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savvychels · 22-07-2011, 12:51

It was absolutely great when I was out of the country for the better part of 3 weeks. Recorded everything - including a couple of entire series being repeated daily and managed to get up to 90% full (was 50% when I left). I would never have been able to have that much content - esp HD content - on my V+ and would have had to have archived a shedload before I left and probably not been able to record those two series - just our regular TV for that few weeks.

And as others have said, we now don't rush to watch things to clear the drive - we can let things build up a bit longer and then watch them at our leisure. We definitely watch more HD than we used to. Never used to record HD - only watched it live.

Reminders don't bother me in general as I didn't use them throughout the day, though sometimes when I have trouble falling asleep I would put the TV on sleep and use reminders to change the channel so the background noise would be a program I would listen to if the one immediately following what was on wasn't something I liked (hope that made sense) so I do miss them a bit for that reason and understand why others do.

Wishlists - amazing! I don't use them as much as some, but they've managed to find quite a few things I would otherwise have missed because they peruse all channels and not just the ones you regularly watch...

So all in all - it has altered the way we watch TV. Not a complete 180, but a little shift.

22-07-2011, 12:51	#18
savvychels cf.geek Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Dorset Services: VIP120 w/ TiVo x2 Posts: 639	Re: Has TiVo changed the way you watch TV? It was absolutely great when I was out of the country for the better part of 3 weeks. Recorded everything - including a couple of entire series being repeated daily and managed to get up to 90% full (was 50% when I left). I would never have been able to have that much content - esp HD content - on my V+ and would have had to have archived a shedload before I left and probably not been able to record those two series - just our regular TV for that few weeks. And as others have said, we now don't rush to watch things to clear the drive - we can let things build up a bit longer and then watch them at our leisure. We definitely watch more HD than we used to. Never used to record HD - only watched it live. Reminders don't bother me in general as I didn't use them throughout the day, though sometimes when I have trouble falling asleep I would put the TV on sleep and use reminders to change the channel so the background noise would be a program I would listen to if the one immediately following what was on wasn't something I liked (hope that made sense) so I do miss them a bit for that reason and understand why others do. Wishlists - amazing! I don't use them as much as some, but they've managed to find quite a few things I would otherwise have missed because they peruse all channels and not just the ones you regularly watch... So all in all - it has altered the way we watch TV. Not a complete 180, but a little shift.