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dwarfofpoison · 07-08-2011, 02:21

Sadly MarkyUK I think a nice list of upcoming films died when everyone got so many channels!

However TiVo does far, far more than my V+ or a Sky+ can dream of doing. Whilst browse all tv doesn't just throw up rental movies, you do have to narrow the search by selecting a catagory (e.g. comedy or drama) then TiVo finds all the films available. Some will only be available On demand at a cost but when they are on your subscribed channels TiVo offers up "Record this movie / View other showings". Yet finding an available film can take some time and until you click on it you have no idea what time or date it's on.

This is where Jethro's wishlist excels.

To set up =
HOME - 3 - Create a Wishlist Search - scroll to Category then scroll to Films when you select Films, TiVo will ask you to Pick Subcategory if you want all films "Don't specify a subcategory" the choice is yours! Leave "Keyword, Title Keyword, Actor & Director" blank. Chose a wishlist name and then select "Done creating this Wishlist Search"

Once complete you can view "Upcoming programs" watch them now or record them (and hopefully in the future "change at start"), sadly as Jethro said TiVo may only populate a few days of films so you won't be able to see much of the future but there will be hundreds and scrolling in the SDUI is like lightning compared to the HDUI.

07-08-2011, 02:21	#3
dwarfofpoison Inactive Join Date: Oct 2010 Posts: 134	Re: Finding non-rental films on TiVo Sadly MarkyUK I think a nice list of upcoming films died when everyone got so many channels! However TiVo does far, far more than my V+ or a Sky+ can dream of doing. Whilst browse all tv doesn't just throw up rental movies, you do have to narrow the search by selecting a catagory (e.g. comedy or drama) then TiVo finds all the films available. Some will only be available On demand at a cost but when they are on your subscribed channels TiVo offers up "Record this movie / View other showings". Yet finding an available film can take some time and until you click on it you have no idea what time or date it's on. This is where Jethro's wishlist excels. To set up = HOME - 3 - Create a Wishlist Search - scroll to Category then scroll to Films when you select Films, TiVo will ask you to Pick Subcategory if you want all films "Don't specify a subcategory" the choice is yours! Leave "Keyword, Title Keyword, Actor & Director" blank. Chose a wishlist name and then select "Done creating this Wishlist Search" Once complete you can view "Upcoming programs" watch them now or record them (and hopefully in the future "change at start"), sadly as Jethro said TiVo may only populate a few days of films so you won't be able to see much of the future but there will be hundreds and scrolling in the SDUI is like lightning compared to the HDUI.