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Old 25-04-2011, 14:17   #2776
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Re: General TiVo Discussion Part 2

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I'm sure some people really want reminders and maybe they will be added in future, but surely the point of a PVR is that you just record it and watch it when you want?
Justly opinion, I'm sure others will disagree but I think the TiVo will do me fine
It is, but for various reasons, that's not always practical.
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Old 25-04-2011, 14:19   #2777
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Re: General TiVo Discussion Part 2

I think I used the reminder function once on my old V+ box. Anything I want to watch to the degree I would set a reminder would be set up to record anyhow.
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Old 25-04-2011, 14:20   #2778
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Re: General TiVo Discussion Part 2

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I fully agree with you on that one, but some people like reminder functionality.

But there's a principle going on here. There are some things V+ did better than Tivo and we're being told by Stephen we should ignore them and not complain about the lack of them; how dare we challenge, 'The mighty Tivo'?
You've nailed it.
  • Reminders? Don't be silly, you don't and never have needed them! I've never used them so you don't have to either, OK? Besides, its TiVo!
  • Picture quality? Ptfff. Its TiVo, silly!
  • Padding? Seriously? C'mon! Its TiVo!
  • Jesus, don't tell me you have to know if you've watched a recording? Gawd, are you stupid or something....you don't deserve TiVo if you need that.
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Re: General TiVo Discussion Part 2

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You've nailed it.
  • Reminders? Don't be silly, you don't and never have needed them! I've never used them so you don't have to either, OK? Besides, its TiVo!
  • Picture quality? Ptfff. Its TiVo, silly!
  • Padding? Seriously? C'mon! Its TiVo!
  • Jesus, don't tell me you have to know if you've watched a recording? Gawd, are you stupid or something....you don't deserve TiVo if you need that.
Knowing whether you've watched something or not is needed , I've not got TIVO but on the two PVR's ive used V+ and Sky+HD this is available.
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Old 25-04-2011, 14:31   #2780
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Re: General TiVo Discussion Part 2

hello All, just a quick question please, had tivo installed on Thursday & i have noticed the last day or 2 that the tivo remote dosnt always make the bloop bloop sound when im useing it, is anyone else haveing this issue, also just had my box freeze for first time 5 minutes ago, anyone else had this yet since new install.
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Old 25-04-2011, 14:40   #2781
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Re: General TiVo Discussion Part 2

It won't make the sounds if you're watching an HD channel as they use Dolby Digital for the audio. If you go into the audio settings and change it to "Dolby Digital to PCM" it will make the sounds and will also make the HD channels have the same audio volume as the SD channels.
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Old 25-04-2011, 14:51   #2782
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One question is if l have another tivo do l have to pay another 3 pounds.
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One question is if l have another tivo do l have to pay another 3 pounds.
No, Charge is per account, not per box.
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Old 25-04-2011, 15:10   #2784
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No, Charge is per account, not per box.
Thats great news now lets see how much savings l got left to purchase another box.
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Old 25-04-2011, 15:31   #2785
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Re: General TiVo Discussion Part 2

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There are some things V+ did better than Tivo..
Other than reminders, I can't think of one other thing that the V+ did better than Tivo
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Picture quality? Ptfff. Its TiVo, silly!
Subjective. Some say it's better; some say it's not.
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Padding? Seriously? C'mon! Its TiVo!
Global padding may be nice but its not absolutely required.
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Jesus, don't tell me you have to know if you've watched a recording? Gawd, are you stupid or something....you don't deserve TiVo if you need that.
Exactly
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Other than reminders, I can't think of one other thing that the V+ did better than Tivo #

Subjective. Some say it's better; some say it's not.

Global padding may be nice but its not absolutely required.

Exactly
Everybody is entitled to their own opinion but l think you will find most people on this forum disagree with you on this one.
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Which is, of course, absolutely fine. They'll just have to put up with being wrong
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Which is, of course, absolutely fine. They'll just have to put up with being wrong
This forum would not be the same without you.
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It won't make the sounds if you're watching an HD channel as they use Dolby Digital for the audio. If you go into the audio settings and change it to "Dolby Digital to PCM" it will make the sounds and will also make the HD channels have the same audio volume as the SD channels.
Thanks a lot for that Lew.
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