Quote:
Originally Posted by yorkshireborn
can someone in plain English tell me why Tivo is better than V+ please do as a list to compare.
because for wot I see theres no real difference
|
Here are some of the things that I think are better:
3 recordable tuners; V+ 2 plus a live channel.
Much bigger hard drive. With all the HD channels VM now have, the 20 hours of HD space the V+ has is just way too small.
Automatic rescheduling of recording clashes ---- which don't happen as often anyway because the Tivo has 3 recordable tuners. No more manually having to check for repeats, which you have to do on V+ for shows that clash.
Series links, once set, stay forever. No more having to reset them when a show takes a season or mid season break like you have to do on V+ and only realise that you needed to do it after the show had re-started and you've missed several episodes!
Whishlists. Get to hear about a show that is starting in 6 months time, but because it's not on the EPG you can't set a recording for it? Add it to a Whishlist and it will automatically get recorded when it starts to broadcast, no matter which VM channel it turns up on.
You can also set up whishlists for your favourite subject, actor, director and define extra filter criteria for them and they will automatically get recorded if a show relevant to them turns up on the EPG any time in the future.
Extensive intelligent search with links to broadcast dates and the ability to set up a series link or whishlist, direct link to youtube and any On Demand content related to the search.
Full Series, season and episode information with a list of upcoming shows being broadcast in the next two weeks.
Links to actors appearing in a specific show and information on other shows they are in.
Suggestions. You can thumb up or down a specific show and it will then optionally automatically record similar shows.
Extensive settings for default recording options.
Backwards EPG which goes back a week and you just click on a show that is available from catchup and it automatically plays it.
Express Series link. Automatically set a series link by clicking on a show in the EPG. Default recording options are automatically applied to the series link.
There are probably more advantages, but that should do for starters...