Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2012) Vol. 2.
 

You must take care of your wife then mate:D

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2012) Vol. 2.
 

And that's why you wouldn't last long in VM's TiVo team. VM understand their customers and what their needs are. Maybe not the majority, but enough to listen and respond.

I think you'll find that not everyone has precisely the same methodology when watching, or recording television and that reminders, as has been discussed over and over, do suit some and not others.

'Reminders' hasn't broken or changed anything else, so the impact is zero to anyone who doesn't use them.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2012) Vol. 2.
 

Can someone who has the new software test the info button on a scheduled recording please and report back?
I bet that has still not been fixed from it's bodged implementation previously

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2012) Vol. 2.
 

I repeat it seems pointless to have a reminder that records. Its just a glorified red light!

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Apart from using limited money and time resources that could have been used to add new, rather than outdated, functionality.

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No it's not. It auto switches to the 'reminder channel' which is what people have been asking for.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2012) Vol. 2.
 

Well that makes all the difference. Switch & record what a great idea :shocked:
You wanted to see this,here it is & we will record it as well :sleep::sleep::sleep:

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It would be interesting to know just how much time and money was spent on implementing them, but I have to say, if it was expensive or time consuming, then I doubt VM would've bothered.

It's not really outdated functionality if people are using it. Technology is there to serve needs, people aren't there to adapt to technology.

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Agreed, it's not a perfect implementation of a reminder system, but it does provide the auto switching that was the main point people made in regard to wanting reminders.

Presumably, it was because Tivo was never designed to have reminders that this compromise implementation happened? I'm sure they could have got it to not record the reminder, but that would have cost even more development time and money.

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Yes, but we all resist changing our established ways of operating, even when the new way is better.

The V+ did need a reminder function because one of the 3 channels didn't record. People have been asking for years for the V+ to make all it's 3 tuners record, rather than just 2 out of 3. Tivo did that, and eliminated the need for reminders.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2012) Vol. 2.
 

It is outdated tbh, however VM customer are used to the feature and been using it for years when there was no PVR so it was the only option and still think they need it. However they just need to update their mind set to the modern world of 3 recordable tuners ;)

People should adapt and they do, otherwise we would still be living in caves.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2012) Vol. 2.
 

Even if I had 10 tuners (which may come, who knows!), I think I would still set a reminder for a live event, or even a movie, that's starting that I'm keen and available to watch.

I have a 14 week old baby, and so more and more I'm finding that time flies by when it's feeding time, so a wee reminder that something's starting (and just as importantly - that recordings won't do) and switch the channel over for me (when I'm feeding a baby and can't quite reach the remote!).

I consider myself to be very adaptable and open to technology changes, but this is one wee bit of old school tech that still has a place in today's ever increasingly developing tech world of television viewing.

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I use reminders on the V+ to watch a programme live, when I am unable to record a programme due to all tuners being in use.

If all TiVo tuners are in use, so it is unable to record the reminded programme, will it still remind users and switch to that channel?

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2012) Vol. 2.
 

So does it "offer"
This is on do you want to record . If not do you want to switch,
Or is a case of "TiVO don`t care". This is what you get and it is "record & switch" ( now were have I heard that catchy name before). Yet again nearly there but not quite. What I wanted is - This is on in "x" minutes would you like to change at start. As simple yes or no would be great.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2012) Vol. 2.
 

Reminders were useful on V+

Sorry, I don't know. Only a few people have the upgrade.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2012) Vol. 2.
 

Bio HD will not launch on Virgin Media after all - as Sky Viewers say goodbye to it on Monday.

An Sky worker via DS Forum has confrimed that Bio.HD is to close next week on the 3rd July 2012.

http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showp...&postcount=109

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2012) Vol. 2.
 

Well seeing we never had the HD version on Virgin then we certainly will not miss it MB.:)