Thread: TiVo General TiVo Discussion Part 2
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Old 10-04-2011, 15:19   #560
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Re: General TiVo Discussion Part 2
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Originally Posted by Dean Ashton View Post
Sorry for stating the obvious, but even with TiVo, someone may be ready to watch something when it's actually airing on TV.
Of course. Never said they couldn't/shouldn't But let's say, for example, that you want to watch BGT. Record it and start watching delayed by, say, 15 mins. You'll miss out the ads but still be able to "take part".

That's what I meant.

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Assuming DVRs (and TiVo in particular) are designed in such a way to make live viewing of programming completely unnecessary is ignoring how a significant number of people watch TV.
I used to have to sit down when something was on; and this included sitting through ads. I haven't done that since getting my original Tivo in 2002.

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Originally Posted by HDFootyMan View Post
Ask yourself this - why does Sky+, the most popular PVR in the UK, have reminder functionality? Ditto V+ HD?
It's a legacy feature that is no-longer necessary.

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Originally Posted by passingbat View Post
I personally think that people are stuck in a slightly old mind set by hanging onto reminder functionality rather than taking advantage of the three recordable tuner functionality. Just my opinion of course.
And it's an opinion which I share.
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