So far what I have noticed to be different:
- Instead of the EPG showing the channel list in text, it's now showing their logos. I dislike this because some of them are hard to see, even on a 40" screen and I have to get up close to the screen to see the name of the channel. Not good for those with a disability.
- When going backwards on the EPG to watch a programme that had been on Channel 5, instead of taking me to the programme, it took me to a page showing every channel logo that has VOD content. I then had to select My5 and search for the relevant programme!
- It is now possible to ask for programmes appearing in VOD to be shown in 'My shows'.
I can see that this may be useful, but most of my Series Links have been reset to show both recordings and VOD content.
This has meant that I have had to go through every single one, some for series that have ended or ones that I have deleted because I have already watched them. This took a very, very long time to correct, but it had to be done as I didn't know which were recordings or a notification of VOD availability.
I think it would have been far better to have let customers change the setting for themselves if they wanted to receive notifications of VOD content being added.
- Instead of setting series links for various channels, you can now set it to 'All'. This is an excellent idea, but not perfect and selecting this option needs to be considered carefully.
For example, I like to record some things from Radio 4. I set this to 'All', as sometimes the programmes are repeated on Radio 4 Extra (I always thought that this was an archive station
) as this can help with clashes.
The trouble is that doing this can cause problems as it wants to record the same programme at the same time on Radio 4 FM and Radio 4 LW!
The same goes for BBC1- it wants to record the same programme on HD, SD, AD, England, Wales, Scotland etc!
I can see it could be useful if you aren't sure which channel programming will be on. Eg I like 'My Cat From Hell' on Animal Planet, but sometimes it is shown on other channels too.
This update has done nothing whatsoever to deal with the slow speed that the TiVo operates- but it was said that this update wouldn't be for that.
I'll update this thread if I find anything else that's different.
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Originally Posted by passingbat
Won't replacing text with graphics make it run slower?
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A very good point PB, if this is the case, it would surely have been better to delay this part of the update until the slow response to commands was resolved.
It doesn't appear to have made it any slower, but I doubt it
could get any slower!