TiVo General TiVo Discussion Part 2 - Page 170

HDFootyMan · 21-04-2011, 20:24

I'm sure that NCIS from FX HD never looked this good when viewed from my V+ HD. Can't quite put my finger on it, but it just looks better via TiVo on my 40" Sammy.

cupcakes aka dd · 21-04-2011, 21:13

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Originally Posted by whoareyou

Ok, so had my install this morning.
Top bloke, was here about an hour. Everything went very well.
Took the V away and put the V+ in its place.
First impressions...Good, im not as amazed as i thought i would be.
Didnt think i would, but noticed a 'softer' pic on ITV sd.
Menus seem slow. Setting up lots of series links is frustrating. Is there no way to set padding, etc as defaults.
Tv guide seems too complex. To much info going on. Too many channels, progs on one screen.
When your watching a programme and click OK (or info) sometimes a green bar appears to show how far you can rewind. Does it only appear after viewing the channel for sometime?

Ps. EPG took about an hour to update too a couple of weeks and catch up wasnt working.

Yes give it time. I'm loving it and it's only going to get better

albertsteptoe · 21-04-2011, 21:30

Hello All.
Had 2 guys to come & install Tivo today, they got to me around 09-10am & it took the around 40 minutes to getit going, wasnt to happy with young guy he must of only been about 18, when older guy was going through the setting on Tivo for the sound he asked if my amp was ok i said yes he asked the younger guy did he put in the optical cable, the younger guy asked what was that lol, after pluging it in i had sound & they left, wasnt untill i pused my stand back into the corner that i noticed that he hadnt pluged the scart cable from my Blu Ray recorder into Tivo so if i didnt see that & tried to record from Tivo onto disc i would of thought that Tivo was faulty,any way i sorted that & have a quick question. i cant get the text button to work on any channel, like if i want to see football news on BBC, on V+ i had to go into the settings & press interactive but cant get it to work on Tivo, thanks for any help in advance.

Ben B · 21-04-2011, 22:06

Can you get it by pressing the red button on any BBC channel?

albertsteptoe · 21-04-2011, 22:10

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Originally Posted by Ben B

Can you get it by pressing the red button on any BBC channel?

Cant check now im at work,ill check tomorrow & see how i get on, thanks for quick reply.

Perfect Choice · 21-04-2011, 22:31

Monthly DD bill now avaialble online for me, no install credit shown so paying Â£40 install fee for Tivo. Time to ring VM to find out why install fee is showing on bill with no Â£40 credit to counter balance?

kgollop · 21-04-2011, 22:53

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Originally Posted by Ben B

Can you get it by pressing the red button on any BBC channel?

No, the red button services don't work on TIVO yet. Red button on BBC channels takes you straight to the I-Player App.

Ben B · 21-04-2011, 22:55

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Originally Posted by kgollop

No, the red button services don't work on TIVO yet. Red button on BBC channels takes you straight to the I-Player App.

Really? I would have thought they would have developed a new BBCi interface for it by now, or at least enabled access to the webpages used for the V/V+ Boxes

kgollop · 21-04-2011, 23:00

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Originally Posted by Ben B

Really? I would have thought they would have developed a new BBCi interface for it by now, or at least enabled access to the webpages used for the V/V+ Boxes

Afraid not!

sarah V · 21-04-2011, 23:38

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Originally Posted by passingbat

The new season of US shows are announced around May time and the US start to broadcast around September/october. We often don't know if a UK broadcaster will pick up the rights, which broadcaster it will be and when they will show it. It's a case of monitoring the online sites as to if and when a US show will be broadcast in the UK.

Take for example, a show like Fringe; when it was first announced a couple of years ago, I knew I wanted to give it a try because it sounded interesting and was part created by JJ Abrams who, amongst other things, created Alias. It was a case of waiting to find out who would pick it up and when they would broadcast it ---- this information wasn't available until a few months after it had been announced.

As I understand it, you would have been able to enter 'Fringe' into the tivo wishlist and when the tivo guide came across a programme called Fringe, it would automatically record it. Tivo 'remembered' several months later, when I would most likely would have forgotten about it.

thats exactly how it works. when the bbc were running promo's at the beginning of the year i spotted candy cabs, thought it looked interesting so set it up as a wishlist and to auto record. completely forgot about it and then it showed up a few weeks ago - wasn't worth the wait, but was really pleased it worked!

carlwaring · 22-04-2011, 00:14

Suggestions can be similarly useful.

I like US shows. I watch a lot of them.

When I first got my original S1 Tivo back in 2002, I was waiting for Channel 4 to show the next season of "Third Watch". I had been using my Tivo for a couple of weeks when I happened to check the suggestions it was making and guess what was in the list?! Yep. Unfortunately, I was a little late checking and it had started the week before, but at least I only missed the one ep

muppetman11 · 22-04-2011, 00:54

See if your advanced search finds' The Chicago Code' let me know when it's on and what channel and I'll be impressed

I actually do know when and what channel just a TIVO test

TheDon · 22-04-2011, 01:13

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Originally Posted by muppetman11

See if your advanced search finds' The Chicago Code' let me know when it's on and what channel and I'll be impressed

I actually do know when and what channel just a TIVO test

Who needs to know?
We can just stick it in a wishlist and record it anyway

(I've not looked for it, far too lazy to reach for the remote)

muppetman11 · 22-04-2011, 01:15

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Originally Posted by TheDon

Who needs to know?
We can just stick it in a wishlist and record it anyway

(I've not looked for it, far too lazy to reach for the remote)

It's a program coming soon just wondered whether the TIVO search would pick it up as its on a channel VM carry. Just really seeing how good the search is , as its out of,the 7 day range.

pythagoras · 22-04-2011, 01:30

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Originally Posted by muppetman11

It's a program coming soon just wondered whether the TIVO search would pick it up as its on a channel VM carry. Just really seeing how good the search is , as its out of,the 7 day range.

As its on the 12th of May and the tivo search is 14 days forward it wont pick it up until 28th of april

However I have set up a wishlist and I'll let you know when it finds the program.

regards

John