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oliver1948uk · 18-04-2012, 10:36

Having used Tivo for well over 6 months, I am afraid I agree with the wife and daughter of Henkesghost. Promoted as the way to watch TV in the future, Tivo does not even have real time updated programme guide!! Absolutely unbelievable. Apparently, it is to come, but not soon. The mind boggles how long the wait will be.

In my opinion, VM should have put a larger hard drive into the V+ and further developed that as it is much easier to use and has several features still lacking in Tivo.

If you are the type of person that likes putting thumbs up and down by programmes (what happens if a brother and sister do opposites?) and wants things to record that you did not ask for and don't mind when episodes for what you DID ask for are suddenly deleted because you did not manually set it not to delete (why does it do that?) then Tivo is definitely for you.

Many of us just want an easy to use, reliable recorder with the mininimum of button presses.

18-04-2012, 10:36	#465
oliver1948uk cf.geek Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Mansfield Woodhouse NG19 Services: VM Mix TV, 200 internet, basic house phone. Also Virgin mobile phone Posts: 541	Re: General TiVo Discussion Part 3 Having used Tivo for well over 6 months, I am afraid I agree with the wife and daughter of Henkesghost. Promoted as the way to watch TV in the future, Tivo does not even have real time updated programme guide!! Absolutely unbelievable. Apparently, it is to come, but not soon. The mind boggles how long the wait will be. In my opinion, VM should have put a larger hard drive into the V+ and further developed that as it is much easier to use and has several features still lacking in Tivo. If you are the type of person that likes putting thumbs up and down by programmes (what happens if a brother and sister do opposites?) and wants things to record that you did not ask for and don't mind when episodes for what you DID ask for are suddenly deleted because you did not manually set it not to delete (why does it do that?) then Tivo is definitely for you. Many of us just want an easy to use, reliable recorder with the mininimum of button presses.