TiVo So Long Tivo - Back to Sky - Close but no cigar! - Page 3

Zarf2007 · 15-05-2012, 10:15

Seriously though, can everyone who adopted TiVo, hand on heart say that it delivers what was promised? Or are the majority simply keeping it as there is no better Product from VM? I suspect the latter is true in many cases...

Perfect Choice · 15-05-2012, 11:24

Inbetween I would say, not everything deleivered. Big issue for Sky to me is lack of multiple recording ability, I really do use those 3 tuners for recording quite often so for me Sky is not an option.

Overall I opt for VM and Tivo for aspects which are important to me, but there are elements which I am dissapointed on VMs progress. Not issuing the iPad app earlier this year was a major tactical error in my view, they could have enhanced it later. And where are the "proper" apps like lovefims/netflix for films where Tivo could show off its search any content source capability, as they have in the USA today!

15-05-2012, 11:30

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Originally Posted by Perfect Choice

Inbetween I would say, not everything deleivered. Big issue for Sky to me is lack of multiple recording ability, I really do use those 3 tuners for recording quite often so for me Sky is not an option.

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That's exactly how i feel ,i really wish sky would do something about it,i miss the multiple tuners we had in the V+box .Since we take ownership of the stb i don't see that it's such a problem being able to put a better stb in

Itshim · 15-05-2012, 12:34

The ONLY reason I keep my TiVo is it saves me money. Do not like / or want a lot of the "features" that it "offers" & miss basic things that it does not.
What Virgin offer in the case of H D , lack of channels etc does not bother me.this has little bearing on what is a overrated PVR
So I say if you are thinking of changing over,go in with your eyes open.

carlwaring · 15-05-2012, 13:41

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Originally Posted by Zarf2007

Seriously though, can everyone who adopted TiVo, hand on heart say that it delivers what was promised?

We were promised a Tivo and that's what we've got. I personally don't care for the Apps but some find them useful, so that's fine. It is by no means perfect but then no-one has never said it is

passingbat · 15-05-2012, 15:29

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Originally Posted by Zarf2007

Seriously though, can everyone who adopted TiVo, hand on heart say that it delivers what was promised? Or are the majority simply keeping it as there is no better Product from VM? I suspect the latter is true in many cases...

We're still waiting for some things, which in my view are taking too long. Only biggie for me is multi room streaming which Sky doesn't have anyway. And having had use of them, I can't see me having any box that doesn't have three recordable tuners and Whishlists, which rules out Sky.

I would like Sky Atlantic and more HD channels, but the above Tivo features are more important to me.

Henkesghost · 15-05-2012, 15:33

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Originally Posted by Zarf2007

Seriously though, can everyone who adopted TiVo, hand on heart say that it delivers what was promised? Or are the majority simply keeping it as there is no better Product from VM? I suspect the latter is true in many cases...

Has potential, but still quite a way to go, overhyped by many imho.

denphone · 15-05-2012, 15:36

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Originally Posted by Henkesghost

Has potential, but still quite a way to go, overhyped by many imho.

But still far superior to any box Sky have Henke and is not everything overhyped to a certain extent.

Itshim · 15-05-2012, 15:44

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Originally Posted by denphone

But still far superior to any box Sky have Henke and is not everything overhyped to a certain extent.

Of cause it is. Never be taken in by adverts. Got caught out last week ! Yes I know its a great surprise - First & last time I buy a Samsung TV

note to self remember to question whats not said!

Mad Max · 15-05-2012, 16:19

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Originally Posted by Henkesghost

Has potential, but still quite a way to go, overhyped by many imho.

Pretty much my thoughts too.

rmwebs · 15-05-2012, 17:12

I'm happy with Tivo. For me I love the on-demand content and the recent app updates with content from the likes of Nat Geo is certainly a great step.

That said, as someone who moved away from Sky, the sky epg is much faster. We were on a 10+ year old sky box, and even that was faster.

The biggest annoyance with Tivo is the idiotic menu system that means hat if you want to watch, say an episode of 'Mike & Molly' from On Demand you have to do this:

- Menu
- Go down to On Demand
- Go Right and press on demand tv shows (or whatever it says
- Go down to TV XLL
- Go to 'Browse By Channel'
- Go down to 'Warner TV'
- Go all the way down to 'View All A-Z'
- Go all the way down to 'M'
- Go along to access the 'M' content
- Scroll down to 'Mike & Molly' & Press ok
- Scroll down to the episode you want to watch and press ok
- Press play
- Press play again.

Thats idiotic and could be simplified, especially where you have to press play twice!

The VHD box we have is a lot more snappy. The liberty system may look a bit pants, but its certainly more stable and fast.

The iPlayer crashing is also a pain, and there is also a bug that when you get to 99% disk usage, the entire My Shows section slows to a crawl.

I do hope these get addressed, but given VM's lackluster attitude towards these kinds of things, I doubt it'll be any time soon. That being said, what we're getting now is a million times better than what we had with Sky.

**Hugh** · 15-05-2012, 18:17

Or you could (from the manual)

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1. From the Home screen choose Search & Browse
2. Select Search all TV.
3. Youâ€™ll see a keypad on the left of the screen, which you can use to enter the word or name you want to search for.
4. Use the and or and arrows on your remote to move around the letters. Press to choose the letter you want.
5. As you select letters, your TiVo box searches all live TV available for the next two weeks, and any On Demand shows, containing that word.
6. When you see what youâ€™re searching for, use to move into the search results. Then highlight the one you want and press to select it.

7. Select Get this show to watch if itâ€™s available from live TV or On Demand, to record the next showing or set up a Series Link, which will record the whole series.

spiderplant · 15-05-2012, 18:27

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Originally Posted by rmwebs

- Menu
- Go down to On Demand
- Go Right and press on demand tv shows (or whatever it says
- Go down to TV XLL
- Go to 'Browse By Channel'
- Go down to 'Warner TV'
- Go all the way down to 'View All A-Z'
- Go all the way down to 'M'
- Go along to access the 'M' content
- Scroll down to 'Mike & Molly' & Press ok
- Scroll down to the episode you want to watch and press ok
- Press play
- Press play again.

Try using Search instead:
- Home
- 4
- MIKE
- Across & down to "Mike & Molly"
- Get from On Demand
- Select episode
- OK
- Play
- Enter PIN if required

carlwaring · 15-05-2012, 18:57

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Originally Posted by rmwebs

The biggest annoyance with Tivo is the idiotic menu system that means hat if you want to watch... from On Demand...

I agree with you on this

Mr K · 15-05-2012, 21:38

TiVo just doesn't seem to be going anywhere at the moment. There are several glitches. The biggest issue is the ongoing iPlayer fault (cutting off the end of programmes) and VM totally ignoring the issue/trying to blame the BBC. iPlayer is fine on other platforms.
Also there's the lack of progress on streaming between boxes. Seem to remember being told the VHD box would be getting TiVo software and being able to stream recordings to it- heard nothing for over a year. Development seems to have stopped dead.

Majority of people aren't interested in youtube, red button , gimmicky cr(apps) etc.They just want a tv box for tv with a fully functional tv/recording/catch up service. VM have taken their eye off the ball.