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TeresaTT · 12-03-2011, 10:37

I had my TiVo installed on Thursday. I was so excited I think the engineer thought I was a bit odd, especially when I showed him my TiVo cuddly toy. It was only his third install and the first to an ex Series 1 user. The install took less than an hour. The engineer didn't understand why the EPG was taking so long to fill up, so from what I remembered of the old TiVo, I managed to find the Network screen which showed that it was still organising the data. On the old TiVo this could take hours but the Virgin TiVo did it in minutes.

My first impression was that I was overwhelmed. It is so very, very good. It is absolutely brilliant to have the old TiVo features back. Even simple things like the progress bar that shows where in the buffer you are. It was just like coming in from the freezing cold.

It's so easy to find all my favourite programmes to record, even ones that aren't on yet via wishlists. It's also amazing the information available about each programme, including cast lists, episode lists and other similar programmes. Everything is so accessable. The EPG is also pretty good and fast to navigate. Navigating menus can have pauses at times but nothing too major.

The best thing is that I no longer have to know when and what channel a programme is on. It is just so easy to find programmes or have them suggested to you. TiVo takes all the effort out of finding what you want to watch.

It's all the little features that also make this so great. The 30 second skip forward, the buffer that doesn't go away when you go to the guide or the menu. Not having to confirm that you want to go to live TV when you've been watching delayed TV. The list goes on.

So far I've had a couple of glitches which were fixed by reboots. First I lost the 30 second skip forward and then the tuners got stuck. Every time I picked a channel from the EPG it would go to the same single channel. I would have to press info and select the other tuner from the bottom of that screen.

I expect to come across other glitches but these are far, far outweighed by the benefits of the new features.

My expectations of the Virgin TiVo were high and they have been very much exceeded. The Virgin TiVo is just brilliant. It's got all the great features of the series 1 plus so much more. I am one happy bunny.

12-03-2011, 10:37	#4281
TeresaTT Inactive Join Date: Feb 2011 Services: Virgin V+HD TV XL Broadband L Soon to have TiVo Posts: 9	Re: TiVo I had my TiVo installed on Thursday. I was so excited I think the engineer thought I was a bit odd, especially when I showed him my TiVo cuddly toy. It was only his third install and the first to an ex Series 1 user. The install took less than an hour. The engineer didn't understand why the EPG was taking so long to fill up, so from what I remembered of the old TiVo, I managed to find the Network screen which showed that it was still organising the data. On the old TiVo this could take hours but the Virgin TiVo did it in minutes. My first impression was that I was overwhelmed. It is so very, very good. It is absolutely brilliant to have the old TiVo features back. Even simple things like the progress bar that shows where in the buffer you are. It was just like coming in from the freezing cold. It's so easy to find all my favourite programmes to record, even ones that aren't on yet via wishlists. It's also amazing the information available about each programme, including cast lists, episode lists and other similar programmes. Everything is so accessable. The EPG is also pretty good and fast to navigate. Navigating menus can have pauses at times but nothing too major. The best thing is that I no longer have to know when and what channel a programme is on. It is just so easy to find programmes or have them suggested to you. TiVo takes all the effort out of finding what you want to watch. It's all the little features that also make this so great. The 30 second skip forward, the buffer that doesn't go away when you go to the guide or the menu. Not having to confirm that you want to go to live TV when you've been watching delayed TV. The list goes on. So far I've had a couple of glitches which were fixed by reboots. First I lost the 30 second skip forward and then the tuners got stuck. Every time I picked a channel from the EPG it would go to the same single channel. I would have to press info and select the other tuner from the bottom of that screen. I expect to come across other glitches but these are far, far outweighed by the benefits of the new features. My expectations of the Virgin TiVo were high and they have been very much exceeded. The Virgin TiVo is just brilliant. It's got all the great features of the series 1 plus so much more. I am one happy bunny.