TiVo General TiVo Discussion Part 3 - Page 174

Jong1 · 22-10-2015, 22:14

My TV blinds all IR receivers for up to a minute after it comes on. Fortunately things calm down after that!

Joedm45 · 23-10-2015, 13:25

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Originally Posted by Jong1

I've given up using the TiVo as anything but a DVR. It's still very solid at that. Chromecast is an infinitely preferable way of accessing Netflix and iPlayer. With the proliferation of cheap "smart" add-ons I can't see Tivo's apps gaining any significant traction even if they bring out a new souped up box. TiVo apps are almost always going to be less well maintained and updated and for anyone savvy enough to be interested in over-the-top services like Netflix £30 is a no-brainer to be part of a large, well looked after pool of users.

Back in the day, the separate 10Mb/s modem seemed like a big benefit. Now with 200Mb/s broadband it's irrelevant.

Completely agree with you there. I never use TiVo apps now too.

When TiVo was introduced not too many people would have had smart TVs so the apps were a good idea. Smart TVs or smart dongles/boxes are so common/cheap now and perform so much better than the TiVo apps

Itshim · 23-10-2015, 15:49

It's preparatory work for future network capacity upgrades. Nothing that would cause your TiVo to be slow now.[/QUOTE]

In that case it shows how poor Tivo/Virgin are My Tivo is very slow So much so that I got a smart TV & now use that more that Tivo perhaps it time to move to Now TV & blow Virgins old antiquated service out all together.

MalteseFalcon · 23-10-2015, 16:30

Only app I use on TiVo is Spotify. Never had trouble with it.

BenMcr · 03-11-2015, 11:36

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Originally Posted by muppetman11

Is the Iplayer on TiVo now behind many other platforms ? I had a play around with it at a family members house but couldn't see the ability to watch the channels streamed live or the ability to live restart a show already part way through.

This functionality is already available on YouView , Now TV box and Roku plus other devices.

iPlayer on TiVo has been updated today to include this.

muppetman11 · 03-11-2015, 12:16

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Originally Posted by BenMcr

iPlayer on TiVo has been updated today to include this.

Good news for TIVO users , I have it on my Youview but last time I looked I still didn't have it on Samsung TV.

RichardCoulter · 04-11-2015, 21:50

Been hearing reports that TiVo has started to record 'suggestions' as a priority over 'planned recordings'. To try and achieve this, it has started to use all three tuners- a message appears if one is watching live TV to say that it is about to change channel when it needs the third tuner for a 'suggestion'.

One user has stated that the TiVo used to suggest about a dozen per week, but now it's suggesting a dozen or so every 48 hours.

Has anybody here had any problems like this?

Maybe it's a software fault; has there been a recent update?

alwaysabear · 04-11-2015, 21:54

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Originally Posted by RichardCoulter

Been hearing reports that TiVo has started to record 'suggestions' as a priority over 'planned recordings'. To try and achieve this, it has started to use all three tuners- a message appears if one is watching live TV to say that it is about to change channel when it needs the third tuner for a 'suggestion'.

One user has stated that the TiVo used to suggest about a dozen per week, but now it's suggesting a dozen or so every 48 hours.

Has anybody here had any problems like this?

Maybe it's a software fault; has there been a recent update?

I was getting random suggestion a few months ago. I have now turned of suggestions as I was spending time thumbs downing all the suggestions.

spiderplant · 04-11-2015, 22:29

Suggestions won't take priority over scheduled recordings, but can take over live TV if you haven't pressed a remote control button for a while.

The rate of recording suggestions has been increased recently.

arcimedes · 05-11-2015, 08:01

I had noticed an increase in suggestions, however they do seem to have got better as I am now watching a greater number of them.

MalteseFalcon · 29-11-2015, 17:48

Setup a new wishlist just now for Simpsons, as I can never remember which ones I have seen and not seen. It's got 24 set to record, but is missing 3 episodes due to air tonight. I have options set to record new and re-runs, keep all episodes, HD only and start 2 mins early finish 3 mins later. Nothing being recorded tonight, so at a loss as to why it is not recording the 3 episodes on SKY1 HD.

Thanks for suggestions.

spiderplant · 29-11-2015, 19:40

Those episodes aren't marked as HD. According to Wikipedia, Series 20 was the first made in HD.

MalteseFalcon · 29-11-2015, 20:07

Oh. I just assumed saying record in HD meant it would just record those shows broadcast on the HD channels. So I would be better off cancelling the wishlist later and then doing 2 separate series links, one for SKY 1 and one for Channel 4 then?

spiderplant · 29-11-2015, 20:28

Just remove the "HD only" restriction. It should still record HD whenever available.

MalteseFalcon · 29-11-2015, 21:11

Thanks, I'll try that tonight. Hopefully it will record HD versions where available and not the AD channel for Channel 4.