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Originally Posted by carlwaring
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?
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? 
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  |
All of these have the same answer: The box poping up with a message saying "xxx is on now, you set a reminder for it" is going to remind me that I set a reminder.
Maybe if you don't have the TV on unless you want to specifically watch something it'll be pretty useless, but most people the TV is on all the time as background noise anyway, likewise if you're out it isn't going to be much use, but people usually know if they'll be out on a certain day so would record instead (or even, shock horror, do both!).
The difference is one huge vital one, there's no indication that a recording has been triggered, with a reminder you really can't miss it. I don't see how you can read my post, agree with the scenario I put up, and then again say there's "no difference" between a recording or a reminder. I think it's pretty obvious there is a difference, a reminder reminds you, a recording could be sitting there for a year before you realise you actually wanted to watch something.