Originally Posted by southlad (Post 35394475)

I was worried as I'd seen lots of negative comments about tivo on forums (maybe these were before updates) ....

Originally Posted by Stephen (Post 35394576)

If I remember correctly the 4th light is something to do with interactive or VOD?

Originally Posted by southlad (Post 35394475)

So I was all set to leave VM after the recent price rises, but was offered a great deal by outbound retentions to stay. This included swapping my V+ for a Tivo with free installation and activation.

After just over a week of having Tivo, I'm so glad I stayed with VM.

What I like:

*The look - much more stylish than the V+. Really like the remote too, feels more premium.
*Three Tuners that can record at the same time whilst watching recorded programme. Used to get alot of clashes with V+.
*Suggestions- One of fave features. It's recorded quite a few shows that I didn't even know were on.
*Folders- Makes things less messy with less scrolling.
*YouTube- Nice to have it on big screen.
*Wishlists- Now records all shows/films with my fave actors/directors

I was worried as I'd seen lots of negative comments about tivo on forums (maybe these were before updates) and to be honest prob wouldn't have paid for tivo until it had been running for a few years and ironed out all the problems. But as it was free (with £3 monthly fee instead of £5) I took the plunge.

Originally Posted by southlad (Post 35394475)

I was worried as I'd seen lots of negative comments about tivo on forums

Originally Posted by Huffpuffin (Post 35394811)

I had Tivo installed yesterday, but haven't been able to use it yet! Called up yesterday evening to be told there was a problem registering all installs yesterday. Does anyone have an update on when this problem will be fixed?

Thanks.

Originally Posted by devilincarnate (Post 35394905)

I love my Danny De"vito":erm:

Originally Posted by denphone (Post 35394910)

Bet you got more hair then him though.:D

Originally Posted by carlwaring (Post 35395063)

Surely no-one's shorter than he is?! :D

(And I say that as a 5'2" short person!)

Originally Posted by devilincarnate (Post 35395067)

Where have you come back from mate:)

Originally Posted by denphone (Post 35395068)

He is one of those aliens from outer space.:D

Originally Posted by Huffpuffin (Post 35395082)

....and posts #13 to #19 help me how?

Originally Posted by Digital Fanatic (Post 35394656)

Yeah, it's a download light.

Originally Posted by Huffpuffin (Post 35395082)

....and posts #13 to #19 help me how?

Originally Posted by denphone (Post 35395068)

He is one of those aliens from outer space.:D

Originally Posted by devilincarnate (Post 35395079)

Stop it Den mate...

Originally Posted by Huffpuffin (Post 35395119)

There was me thinking this was a serious forum; the puerile antics of certain "members" just show me how wrong you can be.

Originally Posted by Huffpuffin (Post 35395119)

There was me thinking this was a serious forum; the puerile antics of certain "members" just show me how wrong you can be.

Originally Posted by Huffpuffin (Post 35395082)

....and posts #13 to #19 help me how?

Originally Posted by Vicki (Post 35395304)

If only every was as happy...Taken from November..

Ofcom survey Ofcom's latest customer satisfaction report is out and it doesn't look good for Virgin Media, which languished at the bottom of two lists representing its core business.

The communications watchdog placed the telco in last place for landlines and pay TV. Meanwhile, it was second worst in the fixed broadband stakes, where TalkTalk took the bottom spot.

Virgin Media received a 57 per cent satisfaction rating from its broadband customers, while TalkTalk – seen similarly dragging its sorry arse in July this year – ranked just 2 per cent worse than VM, according to 3,000 punters interviewed (PDF) by Ofcom.

Likewise, BT scored a 57 per cent rating for customer satisfaction with its broadband offering.

"Overall satisfaction with customer service remained lower in the fixed broadband (58 per cent) and landline (61 per cent) markets compared to pay TV (68 per cent) and mobile (69 per cent)," noted the regulator, which published its findings this morning.

Ofcom said BSkyB came out on top with its landline (74 per cent), broadband (64 per cent) and pay TV services (70 per cent).

"Satisfaction with Sky’s customer service was significantly above average, with customers particularly pleased that advisers took their questions or issues seriously, were willing to help resolve issues, and offered a goodwill payment or compensation," said the regulator.

TalkTalk, meanwhile, has clearly taken heed of its record £3m fine for bogus billing that the regulator meted out to the telco in August this year.

"Dissatisfaction with TalkTalk’s customer service for complaints handling fell by 22 percentage points and ratings have also improved in many other areas of customer service since February 2011," Ofcom said.

Originally Posted by Itshim (Post 35395298)

Let me explain in a loud voice the subliminal message of these posts

TIVO IS A JOKE :p:

Originally Posted by windy (Post 35395569)

Iam so starting to think the same ...and now sky have said the following..

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tech/new...n-anytime.html

Come on Virgin for gods sake do something before its to late..most people are now starting to get a bit p****d off now its funny how you announce thing but we dont get to see them for months or in some cases years.GET IT TOGETHER..:mad::mad:

Originally Posted by Itshim (Post 35395298)

TIVO IS A JOKE :p:

Originally Posted by windy (Post 35395569)

I am so starting to think the same

Originally Posted by carlwaring (Post 35395605)

If that service was anything actually to do with Tivo, you might have a point. But it's not, so you don't.

Tivo is a DVR. That service, plus the related ones that VM already offer to all its customers, are "on demand" which is a completely separate thing.

Tivo is brilliant and Sky will never have anything like it.

Originally Posted by carlwaring (Post 35395605)

If that service was anything actually to do with Tivo, you might have a point. But it's not, so you don't.

Tivo is a DVR. That service, plus the related ones that VM already offer to all its customers, are "on demand" which is a completely separate thing.

Tivo is brilliant and Sky will never have anything like it.

Originally Posted by Itshim (Post 35395660)

You clearly are missing the point. The service what ever that is, is provided by Virgin. I don`t care were they get it from. Any more than I care which Gas field that comes from.

Virgin offered a service how they deliver is NOT my concern. The fact that is THEY choose to use TIVO. And as a piece of kit it fails on the basics of nearly all DVRs / set top boxes on the market. Virgin make promises that are not kept or are so loose that the mean nothing. I dont care if SKY have anything like it or not. At this stage it begs the question why would they want it? Most people are going to use SKY what ever Virgin bring out & that is a fact live with it.

Its about time that people lost their rose tinted glasses,It could be a great piece of kit. Whom so ever has to sorted out its problems is not my concern. It seems that the infrastructure can not cope with it ( 3 network problems in 3 weeks were I live) outside sources can not work with it.

Yet its promises promises promises.
I still have it but will look again at the end of my contract , I know two of my neighbors have gone over ( YES both had Tivo) I guess the figures will show that is is working for Virgin but I am well aware of the saying lies damn lies and statistics . They need ( as the supplier YES they)to sort it out.

Originally Posted by carlwaring (Post 35395605)

Sky will never have anything like it.

Originally Posted by windy (Post 35395655)

Virgin have everything to do with it...it will hopefully go onto there tivo service in which they run.

Originally Posted by Digital Fanatic (Post 35395599)

Sky Sports Red button was launched last week and BBC will be with us by April... looking good to me :)

I've also just recently had my SA V+HD box swapped for another TiVo, so I have 2 now... 2 TB of recordable TV :) :romance:

Originally Posted by Digital Fanatic (Post 35395599)

I've also just recently had my SA V+HD box swapped for another TiVo, so I have 2 now... 2 TB of recordable TV :) :romance:

Originally Posted by kop32 (Post 35395735)

And due to the serious lack of HD and quality channels available to you DF you can record hundreds of hours of repeated drivel.......:D:D, light's blue touch paper and stands well back.....

Originally Posted by Itshim (Post 35395660)

Its about time that people lost their rose tinted glasses,It could be a great piece of kit. .

Originally Posted by kop32 (Post 35395735)

And due to the serious lack of HD and quality channels available to you DF you can record hundreds of hours of repeated drivel.......:D:D, light's blue touch paper and stands well back.....

Originally Posted by Digital Fanatic (Post 35395599)

Sky Sports Red button was launched last week and BBC will be with us by April... looking good to me :)

I've also just recently had my SA V+HD box swapped for another TiVo, so I have 2 now... 2 TB of recordable TV :) :romance:

Originally Posted by Digital Fanatic (Post 35395599)

I've also just recently had my SA V+HD box swapped for another TiVo, so I have 2 now... 2 TB of recordable TV :) :romance:

Originally Posted by Digital Fanatic (Post 35395800)

no problem, that's your opinion mate... others may differ :)

Originally Posted by kop32 (Post 35395735)

And due to the serious lack of HD and quality channels available to you DF you can record hundreds of hours of repeated drivel.......:D:D, light's blue touch paper and stands well back.....

Originally Posted by andy_m (Post 35395932)

Poor sd picture quality isn't my experience. The only lip sync issues I'm aware of were on ITV 1 hd, which was a known fault across platforms and for ITV to resolve. I player is the BBC's problem.

Originally Posted by muppetman11 (Post 35395672)

Agreed on that :D reading itshim comments that may well be a good thing. :)

Originally Posted by Mr K (Post 35395927)

It's got some nice features (e.g. wish lists), but has several flaws, which don't seem to be getting fixed e.g. poor SD picture quality, lip sync issues, poor quality iplayer app that cuts programmes off before the end.

Get the impression that VM just see these as a 'features' of the product and have given up looking for fixes. We'll no doubt have to upgrade to a 'Tivo Plus' box at some point if we want these fixed. They never ironed out the issues with V+, which is why many felt obliged to 'upgrade' to TiVo, which, it turns out, has even more bugs.

Originally Posted by Mr K (Post 35395927)

It's got some nice features (e.g. wish lists), but has several flaws, which don't seem to be getting fixed e.g. poor SD picture quality, lip sync issues, poor quality iplayer app that cuts programmes off before the end.

Originally Posted by denphone (Post 35396105)

Be nice if you praised Virgin once in a while insteading of constantly criticising them.:rolleyes:

Originally Posted by heavyside (Post 35396109)

I have to agree - at least in part. TiVo has poor SD picture quality. I'm sure it would have a lot more friends if this could be improved.

Originally Posted by Itshim (Post 35396113)

The TiVo box as YET does not deliver the basics of most other PVRs on the market...

Originally Posted by carlwaring (Post 35396139)

Well it's got over 400k 'friends' at the moment. That's the number of Tivos installed as of the last report from VM; and that figure doubled in three months. So I don't think a "bad SD picture" is really much of a problem at all or we'd've heard more about it. (And I mean in a general sense rather than the self-selecting, negativity-biased forums such as this.

What complete (and demonstrable) nonsense. Exactly what "basics" does it not do? :confused: Recording TV shows is the most basic requirement and it does that fine.

You may want red button and reminders, but I don't and, as such, they are not - by definition - 'basic requirements'.


Network issues don't affect the basic functions of the Tivo. And, if you're on about VM's broadband in general, then some of us don't have any issues at all. (Though I'm sorry that you do, of course!)

Originally Posted by andy_m (Post 35396176)

I don't see how a feature most useful for those with the premium sports channels could be considered basic, but either way, far from being a stick with which to beat Virgin, reminders is a good an example of a company being prepared to listen to it's customers as you'll ever see.

Originally Posted by richard1960 (Post 35396152)

The mistake you seem to be making is because you do not want Red Button or reminders you seem to imply nobody else should either...

Originally Posted by carlwaring (Post 35396189)

Of course, you make the same mistake but the other way round ;)

Originally Posted by richard1960 (Post 35396182)

Mind you i do use them on lots of other programmes too such as auto reminder for newsnight.;)

Originally Posted by denphone (Post 35396191)

Sorry carl l am in Richards camp on this and the sooner we get more button services and reminders the better in my mind.:)

Originally Posted by Mr K (Post 35395942)

A
SD picture quality is poor, many people have reported it, having TiVo for so long can make you accustomed to an inferior picture. My VHD and freeview boxes have far superior PQ on SD channels. The catch up for BBC on VHD is infinitley better than the Iplayer app on TiVo - the quality of which at times is worse than a PC.

Originally Posted by Stephen (Post 35397075)

Don't listen to any of the above. Many many happy TiVo customers, myself included.

People need to stop comparing TiVo to V+ it's a totally different product and there for has slightly different set of standard features. It's not that TiVo is missing them or VM left them out, however VM are working together with TiVo to add new things to the software and so far already have made quite a few changes.

Originally Posted by Stephen (Post 35397075)

Don't listen to any of the above. Many many happy TiVo customers, myself included.

People need to stop comparing TiVo to V+ it's a totally different product and there for has slightly different set of standard features. It's not that TiVo is missing them or VM left them out, however VM are working together with TiVo to add new things to the software and so far already have made quite a few changes.

Originally Posted by carlwaring (Post 35396189)

Of course, you make the same mistake but the other way round ;)

Originally Posted by Itshim (Post 35396305)

It can not deliver what the " poor, basic and outdated " V+ can how is that cutting edge !
.

Originally Posted by Stephen (Post 35397075)

Don't listen to any of the above. Many many happy TiVo customers, myself included.

People need to stop comparing TiVo to V+ it's a totally different product and there for has slightly different set of standard features. It's not that TiVo is missing them or VM left them out, however VM are working together with TiVo to add new things to the software and so far already have made quite a few changes.

Originally Posted by passingbat (Post 35397167)

Try setting a whishlist on the V+

Recording a third channel unless you watch no use

Recording more than 20 hrs HD or 80 hrs SD never needed to

Be certain that V+ wil pick up a series link automatically for the next season of your favourite show And Tivo does DONT THINK SO

Automatically find and record a repeat showing (if there is one) for show that didn't get recorded because you already had three shows recording (make that only two shows recording on V+) WHY

Automatically record similar shows to the ones you already like NO THANKS

Intelligently search for a a show, and instantly get options to set a series link, or wishlist or watch from on demand if available MAKES A MESS OF IT

Get full series and season episode listings for a show. So does google

Browse upcoming content on TV and On Demand by genre OK



Wow, how 'un cutting edge' is the V+!

OK The V+ has remiders and red button, both of which are due to be added to Tivo.

Originally Posted by Itshim (Post 35397351)

Went to wish list entered a show DO YOU understand that.

Originally Posted by Itshim (Post 35397193)

Tried wish list showed shows - none of which it could show WOW THATS GREAT:p:

Originally Posted by passingbat (Post 35397167)

Try setting a whishlist on the V+

Recording a third channel unless you watch no use

Originally Posted by Stuart (Post 35397511)

If I may answer..



Depends how much you record. Clearly not enough or is that hours in day


Do you have a family? With kids? If so, you may get to record that much? Even if you don't, you have the option.See above Even I can remember the shows watched on Nic, Disney etc they repeat that often


Actually, and I speak as a long term Tivo user here (since 2002), it does..



Why wouldn't it? Or are you seriously suggesting that you set shows to record when you are not really bothered whether you see them or not?
Manage to see them with out this



Hence you can disable that if need be. Why should I have too


Any particular examples of this? It works when I try it.


Google doesn't integrate with on demand, or allow you to set recordings for future showings.

Originally Posted by Itshim (Post 35402317)

BUT it shows the information that's all I require.

TiVo - "created by nerds for nerds Joe public was an afterthought ( I did not think anyone would want that syndrome) "

Originally Posted by Stuart (Post 35397511)

If I may answer..



Depends how much you record. Clearly not enough or is that hours in day

Originally Posted by Itshim (Post 35402359)

TiVo - "created by nerds for nerds Joe public was an afterthought ( I did not think anyone would want that syndrome) "

Originally Posted by carlwaring (Post 35402406)

Oh, and make it grammatically correct, too :)

Originally Posted by carlwaring (Post 35402456)

Not at all. You just don't want to show yourself up every time you post it, do you? :D

Originally Posted by Major dude (Post 9002567)

Just thought I would share this. I missed out on the last series of '24' day 8 when it was first broadcast on Sky 1 as I did not have access to this Channel at the time. Anyway I had set up a wishlist for 24 and Kiefer Sutherland and.........I had a nice surprise when, on Saturday, TiVo started recording the back to back showing of this series on Sky 2. I picked up on this Saturday evening but realised that only 5 episodes were being kept so I quickly changed the wishlist setting to keep all episodes and went into recently deleted and recovered all those episodes that had been deleted.

Now I have the complete series Day 8 recorded. Brilliant:D

Originally Posted by carlwaring (Post 35402652)

This is why I love Tivo!

Originally Posted by carlwaring (Post 35402668)

And the plus points all outweigh the minus ones; all of which have either something that is actually better (like for reminders) or a good-enough work-around (like for lack of dynamic EPG.) That some people are using these lack of certain features as a stick to beat the Tivo with (even though there is nothing to beat it!) continues to be somewhat perplexing. :confused: For me and clearly others NO they don`t :p:

No-one's ever said it's perfect, but it's certainly nowhere near as bad as some people like to make out.

Originally Posted by carlwaring (Post 35402668)

No-one's ever said it's perfect, but it's certainly nowhere near as bad as some people like to make out.

Originally Posted by Itshim (Post 35402674)

I will go along with not as good as some make out;)

Originally Posted by richard1960 (Post 35402680)

I like my TiVo box too it is better then my V+ but however much i like the box itself,does not mean to say inprovements cannot be made.:)

Originally Posted by carlwaring (Post 35402715)

So why say I did? :confused:

Originally Posted by clinteastman (Post 35402849)

I see that not a lot has changed here!

Originally Posted by Craig (Post 57228648)

Just a warning for those, like me that have been recording The Good Wife early Friday morning on More 4 / +1.

It's now no longer in the schedule at that time, and no replacement has appeared in the Sky planner.

So, reset those links.

Next episode now either:

22/3 at 21:00
or
27/3 at 23:05

Originally Posted by carlwaring (Post 35403630)

Another reason to love Tivo. Apparently, a Sky+ Series Link can't even handle a simple change in broadcast day/time.

Originally Posted by Itshim (Post 35403724)

Yet again your logic defies belief.

Originally Posted by borrissey (Post 35403770)

Im a big fan of TiVO that's why I got a 2nd one.

Just waiting for reminders now..