TiVo : 1 week in, my initial thoughts...

[muppetman11]

Originally Posted by HD Boy

So in other words not got a brain.

It's a PVR nothing more nothing less , the majority couldn't care less they just want their favourite shows recorded, something TIVO , V+ , Sky+HD and many freeview recorders do. Forums like this will always have tech fanatics like us however the vast majority of people look for simplicity.

[greeninferno]

Originally Posted by HD Boy

So in other words not got a brain.

I just don't get it.

My first reaction to Tivo was wow look how much more TV it opens up to you

How many times have people sat and said where have i seen his face? - now you can check

I couldn't believe how lmited and old fashioned it made the Sky interface look.

[denphone]

Originally Posted by greeninferno

I just don't get it.

My first reaction to Tivo was wow look how much more TV it opens up to you

How many times have people sat and said where have i seen his face? - now you can check

I couldn't believe how lmited and old fashioned it made the Sky interface look.

Indeed.

[HD Boy]

Originally Posted by greeninferno

I just don't get it.

My first reaction to Tivo was wow look how much more TV it opens up to you

How many times have people sat and said where have i seen his face? - now you can check

I couldn't believe how lmited and old fashioned it made the Sky interface look.

Agreed

[muppetman11]

Originally Posted by greeninferno

How many times have people sat and said where have i seen his face? - now you can check

Us mere mortals have to suffer with the IMDb app on our smartphones Damn outdated PVR's

[alwaysabear]

Originally Posted by muppetman11

It's a PVR nothing more nothing less , the majority couldn't care less they just want their favourite shows recorded, something TIVO , V+ , Sky+HD and many freeview recorders do. Forums like this will always have tech fanatics like us however the vast majority of people look for simplicity.

That is a very good point.

[denphone]

Originally Posted by alwaysabear

That is a very good point.

Yes its like chalk and cheese as many people do just like just a simple PVR.

[greeninferno]

Originally Posted by muppetman11

Us mere mortals have to suffer with the IMDb app on our smartphones Damn outdated PVR's

that come with the PVR does it?

[muppetman11]

Originally Posted by greeninferno

that come with the PVR does it?

I wish

[devilincarnate]

Originally Posted by denphone

Yes its like chalk and cheese as many people do just like just a simple PVR.

I like chalk and cheese, but which is better?

you can tell that I'am simple? (just using words)

[LexDiamond]

Originally Posted by HD Boy

So in other words not got a brain.

Just because you're a fan boy doesn't mean people that disagree with you have 'not got a brain'.

In fact that statement probably applies to you than most on this forum considering your fanboy antics are leading you to forget what the core functions of a PVR actually are.

You are the same person that once linked to your own post from another thread (which was pure speculation) and then presented it as fact. If that isn't stupid then I don't know what is.

[kop32]

Originally Posted by HD Boy

So in other words not got a brain.

Well this is right up there with your most useful posts,,when are you going to get the message???

[andy_m]

Originally Posted by muppetman11

It's a PVR nothing more nothing less , the majority couldn't care less they just want their favourite shows recorded, something TIVO , V+ , Sky+HD and many freeview recorders do. Forums like this will always have tech fanatics like us however the vast majority of people look for simplicity.

What's beautiful about Tivo, or at least will be once Virgin sort out express series links and one touch record, is that it really can be as simple or as complicated as you want it to be.

For me, it's biggest strength is the way it integrates content from a variety of sources, but that's possibly because I watch a lot of on demand stuff. As a result, I make a lot of use of the search and browse functions.

If you just want it to be a pvr then you could just use the "guide", "r" and "my shows" buttons for one of the simplest pvr experiences you could wish for. But, as you well know, Tivo can be much more than "just a pvr".

I'd just like to place on record my thanks to the OP, and those who have posted similar reviews. TiVo falls down in my opinion on the amount of instructional information available from Virgin, which is a big reason, I think, why people consider the product so complicated. Threads like this are invaluable sources of information.

[caph]

Originally Posted by greeninferno

I don't get this more complicated to use stuff. what is the actual complication?

Personally, for me it's the five or six times you have to click View Show when you want to view a show from CatchUp after having found it in Browse TV.

It's the hidden meanings for vital buttons or as some others have found accidentally hitting a hidden meaning button and not knowing what it was.

It's the incredibly slow paging up and down in My Shows (this has got better with the update but is still painful).

It's the fact that you have to set Series Link options every single time you set one up (incredibly tedious but I think this may have been fixed in the new update I haven't checked yet).

It's the fact that sometimes when you delete a show about a third of your My Shows disappears until you reset the TiVo (thank the update for that one).

It's the fact that you have to enter your PIN code nearly every time you want to watch a show from My Shows sometimes even if the show was broadcast in the late morning or early afternoon depending on repeat times!!!.

Don't get me wrong I, like others, have got used to these complications and worse picture quality and for me they are now no longer an issue (and a small price to pay for the benefits of having a TiVo), but I'm just saying that newcomers might find these things overcomplicated initially.

Personally, the fact that I can set a wishlist for a director/actor is itself worth all the failings of the TiVo. That facility is just magic.

[alexcopeland]

The picture quality isn't worse when watching HD channels after recalibrating the picture via your TV remote control and I'd well recommend everyone having TiVo installed take the time to do this.