TiVo : General TiVo Discussion Part 3

[zantarous]

Originally Posted by warrenb

Got the new look here

A video review would be nice if you can.

[vincerooney]

Originally Posted by Gavin-D

What a surprise all southern locations.................

hahahah i was about to make this rant too. shocker and a half isnt it.

[rmwebs]

Nothing in Hertfordshire yet (AL4 area). Although my mother did inform me that her Tivo box was acting odd this morning, and randomly decided to stick a spinning wheel in the middle of Good Morning Britain. Can't imagine it devalued the program that much though :P

For anyone that's got it, is it essentially a reskin and conversion to HTML5, or is the interface now re-ordered/shuffled round? I ask as I've got an elderly grandmother on Tivo and we've only just about got her trained on the current one, so would like to know what hell I'm about to enter!

[MalteseFalcon]

Know what you mean, a relative in Shropshire expects me to be able to tell what a symbol means and I'm in Herts. I'm like how can I tell what is wrong when I'm not there to see it?

[Kushan]

SO anyone that's got it, care to comment on performance? Just average day to day menus and stuff, that's where the biggest improvement needs to be in my opinion.

[OLD BOY]

Well, I was one of the lucky ones who went home last night to find that the update had been received by my Tivo. As promised, this is my first impression.

I was pleased to note that the home page loaded as soon as I pressed the 'Home' button on the remote. This was a big improvement as before we had to wait quite a few seconds before it would load.

The colour scheme is better in my opinion. Gone are the garish brothel red colours, although my wife commented that the new screen was dark compared with the old one. I found it an improvement, and more restful to the eyes. I guess there will be various opinions as to whether the new colours are better or worse than before.

One thing I did notice was everything looked so sharp and clear, which I liked very much.

I particularly liked the new menu for 'My Shows', which was previewed earlier in this thread. The 'partially watched' section takes you straight to those shows you have started watching, so gone are the days when you unintentionally pick up a half watched programme six months after you started it (which I have done several times before!).

The recordings are now also displayed by genre (just a limited number - movies, sport and kids) but it does make it easier to find what you want. Hopefully they will be able to expand the number of genres after a while. I'd love to keep all my wife's lifestyle/reality programmes separate!

To get all of your recordings displayed, you just select 'All', but the same seems to happen with 'TV and Radio': I've yet to work out the significance of that section.

I cannot yet comment on 'Suggestions' as I think the programmes selected via the last update have just been brought forward, but I will be checking on whether the selections and capacity of this has been improved.

There is a section called 'More to Watch' which provides a selection of live TV programmes currently being shown that you might like. Not something that would be of much interest to me as I watch only recorded/on demand stuff but it is a good alternative to channel hopping.

The apps I think are the same and the new BBC i-Player hasn't been provided yet, but Netflix looks a bit different and now it shows the users that you have entered on the website, which it didn't do before. This is quite good because after a while, I shouldn't be seeing a load of kids' stuff under my name!

I was extremely pleased that the glitch in the previous update in which the EPG returned to today's date when modifying a programme on another day has been resolved. You are now returned to where you were before on the EPG, which saves an awful lot of button pressing when recording programmes for the week!

I thought it was my imagination, but my wife thought the same - the programmes appear to be presented in a better resolution - almost HD quality. I was not expecting this and I was very pleased. All the SD programmes I watched last night were more of a delight to watch as a result.

All in all, a much needed improvement I would say, but don't expect lots of additional features. I think I have described all of the most notable changes. It is definitely faster than before and feels more stable. The only disappointment for me was that the menus are not presented pictorially as mini - TV screens as they are on Sky's system: I think this looks good and it integrates better broadcast TV with recordings and on demand. I hope that VM work on something similar for next time.

If I come across any other improvements that I have not yet noticed, I'll let you all know. But what I have seen is definitely positive and I am pleased to have been one of the first to get it!

[MalteseFalcon]

The My Shows bit, does it still do them as a series, ie all the NCIS episodes in one group and all the episodes of a soap, say Corrie, in another group? If not then already I hate it and haven't even had the update.

[OLD BOY]

Originally Posted by MarkC1984

The My Shows bit, does it still do them as a series, ie all the NCIS episodes in one group and all the episodes of a soap, say Corrie, in another group? If not then already I hate it and haven't even had the update.

Yes it does, but you can have your programmes displayed another way, so that they are not in groups. I think it's one of the coloured buttons on your remote control (blue?). I'll check when I get home for you, unless someone else can help with this in the meantime.

[Mad Max]

Thanks for that review Old Boy, very useful indeed........

[MalteseFalcon]

It was helpful, maybe it might not be as bad as I expect it to be. But I am one of those who hates change.

[Stephen]

Please keep to the topic and remember the forum rules please.

[Gavin-D]

How long does it take to load TiVo from a full power off at the wall with the new update? currently its around 4 minutes I beleive

[MutleyF]

The new colours do take a little while to adjust to, as does the new menu's, but they are a lot clearer and sharper.

I like the "partially watched" menu - handy for selecting.

The "what to watch now" area I am not sure about as it looks to me like a direct copy of the programming guide with a larger window.

All in all, for me anyway, the sharper images, plus quick loading makes it a welcome update.

[clinteastman]

It's a massive step forward.

[denphone]

Well that sounds good but the proof is in the pudding as they always say.