TiVo General TiVo Discussion Part 2 - Page 223

Andy1 · 02-05-2011, 01:44

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Originally Posted by whoareyou

I found a copy of liv v new in my suggestions! Very handy, i didnt even know they played! Shame in SD though

A great example of one of the benefits of Tivo and how a minor improvement will be able to optimise the experience.

HDFootyMan · 02-05-2011, 02:26

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Originally Posted by whoareyou

I found a copy of liv v new in my suggestions! Very handy, i didnt even know they played! Shame in SD though

As I've recently said over at DS, I agree with the HD-less Suggestion logic.

HD Suggestions would eat up more disk space, meaning less suggestions for you to try out, and if you did like a suggestion, surely you would create a HD Series Link based on that suggestion?

Besides, the decision to like or dislike a suggestion would surely come down to the content of the programme and not what resolution its broadcasted at, no?

I agree that the option to specify HD for suggestions would be good for people who desire it. Personally, I would put adding reminder functionality first (but that's just me

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richardc1983 · 02-05-2011, 04:53

How do suggestions work? If u like it does it just keep recording it or do you have to set a series link?

Is a suggestion just a one off?

Andy1 · 02-05-2011, 07:49

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Originally Posted by richardc1983

How do suggestions work? If u like it does it just keep recording it or do you have to set a series link?

Is a suggestion just a one off?

Yes they are just single shows - if you decided you wanted to start recording the series you would need to set a series link. A wishlish could also be set to look out for specific episodes from earlier in that series or past series if you wanted.

richardc1983 · 02-05-2011, 08:05

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Originally Posted by Andy1

Yes they are just single shows - if you decided you wanted to start recording the series you would need to set a series link. A wishlish could also be set to look out for specific episodes from earlier in that series or past series if you wanted.

Ok thanks. So if I set a wishlist how does this work, can I include the name of the series or episode in the keyword?

Andy1 · 02-05-2011, 08:34

If you find the show through 'search and browse' the episode guide will give you details of past series and episodes and there is an option to automatically create a wishlist for any episode (it uses the show and episode titles).

You can of course also set manual wishlists based on all sorts of criteria. Eg Any episodes of Top Gear where 'BMW' is mentioned in the description etc.

Johnlouis · 02-05-2011, 09:16

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Originally Posted by richardc1983

Are you giving it the 3 thumbs down for the programs its recording that are of no interest?

Aaaah! That'll be it. I remember Thumbing Up the 10 or so Series Links I made on the first day, but I dont think I've Thumbed since then.

AlabasterLyn · 02-05-2011, 09:38

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Originally Posted by Andy1

You change the channel on the tuner by selecting the tuner (from the info menu) and then changing the channel. You can then switch to another (from the info menu) and change that channel if you wish.

Thats what you would do if you were, for example, wanting to retain a buffer for 2 sporting events.

Thanks for that, I will use it for my soaps

Digital Fanatic · 02-05-2011, 09:48

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Originally Posted by borrissey

I miss the fav button on the remote.

press Blue button in mini-guide and select Favourites, this sets your mini guide to your Favourites, until you change it back again.

Joedm45 · 02-05-2011, 10:06

Re: Tuners

I could be wrong (maybe these pills I'm on are causing me to hallucinate) but I'm sure I saw on my TiVo a couple of weeks back that upon changing channels it scrolls through the available tuners so if you decide to go back to the previous channel you still have a buffer??

Having run some tests it doesn't do this anymore and just sticks on 1 tuner unless the channel selected happens to be on another tuner in which case you do get a buffer.

Can anyone confirm or deny this?

Andy1 · 02-05-2011, 10:47

Im not sure I know what you mean about scrolling through when changing channels.

You can switch between the buffered channels and set what channels they are covering by pressing 'info' and scrolling down to the bottom option. Is that you meant?

Digital Fanatic · 02-05-2011, 10:47

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Originally Posted by Joedm45

Re: Tuners

I could be wrong (maybe these pills I'm on are causing me to hallucinate) but I'm sure I saw on my TiVo a couple of weeks back that upon changing channels it scrolls through the available tuners so if you decide to go back to the previous channel you still have a buffer??

Having run some tests it doesn't do this anymore and just sticks on 1 tuner unless the channel selected happens to be on another tuner in which case you do get a buffer.

Can anyone confirm or deny this?

press info and scroll down to RRR to swap between different tuners, you should be able to have 3 buffers going if nothing is recording

Joedm45 · 02-05-2011, 11:05

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Originally Posted by Andy1

Im not sure I know what you mean about scrolling through when changing channels.

You can switch between the buffered channels and set what channels they are covering by pressing 'info' and scrolling down to the bottom option. Is that you meant?

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Originally Posted by Digital Fanatic

press info and scroll down to RRR to swap between different tuners, you should be able to have 3 buffers going if nothing is recording

Perhaps I worded this incorrectly as I am aware about how to change the 3 tuners from the info page but this is not what I meant.

I'll try again using an example:

Tuner 1 is on BBC1, Tuner 2 is on Sky1 and Tuner 3 is on FX. Nothing is recording.

I am watching Tuner 1 (BBC1) and decide to change the channel to ITV1. By doing this I am sure it used to keep BBC1 buffering by replacing FX with BBC1 so if I press 'last channel' it will go back to BBC1 and therefore be able to rewind the buffer if required.

I don't think it does this anymore (if it did in the first place)

Hope that explains my query

richardc1983 · 02-05-2011, 11:10

The channel your watching is always the tuner that will be changed when you change channel. You need to buffer another channel by doing it on the info section of the tuners then when you have the channels buffeting that you want you can use last channel button to change. Otherwise changing channels directly erases the buffer and starts rebuffering on new channel.

carlwaring · 02-05-2011, 11:22

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Originally Posted by richardc1983

The channel your watching is always the tuner that will be changed when you change channel.

Not always, I don't think. Quite often I have changed the channel but found that it has changed tuner as well. Still to find the logic in it