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Originally Posted by fixerman
While I'm on a rant, and without being gender specific, it seems that the non techie person in the households are struggling to come to terms with the complexity of the TiVo. How many posts have we seen comments that the significant other just wants the V+ back?
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Well speaking as one of that 'non specified gender' I am thoroughly happy with the TiVo, have had no issues coming to grips with it and while hubby hasn't had a chance to play with it properly yet, I keep astounding him showing him new things that it can do.
My only real 'wish' is that they develop the same technology that V+ had in order to drop the padding between two programmes. As it stands I cannot record 2 programmes at 9pm and also at 10pm without one of them clashing. I can of course look for a later recording or use a +1 channel, but then lost the HD option. It's not a huge issue, but it is on my wishlist. I've heard mention that it is going to be looked at, but is this for sure, or is it just on others' wishlists as well?
And when originally setting up all the series links we had it was really frustrating to have to go in and put the same settings in individually for every single one. It would be nice to have a 'global' setting and then if we wanted something different to then change that individually.
Oh, and it would also be nice to have the background 'record to DVD' like the V+ had. Yes, with a 1TB drive we don't 'need' it, but we do like to keep some things, and it would just be nice to be able to do so.
I don't see these as deal breakers or even real issues, just things that would make things easier.
Ref the 'reminder' I didn't use it on a regular basis, but sometimes it was nice if I spotted something I wanted to watch in a few minutes to just set a reminder so the TV would switch itself over if I got caught up with something else. So I can see why people want it even if most don't use it. I don't miss it for the most part, but on occasion it would be nice.
Overall I'm thrilled with the package and service. And one of my original boxes was faulty and I got a 'next day' app't to replace it and has been fine ever since.
Just my thoughts. I've actually been away for a week and just got back and am thrilled to see that all my programmes have recorded with no issues - unlike at times with the V+ where there have been reboots or hiccups and have lost all or part of some programmes in the past.
Well done Virgin and TiVo - keep up the good work and here's hoping a few of the 'issues' raised will be looked into in order to make a great product even better
