Any ex-Tivo owners with a TV Drive ?

[clayts]

I think what folks are saying is that it only buffers the channel you're tuned into, so you should be okay to hit record and get the whole thing. You can't switch channels and then expect it to record from the start of a programme you just tuned into.

I think....

[bg999]

I am willing (and hoping) to be corrected on this but I think you only record from whenever you press the record button and not the whole of the programme as TiVo does, obvioulsy provided you have been on the same channel for the duration of the programme. I have tried this a couple of times over the last couple of days. Maybe I am doing something wrong?

[rtj70]

I've just ordered a V+ installation - A no brainer as I'll save money having 2 extra STBs.... will send one of the others back so keeping the old one still as promised :-) And if I cannot still £5 better off.

Anyway here's a thought on recording the whole programme if buffered. If you have the programme buffered and jump back to watch the start and then press record from that point.... does it record/keep from that point onwards including the buffered a part? If it works not as slick as it sounds on TiVo but anyone tried this?

Rob

[NH001]

I had a Tivo for a few years and had V+ for about two weeks now.

Tivo has a better UI for selecting programs to record. In Tivo you could just type in the programme and it would find it from a list. Not as easy in V+.

The rewinding 3 seconds after a fast forward (through adverts) was still one of the best Tivo features that V+ doesn't have.

The series link in Tivo is better as it could be set to record first runs only. V+ seems to record every episode, even if repeats.

However, V+ has 3 tuners and is HD compatable. Am I happy with the switch.... Yes.

[savvychels]

The way I read the manual (won't know for sure till I get the Drive next week) it should save the programme from the beginning if the TV has been tuned. I suspect hitting record now makes it a programme to be saved in it's memory somewhere rather than it rewriting over the previous 90 minutes.

I hope that made sense. If it's temporarily saving the information for the previous 90minutes, then it doesn't seem that difficult a concept that by hitting record you're telling it to now permanently save what it's been temporarily saving.

But that's just my uninformed .02

[JethroUK]

Originally Posted by murkio

Just visible. How could it buffer the other tuners - they are only set to channels when set to record.

no they aren't - they are 'always' set to a channel whether you're recording or not - and it's for that reason they 'could' buffer (as per fusion twin tuner) - but they don't