[carlwaring]

Originally Posted by TheDon

Your view and opinion, and yet you're repeatedly banging on and on about how people don't need reminders, they're redundant and there's no use for them, they're left over from the days before PVR's like it's a stone cold fact, whilst ignoring other people's opinions that reminders STILL make a nice addition that still have a use.

True, but when did I ever make any derogatory comments about their POV being different to mine?

I don't see how setting a recording is going to help me remember something is on TV.

And how is a reminder going to? At least if you set a recording you know it's going to be there when you do finally remember you want to watch it.

If all a reminder does is change the channel for you, how is that any help?

Sure it might help me catch up when I eventually remember it, but how in the hell is a little red light turning on on the front of the box going to tell me that the TV show I wanted to watch that started tonight that I set a recording for a week ago has just started? Instead I'm going to forget all about it, go to work the next day, and have people banging on about said show giving me plenty of spoilers.

A fair point; but if you don't remember something's on when you've set a reminder then you've completely missed it anyway haven't you?

If you don't use reminders then fine, don't. But stop going on like spoilers are redundant for everyone just because you don't have a use for them. Like you said, it's your OPINION, stop going on like it's actually fact that they only exist in legacy boxes. Plenty of new boxes have reminders, for good reason, people like to watch live tv, and no matter how many times you repeat your *opinion* that we'd all be better off recording things doesn't change the fact that a great many of us LIKE reminders.

There's no difference between setting a reminder for something and setting it to record except that, with the latter, you don't miss the programme if you forget you set a reminder

Originally Posted by denphone

I say what l think and if some forum members do not like that then thats their problem, you do not have to agree with me and l do not have to agree with you.

I agree. But common courtesy dictates that you don't call someone's opposing POV "utter nonsense" just because you disagree with it.

Originally Posted by Strangerstill

Didn't you have a vcr?

Yes, but that was only used when I was not in to watch stuff because you could only watch something after it had been completely recorded.