TiVo : Can you rely on Tivo?

[loopyfilms]

I am almost a month in to my Tivo experience and have just had two major disappointments with programmes Tivo recorded.

I sat down last night to watch the film "Hunger" recorded from ITVHD, and found it had only recorded the first hour and a minute.
Why it only partially recorded the film is a mystery to me, and it was particularly annoying to find that out after watching an hour of it.

Tonight I went to watch the first episode of "Felix and Murdo" and found it has no audio.

I trusted Tivo to record these programmes for me.
Big mistake?
I never had this happen with the HD+ box, or my DVD recorder

[Chad]

Yes, I can rely on TiVo. I haven't had your problem. Maybe it's a fault with your box that can either be easily fixed, or worst case scenario replaced.

I'd give Virgin a call to report the issue. You can then keep us posted, just in case we ever encounter the same problem. Hope it's sorted swiftly.

[Pipster]

I was very wary of getting TiVo in as had loads of problems with the superhub for the net. have to say TiVo has been spot on and no problems at all

[richard1960]

Can you rely on TiVo i hope so mine is arriving on the morning of the 20th jan.

I think like all electronic gadgets however that are sold en masse one or two problems are bound to exist,but most people posting seem to say it works ok for them so thats good.

[spiderplant]

Originally Posted by loopyfilms

I sat down last night to watch the film "Hunger" recorded from ITVHD, and found it had only recorded the first hour and a minute.
Why it only partially recorded the film is a mystery to me, and it was particularly annoying to find that out after watching an hour of it.

Is there an entry in Recording Hiccups for it?

Hunger is being shown on Film4 next Monday if you want to try again.

[mhatter67]

Originally Posted by richard1960

Can you rely on TiVo i hope so mine is arriving on the morning of the 20th jan.

I think like all electronic gadgets however that are sold en masse one or two problems are bound to exist,but most people posting seem to say it works ok for them so thats good.

Richard,

I have had TiVo for 3 weeks now and in my instance it has worked perfectly, the only nit picking issue I can warn you is remote TiVo created recordings have no extra padding on them

Spiderplant is there any likelyhead of this changing in the future, as some TV programmes overun badly?

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PS I am happy as a pig in poo, I found the back button today on the TiVo remote, last chan I wondered what that button was for

[spiderplant]

Originally Posted by mlayzell

Spiderplant is there any likelyhead of this changing in the future, as some TV programmes overun badly?

Sorry, I don't know.