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Originally Posted by Stephen
That is a bit of an over exaggeration. There are not that many issues with the epg data.
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Beg to differ, I have had issues, particularly US shows which do not show UK premier air dates.
Prime example, Spartacus: Gods of the Area, Mon 4th April will be a UK premier but it's shown with the US air date of 21 Feb and is seen by the box as a repeat. I already reported this one here... still not fixed.
One of the selling points for TiVo is that it can make suggestions on new shows that may interest you, but if the new shows are not correctly flagged then how can that function work properly ? I actually missed the first ep of Spartacus and only found it browsing the Guide.
While I'm at it, I'm still not sold on the whole concept of thumbs up/thumbs down. Yes it theory it sounds great. Thumb up the stuff you like and thumb down the stuff you don't and then in theory it should automatically record stuff you like. The problem is, let's say I like stuff like Quantum leap, so should I thumb up it ? Well if I do then I will get several hundred repeats (as I have watched every episode already) but then if I thumb down it, or don't thumb it, how will it ever learn what I like ?
Additionally I hate coming into a show half way through a season. So what I really want it to do is automatically record *anything* that is S1Ep1, regardless of my likes/dislikes.
Don't get me wrong, I think it's a pretty good start, but there is clearly work needs to be done still.
And personally I think even just for it's PVR functions it's worth the £190 quid. I don't think you can buy any decent Freeview HD PVR for less than 200quid.