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stelladrinka · 28-05-2009, 22:39

I've had my V+ box a few months now and am generally fairly happy with it (OK it can be a bit slow to respond, especially during it's updates after midnight) but otherwise all good. However, I've thought about a couple of things that could be added to it to make it a more complete package. They are:

PDC recording instead of just adding minutes on either end. Surely it couldn't be too difficult to add this feature and broadcast the signal across the network?

Ability to edit the start and end off a recording just like you can on a DVD recorder. This means that I could then edit off the 2 mins before the recording and 5 minutes after to keep a 1 hour program to 1 hour, therefore making it easy to archive parts of a series to a DVD in one batch without having to faff about doing it one episode at a time to get 4 hours and 28 minutes of recording on to a 4 hour DVD (the 28 mins being the padding you don't necessarily need)

I know I can change the settings on the V+ to take off the padding but without PDC I can't be sure it won't cut off short in the case of an over-run. Hence the need to edit.

Anyone else got some nice to haves that would be easy to implement (I know we'd all love them to enable archiving to external HDD via eSATA, but that just isn't going to happen!!)
Perhaps if we get enough support, some of you nice VM employees could see if these could be considered? Or am I just dreaming?

28-05-2009, 22:39	#1
stelladrinka Inactive Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 20	V+ nice to haves if possible I've had my V+ box a few months now and am generally fairly happy with it (OK it can be a bit slow to respond, especially during it's updates after midnight) but otherwise all good. However, I've thought about a couple of things that could be added to it to make it a more complete package. They are: PDC recording instead of just adding minutes on either end. Surely it couldn't be too difficult to add this feature and broadcast the signal across the network? Ability to edit the start and end off a recording just like you can on a DVD recorder. This means that I could then edit off the 2 mins before the recording and 5 minutes after to keep a 1 hour program to 1 hour, therefore making it easy to archive parts of a series to a DVD in one batch without having to faff about doing it one episode at a time to get 4 hours and 28 minutes of recording on to a 4 hour DVD (the 28 mins being the padding you don't necessarily need) I know I can change the settings on the V+ to take off the padding but without PDC I can't be sure it won't cut off short in the case of an over-run. Hence the need to edit. Anyone else got some nice to haves that would be easy to implement (I know we'd all love them to enable archiving to external HDD via eSATA, but that just isn't going to happen!!) Perhaps if we get enough support, some of you nice VM employees could see if these could be considered? Or am I just dreaming?