TiVo : General TiVo Discussion Part 2

[HD Boy]

I received a phone call the other night just to ask how i was liking the new TIVO box.
I so wanted to like this but am really not impressed with it and passed this on.
Lot of points already well made on here, music on demand absolutely useless now, really slow to search through and who wants an advert at the beginning of each song. Youtube also pretty useless, the new search function looks as though it has been designed by a four year old and i have yet to have it show wanything other than a black screen when i try to search. The old app is marginally better but still a really poor search interface, takes forever. The on demand service lists so many shows that are not available, pointless. And now today the HD channels have no sound and the signal keeps dropping and have to change channel to try and find signal again.
I was told over half a million boxes in use so must be a success,

http://community.virginmedia.com/t5/...ht/true#M37791

Is the part in bold true ?

[BenMcr]

Doesn't sound too far fetched to me

[Digital Fanatic]

Originally Posted by mlayzell

Yes just tested it all other players programes are linking fine, thanks for your help I thought I was going crazy,

Ticket ref is 1835613. Can you reboot then try again and see if it now works?

It's a known bug, but a reboot will fix I'm told.

[Itshim]

Originally Posted by andy_m

That's an interesting one. What was said?

My wife commented that she misses the display. How much time left when watching a recording. He said that it was being looked at for the next generation of boxes .

[spiderplant]

Originally Posted by Itshim

My wife commented that she misses the display. How much time left when watching a recording.

The V+ display tells you how much you've already watched, which, thinking about it, isn't really very useful.

If you press play on the TiVo remote, it'll tell you both how much time has gone, and how much is left. Much better!

Originally Posted by Digital Fanatic

Ticket ref is 1835613. Can you reboot then try again and see if it now works?

It's a known bug, but a reboot will fix I'm told.

Reboot done the trick now BBC programmes links go to their associated BBC Iplayer page.

Thanks DF, you are a cable forum legend along with your colleagues

[Digital Fanatic]

Originally Posted by mlayzell

Reboot done the trick now BBC programmes links go to their associated BBC Iplayer page.

Thanks DF, you are a cable forum legend along with your colleagues

Cheers

[Itshim]

Originally Posted by spiderplant

The V+ display tells you how much you've already watched, which, thinking about it, isn't really very useful.

If you press play on the TiVo remote, it'll tell you both how much time has gone, and how much is left. Much better!

I will take this in,what I am sure is the spirit it was intended.
We fully understand how to get this information. However the question was asked what we would feel would make it a better product. That was her answer with his reply. Nothing more nothing less & she finds it useful, sorry if that does not sit well in your world

[Tim Deegan]

Ive recently changed from Sky+ to a Tivo. And there a couple of things that could be good on the next software update.

The main thing that I have noticed is that when you want to play back a recording, with Sky you can manually select where you want it to start from, buy entering 10, 20, or 30 minutes etc...

Am I missing something, or isn't this facility on the Tivo?

[andy_m]

Originally Posted by Itshim

My wife commented that she misses the display. How much time left when watching a recording. He said that it was being looked at for the next generation of boxes .

Cheers. I'm assuming that since Tivo is just a year old we're still 3 or 4 years away from a next generation stb?

Originally Posted by Tim Deegan

Ive recently changed from Sky+ to a Tivo. And there a couple of things that could be good on the next software update.

The main thing that I have noticed is that when you want to play back a recording, with Sky you can manually select where you want it to start from, buy entering 10, 20, or 30 minutes etc...

Am I missing something, or isn't this facility on the Tivo?

The nearest thing to that on TiVo is the ability to skip forwards/backwards 15 minutes at a time, by pressing fast forward >> and then press the skip button >I

[muppetman11]

Originally Posted by Hugh

The nearest thing to that on TiVo is the ability to skip forwards/backwards 15 minutes at a time, by pressing fast forward >> and then press the skip button >I

Which is a step back imho.

And forwards (but only in 15 minute segments.....)

[andy_m]

If you've part viewed a program it'll start from where you stopped it last time, or as has been said there is the option to skip forward in chunks. That's good enough for me, at least.

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A lot of things that people consider a step back are options you find on less advanced boxes. People have to realise that Tivo is different to what's gone before and requires an attitude adjustment for the end user as much as anything - if you're going to fill it full of functions that older pvr's already do then you might as well save the effort and continue to support the old tech. I came from Sky+hd and when I got V+, well, THAT was a step back. Tivo? Well thats the future!

[devilincarnate]

Originally Posted by andy_m

Tivo? Well thats the future!

Is it like Garlic bread