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gillyallan
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like..
1. bigger HDD
2. more scope on series links
3. wishlists
4. recycle bin. Amazing the stuff I can still recover if I want. Why this wasnt in V+, I dont know.
5.FFW skipping ads. pressing play again, takes it back a couple of secs. Have this to a T now.
hates...
1. Music on Demand - needs a search. Simply dont use it now. Feels like it was designed by someone who doesnt use it.
2. prompts asking to change tuner when its recording three things and I'm watching a recording (I dont care...I'm watching something else, just do it and stop pestering me)
3. low res looking menus. Tv guide looks sharp, My shows, planned recordings and others look crap, plus no mini screen
4. Suggestions - Turned it off now. Needs work on it analysing what you already record. Spent more time deleting stuff in there than watching.
5. Having to set padding for each series link myself instead of universally. - If you dont do this, trust me, you WILL miss either the start or ending of a lot of programmes.
6.In general, the search boxes for search all TV and wishlists, etc need to have a wrap around input box. Keep thinking I can move out left to appear at the right of the box, only to be chucked back a menu.
7. reminders. Yes its controversial, but I'm in the want camp for this.
8. pressing Stop, it goes back to "my shows" menu and carries on playing the bloomin thing you told it to stop, in the mini window.
Just my thoughts. I know other have other opinions, plus I've probably missed good and bad points out. Everyone uses the boxes differently and a lot of the time its hard to cater for everyone.
1. bigger HDD
2. more scope on series links
3. wishlists
4. recycle bin. Amazing the stuff I can still recover if I want. Why this wasnt in V+, I dont know.
5.FFW skipping ads. pressing play again, takes it back a couple of secs. Have this to a T now.
hates...
1. Music on Demand - needs a search. Simply dont use it now. Feels like it was designed by someone who doesnt use it.
2. prompts asking to change tuner when its recording three things and I'm watching a recording (I dont care...I'm watching something else, just do it and stop pestering me)
3. low res looking menus. Tv guide looks sharp, My shows, planned recordings and others look crap, plus no mini screen
4. Suggestions - Turned it off now. Needs work on it analysing what you already record. Spent more time deleting stuff in there than watching.
5. Having to set padding for each series link myself instead of universally. - If you dont do this, trust me, you WILL miss either the start or ending of a lot of programmes.
6.In general, the search boxes for search all TV and wishlists, etc need to have a wrap around input box. Keep thinking I can move out left to appear at the right of the box, only to be chucked back a menu.
7. reminders. Yes its controversial, but I'm in the want camp for this.
8. pressing Stop, it goes back to "my shows" menu and carries on playing the bloomin thing you told it to stop, in the mini window.
Just my thoughts. I know other have other opinions, plus I've probably missed good and bad points out. Everyone uses the boxes differently and a lot of the time its hard to cater for everyone.
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and not all the menus have been converted over / re-written.
There's more hates than likes there, so i think i'll skip it for now.....:p
This is partly why I've mentioned it sort of feels like a beat project. Its like,get it out there , get feedback and we'll attempt to recover/fix it later.
A fair point, but it just wants to make sure you don't mind losing the buffer.
Agreed. Some are not yet in HD, which they really should be.
Never used them myself but yes, needs to work of 'fave channels' only or something.
99% of my series links (with no padding) work 99% of the time. The others I just add some as I create them. Not a big issue for me, but agree that default padding would be good; and it's on the way
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Yes.
Then you need your head read :D (Yes, I'm in the "no" camp!)
Fair point. I just don't ever use the mini-window.
Well the point is that most of the listed "hates" don't actually stop it actually doing what it's designed to do, and doing it well. In other words, they're not a reason to not get a Tivo; especially now they're nearly giving them away
You are incorrect, the Tivo will play recorded programs IF you just highlight the show and press play, what it won't do is play recorded programs if you highlight the show and press OK, this is because it then tries to pull metadata about the show off of the net.
DOH! just used to V-box where you press "OK", Ill just get my coat.
On the input box though, are there any quick keys on the remote to make it SPC or DEL ??