Cable Forum - View Single Post - TiVo Watching catchup tv is virtually impossible here

clumsymum · 09-06-2013, 15:01

We don't use catchup TV or on demand services very often here, We're pretty good at recording what we want, but on the occasions that we do I find it utterly frustrating - which is one reason we don't rely on it I suppose.

Last week I wanted to see the Queen's coronation service which had been shown on BBC1 during the morning, a 2 hour programme.

So went to catch-up on tuesday evening, struggled to find it (but that is a separate issue), eventually found it thru iPlayer, clicked to play it and ......... black screen with circular thing ....... for aaaaaaages ......

After about 10 mins we canceled, and tried again to restart it. Got an "On-demand not currently available" type error.

Rebooted tivo (time to open a new wine box and pour a couple of glasses, and take dogs out while this went on).

Then we tried again. This time it took about 3 mins to actually start the programme. and dropped out after about 3 mins ! We managed to watch the first 3 to 5 minutes of the programme 4 ruddy times, and I was about to give up when it seemed to settle down and - Eureka - we were watching it. We got thru to 49 mins when .... it dropped out again.... At this point I got pee'd off and went to bed.

Tried again on Wednesday evening, it took 3 attempts to load the programme from iPlayer and successfully fast-forward to the point we had reached before. Then we did manage to see the whole thing.

This is fairly typical of my experience of using catch-up services on our Tivo, and husband and I are seriously thinking of reducing our costs and going over to freeview with our own recording device, as we just don't feel we are getting our money's worth out of what VM are offering.

Before we give up for good, I'd like to establish: -
Is this fairly standard for all Tivo users?
Or
Do we have a problem with our Tivo?
Or
Is there a problem with network capacity in our locality?

Anyone?

09-06-2013, 15:01	#1
clumsymum Inactive Join Date: Sep 2008 Services: BB M TV L and V+ Phone L Posts: 142	Watching catchup tv is virtually impossible here - are we the only ones ? We don't use catchup TV or on demand services very often here, We're pretty good at recording what we want, but on the occasions that we do I find it utterly frustrating - which is one reason we don't rely on it I suppose. Last week I wanted to see the Queen's coronation service which had been shown on BBC1 during the morning, a 2 hour programme. So went to catch-up on tuesday evening, struggled to find it (but that is a separate issue), eventually found it thru iPlayer, clicked to play it and ......... black screen with circular thing ....... for aaaaaaages ...... After about 10 mins we canceled, and tried again to restart it. Got an "On-demand not currently available" type error. Rebooted tivo (time to open a new wine box and pour a couple of glasses, and take dogs out while this went on). Then we tried again. This time it took about 3 mins to actually start the programme. and dropped out after about 3 mins ! We managed to watch the first 3 to 5 minutes of the programme 4 ruddy times, and I was about to give up when it seemed to settle down and - Eureka - we were watching it. We got thru to 49 mins when .... it dropped out again.... At this point I got pee'd off and went to bed. Tried again on Wednesday evening, it took 3 attempts to load the programme from iPlayer and successfully fast-forward to the point we had reached before. Then we did manage to see the whole thing. This is fairly typical of my experience of using catch-up services on our Tivo, and husband and I are seriously thinking of reducing our costs and going over to freeview with our own recording device, as we just don't feel we are getting our money's worth out of what VM are offering. Before we give up for good, I'd like to establish: - Is this fairly standard for all Tivo users? Or Do we have a problem with our Tivo? Or Is there a problem with network capacity in our locality? Anyone?