Re: TiVo STB's - how reliable?
 

You could post the model no. of your Bravia so we can check how the updates are implemented. I found this with a quick Google although it may not be relevant to your TV:

http://www.ehow.co.uk/how_5847552_up...ny-bravia.html

Re: TiVo STB's - how reliable?
 

His eyes are probably OK Den; he just needs to take those rose tiinted glasses off ;) :D

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Not long had my eye test and went well as expected,

My glasses are not rose tinted. They do have some green tint mind you to help with sun light :D

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Most people on here will be familiar with doing this as they have TiVo's...:D:D

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I think my comments may have been misleading. I was actually referring to the on screen guide and menu's - the horrible big blue boxes and giant bold fonts - and not the outward appearance of the box. Although TiVo is far better at that as well!

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Each to their own , I prefer the new Sky EPG over the TIVO as it's much quicker through the menus and much more intuitive in my opinion , TIVO can be a little slower owing to the fact it's simply doing more and is more graphic laden however it's purely personal preference each individual will differ , I'm sure many will like the new changes when they get access to them on their Sky+HD STB's ;)

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Still nice to see the one upon high is still preaching to the uncoverted.;)

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Ive had both and i prefer Sky interface over Tivo. The ultimate ox would be Tivo hardware with Sky software

Well said MM. New EPG is such much better than the old one

Papa dont Preach :D

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I only used the old Sky hd epg, but I liked it and I'm told the new one is even better. I also like the TiVo ui. Both are miles ahead of v+.

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Unfortunately my Model KDL-32V4000 does not have a USB service port, nor are there any software updates available on the Sony website.
I am connected to terrestrial digital as well as cable and therefore I would assume any software updates would already have been carried out as this is selected as automatic in the settings menu.

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That's actually spot on , both EPG's leave V+ looking like an early Freeview recorder.

For me

TIVO
Search is light years ahead of Sky and an area which got criticised the most in the Sky Beta forum.
Wishlist is an excellent feature
Three recordable tuners
Never ending series links
Sky
Intuitive speedy interface
Ability to remind/series link from an advert for a show via green button
dynamic EPG
The ability to control/interact STB with tablet

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TiVo series link , Dr Who did not work , Downton Abbey did not work . Set up correctly have looked just did not start . Noticed in both cases no red light so set manually.
I thought, perhaps incorrectly that if you select record it picks up from start ( Don`t see why it should but seem to recall it happening in the past!) Any way did not with Dr.
Dr Who at least is now recording the series.Wait to see what happens with Downton.
Yes it does work on other shows. Strange but true ( Perhaps that could be a show title )

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Can we not already do that on TiVo? Albeit unofficially.

I actually like the V+ EPG. Episode name, cast and director details all on one screen - which itself is much better than the what the Sky EPG can display.

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No idea about Downton but my DW linked worked fine and the ep was set as "new" so I don't know why yours didn't :confused:

It will pick up all of whatever is in the buffer. So if no tuner was on the channel before it started and you had to change it manually to record it you probably missed the very beginning.

I think it was at some point ;)

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I know:)