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Originally Posted by passingbat
For me, the 3 tuners make a massive difference; many of the new shows are in the 9-10pm slot and with 2 tuners, clashes are more likely.
Equal with 3 tuners are whishlists. All the forthcoming 2012-2013 new US shows that I am interested in are already set to automatically record via a whishlist, even though they are not on the EPG, and may not be for several months. I also have whishlists for my favourite actors, or films I'd like to see again, which will automatically record when they turn up on the EPG.
Tivo will automatically look for repeat showings in the event of recording clashes. The ability to set 'New only' in recording settings is usefull; saves you getting repeat showings of previous seasons that you've already seen.
There are other things like intelligent search, a list of all the upcoming showings of a specific episode, full season and episode listings of a show, cast details and other shows they have been in with an easy way to set up a whishlist. A direct link to youtube for a show found in a search or the 'explore this show' screen. Suggestions for similar shows to the ones you watch, which can be automatically recorded if you want.
That is just some of what tivo offers.
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I suppose it depends on what you want from your PVR and the items you listed clearly are of interest to you and I have absolutely no complaints about that. However do you not find it annoying that say if for instance a sports program runs over then the Tivo does not automatically record the extension to the program. I know it asks when you set the program if you want an hour adding on but I just want it to happen not have to guess. Never had this issue with Sky. Remember the Canadian GP that ran over by about 5 hours, sky box recorded the lot and never had to press a button. I set a program to record last week on the Tivo but as the program before had ran over it missed the first 30 minutes. This is what I want from a PVR, not some fancy way of programming 6 months in advance or selecting an actor and recording all his films. I want to be able to set a recording, go on holiday and know for sure that it will record the whole thing no matter when it started or if it overran.