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Originally Posted by Itshim
Have to say I am NOT impressed with it. 5 x storage ( never filled the V+)
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Ah, you're not recording enough HD content, probably.
Also bear in mind, if you have four or five people using the same TiVo, all that extra storage is VERY handy.
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Originally Posted by Itshim
Catchup - never use it suggestions - RUBBISH ( all I have had so far is Eastenders - no idea why not a show we ever watch or for that the itv c4 or 5 versions
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Really? I found the Suggestions feature shockingly accurate. It records shows I already have and love, so although I often delete them for that reason at least it has an idea how to get taste down to an algorithm. I made sure to
all the stuff I don't like, i.e. anything that is a soap, a reality show, or yet another bloody show about cooking and then
many of my favourite shows.
Catchup is very useful, to me. Not so much from the reverse EPG, but using iPlayer or search to get to the content I want often works out quicker/easier than doing the same on a PC.
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Originally Posted by Itshim
Simple tasks now complicated ( Stop recorded show partway & play later having watched a live show in the mean time).
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You're kidding, right? It's simply a case of going back to the program in question and pressing Play on it. If you'd watched it before and stopped it (i.e. by pressing TV to go back to broadcast or whatever you're recording) it'll automatically resume from the point it was stopped.
Side note: press play on a folder and it'll playlist everything in that folder, starting with the earliest item first. Use channel up/down to navigate through the playlist.
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Originally Posted by Itshim
Set recording UGH . want to record a show on ONE Channel and only once. Set to new show only & about 4 came up on in the morning at the time we wanted and again in the early hours of the morning on three different channels.  |
One show on one channel only once? Simple. In the EPG just press record button and choose "Record this showing". It'll add it to the scheduler and record the program without padding, without repeating. A cinch.
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Originally Posted by Itshim
" Emperors new clothes comes to mind "
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It just sounds like you need to spend a little more time getting used to the user interface and finding the quickest ways to do things. I spent a weekend learning mine and I knew it pretty well, and recently I've found out lots of other tricks that speed up regular tasks.
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As regards the 1TB TiVo boxes getting caught in reboot loops and 500GB having a tendency to wipe everything, that could be pretty bad. Have to wait and see on that front.
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. But the TiVo Buddy app is far superior, allegedly.
