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Big Humax PVR disadvantage...?
froxfieldrover
05-11-2009
All of us who use the PVR are surely skipping through most of the adverts etc. A very good function and a major reason for buying a PVR.

There is one big disadvantage though......
We don't get to know about new series and any good stuff on the box - perhaps won't know about the restarting of a new series that we have liked etc.

I rarely buy a daily paper any more so recently have had to find other methods of keeping up to date. I would be curious as to other peoples system of ensuring they are up to date with anything decent put our way on TV...

Patrick
grahamlthompson
05-11-2009
Originally Posted by froxfieldrover:
“All of us who use the PVR are surely skipping through most of the adverts etc. A very good function and a major reason for buying a PVR.

There is one big disadvantage though......
We don't get to know about new series and any good stuff on the box - perhaps won't know about the restarting of a new series that we have liked etc.

I rarely buy a daily paper any more so recently have had to find other methods of keeping up to date. I would be curious as to other peoples system of ensuring they are up to date with anything decent put our way on TV...

Patrick”

Radio Times
Bob_Cat
05-11-2009
In the UK standards for digital television there is a standard for "trailer booking" and "broadcaster recommendations" but they have yet to be widely implemented.

These standards will likely become more common in the UK from next year and in particular on new Freeview HD products.

Also with the advent of internet connectivity on boxes there will be further scope to improve the ability to find things you might be interested in.
gomezz
05-11-2009
Originally Posted by grahamlthompson:
“Radio Times ”

Digital Spy?
welshblob
05-11-2009
A better thread title would have been "General PVR disadvantage"
wgmorg
05-11-2009
I use Sky 'Never Miss' and ...

http://www.locatetv.com/
froxfieldrover
05-11-2009
Originally Posted by welshblob:
“A better thread title would have been "General PVR disadvantage"”

Yes, that would have been more generic! I am not getting at Humax here.

The last couple of weeks I have been using tvtv.co.uk which seems to be quite good and Radio Times online together. Combined they work ok since tvtv personalises what it shows you much better than Radio Times does and the Radio Times has a lot more detail on each program.

The thing that I have been missing though is a decent search facility like the Tivo had....which reminds me of a question I would like to ask - why is it that Freesat doesn't rate movies etc? Surely it could use some generic database from online like IMDB?


Patrick
Rojcrad
05-11-2009
Personally I wouldn't be without Digiguide

try it here:- http://www.digiguide.com/
Tern
05-11-2009
Originally Posted by Rojcrad:
“Personally I wouldn't be without Digiguide

try it here:- http://www.digiguide.com/”

Absolutely brilliant program.
zetor
05-11-2009
Originally Posted by Tern:
“Absolutely brilliant program. ”

I have used DigiGuide for 4 or 5 years now and couldn't do without it.
Sleeper17
05-11-2009
Originally Posted by Rojcrad:
“Personally I wouldn't be without Digiguide

try it here:- http://www.digiguide.com/”

Thanks very much for highlighting this, I have never used or seen it.
GaseousClay
05-11-2009
Can you use DigiGuide on more than one PC with just one account ?
froxfieldrover
05-11-2009
Originally Posted by Tern:
“Absolutely brilliant program. ”

I have just downloaded it to test out. It looks very good - does it take long to get the hang of it?


Patrick
zetor
05-11-2009
Originally Posted by GaseousClay:
“Can you use DigiGuide on more than one PC with just one account ?”

It can be used on 3 machines before an additional subscription will be needed, see 4.8:
http://www.digiguide.com/general/terms_software.shtml
zetor
05-11-2009
Originally Posted by froxfieldrover:
“I have just downloaded it to test out. It looks very good - does it take long to get the hang of it?
Patrick”

I think it is quite easy to customise and there are tutorials and a forum to help.
GaseousClay
05-11-2009
Originally Posted by zetor:
“It can be used on 3 machines before an additional subscription will be needed”

Ah nice one!! Thanks zetor
Automan
05-11-2009
Someone should have put their digiguide reference number which gives them extra free days when someone joins up....

e.g. http://www.getdigiguide.com/?p=1&r=69933

Quote:
“SCIENCE FICTION SERIES: Doctor Who
On: BBC HD (143)
Date: Sunday 15th November 2009 (starting in 9 days)
Time: 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM (1 hour long)

The Waters of Mars. Series 31, episode 2.
Mars, 2059. Bowie Base One. Last recorded message: "Don't drink the water. Don't even touch it. Not one drop.".
(Stereo, Widescreen, High Definition, Subtitles, Audio Described, 3 Star)

Director: Graeme Harper
Starring: David Tennant, Lindsay Duncan, Alberto Dentice, Aleksandar Mikic, Gemma Chan, Sharon Duncan-Brewster

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Excerpt taken from DigiGuide - the world's best TV guide available from http://www.getdigiguide.com/?p=1&r=69933

Copyright (c) GipsyMedia Limited.”

Automan.
LesU
06-11-2009
Originally Posted by welshblob:
“A better thread title would have been "General PVR disadvantage"”

But generally do all PVRs have a skip feature? I find it a really useful additional extra, apart from no advance program info.
Of course CH4 get their own back on me skipping their adverts and take the same amount off in kind before the end of the program!
Andrue
06-11-2009
Originally Posted by welshblob:
“A better thread title would have been "General PVR disadvantage"”

So far I've relied on the fact that most of what I want to watch premières on the channels I mostly watch(*).

Two series of concern for me are Law & Order CI and SVU. They premiere on Hallmark and apart from those shows there is nothing else on there but repeats (a classic Sky channel, lol - 1% new stuff, 99% repeats). I haven't watched that channel for over six months now :-/

But full use of a PVR (ie;time shift everything without exception) does mean that you have time to browse the EPG and that's largely how I catch stuff. I just set aside ten minutes every day to trawl through the channels looking for anything that might be of interest.

(*)Although tbh I'm quite channel agnostic rarely pay attention to the channel name(**).

(**)Which fits nicely into the fact that thanks to my PVR I never know when anything is on either
jwball
06-11-2009
Subscribing to computer programmes to get more from your TV subscriptions.
Taking TV to a whole new level
coopermanyorks
06-11-2009
ok,who broke the page ?
alongwor
06-11-2009
I personally use http://www.tvguide.co.uk/
You can subscribe to a daily highlights email and a new series email which does as it says on the tin... It tells you of any new series about to start.
Tern
06-11-2009
Originally Posted by froxfieldrover:
“I have just downloaded it to test out. It looks very good - does it take long to get the hang of it?”

I didn't find it did.

It suits people who use their computer every day. A couple of people I recommended it to liked it but gave it up after a year or two because they were not the sort of people who switched their computer on on a daily basis. Others would not now be without it.

It's really good being able to have the channels that you watch most at the top of the listing in order of their importance to you.

Do take an hour or so to check out some of the customisation features as it can make a big difference to your satisfaction with the program.
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