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Originally Posted by Stephen
Reminders are totally not needed at all anymore. They are an old and redundant feature from the days before people had PVRs.
Before the V+ was around reminders were the only way to ensure you didn't miss a programme. Now we have multiple tuners and a large hard drive they really aren't needed. Also if its a show or event that you really want to see you shouldn't be forgetting about it just before it starts  |
Wrong. What if you want to watch something, and the hdd is full? Yes, 1TB is a lot of storage, but record a few films and a couple of series in HD and that 1TB will soon vanish.
Especially when you consider Tivo doesn't support archiving to another medium in the background, which means you need to find several hours when the box isn't being used to archive that stuff.
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If you desperately need a reminder that the news is on at 6 then there is something wrong :P its on that time everyday lol. However you could always set an alarm or calender reminder on your mobile phone?
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So, you are suggesting using an alternate device (and considerably more button presses) to replace functionality people apparently found useful and that VM could implement in a few lines of code? And that's not a step backwards in usability?
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Originally Posted by Stephen
So VM bring out a great new product only for some customers to wish it was more like the old one lol.
Progress eh!
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Not really. You don't remove features to improve something (unless they really don't work, but clearly reminders did), you attempt to add to those features.