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Originally Posted by jobbie8
Am I the only one here disappointed with Tivo?
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Definitely not the only one, very disappointed here too. Some of the problems I am having are (in no particular order
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- The noise and vibration of the unit, makes sleeping in the room above almost impossible! I know many on here have said they are almost silent, but certainly not what my installer said about the others he had installed and certainly not the case with me!
- The speed of the box. Was only a little slower than V+ when I first got it, but now it's 35% full, there is a delay of up to 10 seconds to get through some of the menus. Luckily I'm running out of slots I can record things in anyway (see below).
- Remote control. Unit is at a very slight angle to armchair, certainly less than 45 degrees, more like 15 and around 6 foot away and remote control will not work (certainly no chance of it working in any other seat in the room). In order to guarentee the control working, I need to stand up, take one step to the right and one step forward, then bend down. I have tried my Harmony control and also the old V+ one and they are all the same.
- Wishlists. I have set up a few, some of which have now tried to record as new series are starting. One example is Waterloo Road starting next Wednesday. It found the programme but tried to record it from BBC1, BBC1 HD, BBC1 England, BBC1 Wales etc, etc. Got confused and decided not to record any. It also cancelled the one other programme I had set to record at the same time. Cancelling the series link and Wishlist does not fix anything. This has happened with a few other Wishlists and now I have four slots during each week where I cannot record anything.
I do have a couple of friends and a brother who also have TIVO's, the two friends also have problems, although not as many as me. My brother however, is happy as anything with his.
A few others on this forum have some of the problems too, I can only guess that the units were rushed out and some of them may not have been 'quality assured' I will request a new box when I get a chance to get a day off work, but until then, the V+ will be coming out of my daughters bedroom and back downstairs.