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Old 29-05-2013, 19:10   #1718
RichardCoulter
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 2.

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Originally Posted by coulsontom View Post
Most clashes arise because of the padding that TiVo doesn't work out how to switch so if you record 1 channel back to back it needs 2 tuners for 4 mins (2mins pad)
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Originally Posted by coulsontom View Post
If you think that all channels start and end on time, you're mistaken. Clearly you don't though as you mention BBC. (who have a funny start time for the One show at like 3 minutes to the hour - not that I record that!)

You cannot set a series link that has different padding for 2 separate editions

It is a lot of messing around to set padding for each show individually. It's far better to have a default setting.

Sky boxes drop the padding when you have clashes, and the V+HD box also does the same thing.

The TiVo box if it tries to drop the padding it goes too far and cuts off the last 2 mins of the first programme or the first 2 mins of the 2nd programme.
My V+ sometimes gets confused with padding and this causes a clash. Sometimes deleting and re-adding planned recordings resolves this, othet times a manual recording has to be used.

I was rather hoping that if I got a TiVo that this problem would be a thing of the past

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Originally Posted by Media Boy View Post
Thanks that confirmed that Virgin Media has signed an new broadcasting deal with Viacom so look out for more channels from them to be added on Virgin soon.
The value of music channels to the platform has dropped considerably. As people use sites like You Tube or the VM on demand music service, viewing figures have tumbled.

The only way that I think we will get them is if they are provided to VM for free or dirt cheap.

This would help the music channels regain some lost viewers.
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