or where watching it behind live then I don't think it would have changed the channel for the Suggestion.

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It is in my EPG gere at 12.30am on Sky Sports 4

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Ah, OK. It's not updated in the TV Anywhere website yet. I'll check my TiVo when I get home.

It's showing on the Android app though.

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should have paused it, tied up the tuner so it couldn't start recording anything else.

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Surely it must be able to tell if there's an active HDMI connection?

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It can and does, but this doesn't influence the recording logic... :(

An even simpler (and better) solution would be to never use the live tuner for suggestions.

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In hindsight I should have but I wasnt expecting a suggestion to kick in. I will in future

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Good idea but which is the live tuner? Can the software tell which tuner is being sent to the TV? If it cant then you don't know which channel is being watched.

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Yes it can - it shows the right channel details when you press the Info button

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Agreed. At the weekends I often have the TV on the same channel for hours at a time while watching US sports and it's annoying when the TiVo suddenly decides that recording a suggestion is more important than what I'm watching.

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I hope we do one day get a decent cable box be it TiVo or other.

Had TiVo for years at several addresses and several boxes, yet they have always been so damn slow, I hate them.

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Far too many posts for me to read but this is my personal experience of Tivo.
About 2 months ago I was contacted by VM to say we can reduce your monthly bill by just over £3, we can double your internet speed to up to 100 and we can give you a free Tivo box with free fitting.
The wife and I now wish we hadn't have bothered as I miss my surfing of Text messages keeping up to date with Football, cricket scores, news etc
The Tivo is a lot slower than my old box and not so easy to navigate On demand etc
OK it does record progs but we do not bother with that option anyway.
So now we are are stuck with this box unless I pay up to revert.

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That's still there via the Red Button on any BBC channel

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Thanks Ben, I have given that a try and it works but IMHO it is a lot slower and less clear than the former way with my old box.
Every now and again the screen seems to freeze for less than a second and then the programme bar comes up at the bottom of the screen showing which prog I am watching, more annoying to the wife than it is to me. :)

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OK Guys, the wife is still giving me earache about how slow the Tivo on demand etc is.
I know that I can ring VM retetions but first I would like some advice.

Can I switch back to my old type of box without too much expense, we have no interest in using TV in another room or for recording progs.

When i was first contacted by VM I was offered double broadband speed, new Tivo box fitted free and approx £3 per month less to pay.
I can just about accept Tivo but I am not as satisfied as I was with the old box.
FWIW the Tivo was fitted about 8 weeks ago.
TIA

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Not sure if you will be able to go back to the old V+ box. As far as I know, nobody is getting them anymore. For a definitive answer, you do need to call retentions tomorrow morning. They don't open on Sundays.

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Is anyone else having troubles with BT Sports red button. On first attempt I wait at one moment then a white arrow appears around what should be a box, the match choice boxes but there is no match choice page, the whole graphic doesn't appear so the normal channel keeps going with a white arrow. Exiting the red button function then going back in sorts it out.

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Working fine for me, loading fast as well.

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The new TiVo box in the US apparently has only minor software changes even if it's quite radical in its physical look.

Does now let you watch a recorded show 30% faster with pitch-corrected audio.

http://techcrunch.com/2015/09/29/tiv...streaming-era/

Another review, which does suggest better integration between streaming sources and cable channels:

http://www.theverge.com/2015/9/29/94...-walt-mossberg

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"The only TV box you'll need". I like it!

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I find the TIVo totally crap in comparison to the Sky HD box.
It's so slow at doing anything showing the guide, going from guide to tv or anything else that should be simple. Often it's completely unresponsive except for a beep.

The only thing it has going for it is the ability to record 3 things at once.

We are definitely cancelling our TV contract once the 12 month of it are up.

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Are we getting a new box? I am getting ready to cancel everything but keep hoping any day now...

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Sounds to me like there's something wrong with your box!

VM would come out to fix or replace it free of charge if you contact Customer Services. Sky would charge you once your box was out of warranty.

I hope you consider all the angles before you make your leap over to the dark side! Sky are not renowned for their attitude towards customers and if you find you've made a mistake, just try cancelling your contract!

Good luck, and I hope you make the right decision for you.

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Yes, we are, but I haven't seen anything definitive from VM yet on when we can expect it.

Although I am looking forward to getting the new model, I'm worried about losing all my recordings.

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Ofcoms last complaints publication , the amount of people complaining to Ofcom about their pay tv service tells a different story in fact Sky had the least complaints per thousand of all the tv providers.

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Interesting Q&A with TiVo management:http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb...d.php?t=532368

Fundamentally their problem seems to be that they have been driven by a hardcore of techie enthusiasts buying TiVo's own hardware whose needs and priorities are very different from the mass market. This has led them to be eclipsed by the new streaming entrants who offer a much simpler, cleaner user experience:

This hints at the bind they are now in as a result and the financial pressures they must be under:

Personally I'm not convinced they can succeed serving both those markets.

However:

Worth a read through.

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Is the Iplayer on TiVo now behind many other platforms ? I had a play around with it at a family members house but couldn't see the ability to watch the channels streamed live or the ability to live restart a show already part way through.

This functionality is already available on YouView , Now TV box and Roku plus other devices.

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TIVO has become so slow over the past couple of weeks. Lots of black screens lingering for 10 seconds or more, plus it takes 30 seconds or more to accept an input such as "get a series link". :(

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l like the TiVo but its far from perfect and they certainly need to roll out a new STB sooner rather then later as things change very quickly due to new technological breakthroughs

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Happens to me occasionally. I just do a soft reboot and that sorts it.

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The Haxe interface layer that the TiVo uses seems to be bad for memory leaks and not doing enough to mitigate against the problem so memory chunks that should be returned to the operating system for other use instead get held onto indefinitely. That means that over time there is less physical memory for everything to use, so pages get increasingly swapped out to the hard disc making the system slower and slower.

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So a soft reboot required? And how to do that without losing any recordings or settings?

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Home->Help&Settings->Clear or Reset TiVo Box->Restart the TiVo Box.

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Or just press and hold the power button on the box for 5 seconds (until the lights flash)- let go and reboot ye shall have.

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"Clear or Reset TiVo Box" sounds a bit fatal for settings? :dunce:

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That would be the "Clear Programme Info & Planned Recs" or "Clear & Delete Everything" options on the last menu.

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Hey, Taf, it's the former, not the latter! Steady as you go...:eek::

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Thankyou, I'll give it a shot.

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I did the procedure last evening. No sign that it has improved things though.

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Put your left thumb over the IR sensor (it's just to the left of the green power LED), then operate the menus using the buttons on the TiVo itself. Does it now go faster?

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No change.

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Could it be a "Cardiff" problem ? had letter today about upgrade work next month & with my Tivo its a race between it and paint drying which will be finished first.
I use smart TV when ever I can i.e Netflix or I type players so much quicker.
Just hope Virgin Scrap them sooner rather than later.

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I've given up using the TiVo as anything but a DVR. It's still very solid at that. Chromecast is an infinitely preferable way of accessing Netflix and iPlayer. With the proliferation of cheap "smart" add-ons I can't see Tivo's apps gaining any significant traction even if they bring out a new souped up box. TiVo apps are almost always going to be less well maintained and updated and for anyone savvy enough to be interested in over-the-top services like Netflix £30 is a no-brainer to be part of a large, well looked after pool of users.

Back in the day, the separate 10Mb/s modem seemed like a big benefit. Now with 200Mb/s broadband it's irrelevant.

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We got the letter too. Whether it is for TV and/or Broadband is not mentioned.

I talked with other VM users locally, and they are all having slow reaction times from TIVO, plus lots a outages of internet.

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letter says affects Tv Broadband

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Fair enough, it's always worth checking for IR interference causing a slow box. You'll have to give VM a call if you want it investigating further.

I'm not aware of any general Cardiff problems at the moment.

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I tend to watch TV in a totally dark room. No IR sources at all.

"Maintenance" due on 13th November on both BB and TV locally. Maybe that will sort it?

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I bet you have the TV switched on ;). The backlight on some TVs can play havoc with IR receivers. Supposedly-passive PIR burglar alarm sensors can cause problems too.

But if you covered the receiver up properly, we can rule that out.

It's preparatory work for future network capacity upgrades. Nothing that would cause your TiVo to be slow now.

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My TV blinds all IR receivers for up to a minute after it comes on. Fortunately things calm down after that!

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Completely agree with you there. I never use TiVo apps now too.

When TiVo was introduced not too many people would have had smart TVs so the apps were a good idea. Smart TVs or smart dongles/boxes are so common/cheap now and perform so much better than the TiVo apps

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It's preparatory work for future network capacity upgrades. Nothing that would cause your TiVo to be slow now.[/QUOTE]

In that case it shows how poor Tivo/Virgin are My Tivo is very slow So much so that I got a smart TV & now use that more that Tivo perhaps it time to move to Now TV & blow Virgins old antiquated service out all together.:(

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Only app I use on TiVo is Spotify. Never had trouble with it.

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iPlayer on TiVo has been updated today to include this.