TiVo : Programme reminder on Tivo?

[muppetman11]

Originally Posted by denphone

Well said and spot on PC.

Yes I agree Perfect Choice nailed it , I don't use reminders that much but who am I to tell people how to watch TV they certainly have there uses.

[passingbat]

Originally Posted by Perfect Choice

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I have only ever used reminders once when I had my V+ box so it is not a particular feature I need myself,

Originally Posted by muppetman11

I don't use reminders that much=

So are a very vocal few, pressing for reminders, and that vocal few are taking time and money resources that could be used for new functionality?

Originally Posted by Perfect Choice

I feel some people around here need to understand people have different methods for watching TV!

When you consider limited resources, it's not as simple as that.

[denphone]

Originally Posted by passingbat

So are a very vocal few, pressing for reminders



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l would say that its a fair bit more then a very vocal few PB and surely it should not cost that much to put it in there.

[toady]

Originally Posted by passingbat

So are a very vocal few, pressing for reminders, and that vocal few are taking time and money resources that could be used for new functionality?

More than just a few, and if VM don't have the money to add this functionality along side other new features, then we should all be worried about the future of VM and TiVo

[passingbat]

Originally Posted by toady

More than just a few, and if VM don't have the money to add this functionality along side other new features, then we should all be worried about the future of VM and TiVo

No company has money to throw around, so it's a case of using resources wisely. I think spending money on reminders, when 3 recordable tuners is better anyway, is not wise use of resources.

[denphone]

Originally Posted by passingbat

No company has money to throw around, so it's a case of using resources wisely. I think spending money on reminders, when 3 recordable tuners is better anyway, is not wise use of resources.

Well thats your opinion PB and l respect that but it is not the the opinion of the many l suspect

Originally Posted by Stephen

Or just remember when its on to watch it.

Hmm what about the customer is always right ! i am VMs customer,anyhow it makes no difference if its there for those that do not want it you do not have to use it.

Any new product in my view should carry all the old features that made the product good and add new ones,not dispense entirely with the old features.

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Originally Posted by passingbat

No company has money to throw around, so it's a case of using resources wisely. I think spending money on reminders, when 3 recordable tuners is better anyway, is not wise use of resources.

Your view not mine respecfully.

I lke remiders and the automatic channel change features not all VMs customers want to record everything.

[Stephen]

Originally Posted by richard1960

Hmm what about the customer is always right ! i am VMs customer,anyhow it makes no difference if its there for those that do not want it you do not have to use it.

Any new product in my view should carry all the old features that made the product good and add new ones,not dispense entirely with the old features.

I am still a VM customer at the end of the day

Am sure that VM would have got rid of reminders back when the TV Drive/V+ was introduced if it could. It was an old feature from before PVRs and that is why TiVo has never had the feature before.

I am sure that IF TiVo/VM decide to add reminders it won't be top of their list of features to add or improve. So it could be a while coming.

I jut think that if there is something I really want to see I will set a recording or remember to sit in front of the TV with the channel on before it starts or put a reminder on my calender in my phone.

Originally Posted by Stephen

I am still a VM customer at the end of the day

Am sure that VM would have got rid of reminders back when the TV Drive/V+ was introduced if it could. It was an old feature from before PVRs and that is why TiVo has never had the feature before.

I am sure that IF TiVo/VM decide to add reminders it won't be top of their list of features to add or improve. So it could be a while coming.

I jut think that if there is something I really want to see I will set a recording or remember to sit in front of the TV with the channel on before it starts or put a reminder on my calender in my phone.

Yes i see your point but TiVo is american and in the states they never had the feature before not however in the uk where we have had it and got used to it.

Yes i think you are right it will not be a priority for VM to introduce it.

It is so much more convienient to have one product one solution then to have to remember to put a reminder on a calendar or sit in front of the TV before the programme starts.

And lets face it TiVo has been sold on convienience.

Originally Posted by richard1960

Yes i see your point but TiVo is american and in the states they never had the feature before...

Really? Isn't the standard V/V+ software based on what generi-boxes use(d) in the US?

Originally Posted by Jameseh

Really? Isn't the standard V/V+ software based on what generi-boxes use(d) in the US?

Not sure but seeing as i am used to the fuctions i use am not really concerned with the technicalities.

Just the fuctionality of what i am paying for now.

[devilincarnate]

I use these as reminders

http://www.post-it.com/wps/portal/3M...be20914V5CD9gl

My house is covered in them

Originally Posted by devilincarnate

I use these as reminders

http://www.post-it.com/wps/portal/3M...be20914V5CD9gl

My house is covered in them

However these may stck the works up on the TiVo though.!

[denphone]

Originally Posted by devilincarnate

I use these as reminders

http://www.post-it.com/wps/portal/3M...be20914V5CD9gl

My house is covered in them

Certainly cheap and colourful but you cannot stick them on your TV to remind you.

[devilincarnate]

Originally Posted by denphone

Certainly cheap and colourful but you cannot stick them on your TV to remind you.

Now I wonder why I was not seeing anything that I wrote a reminder for