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TonyHoyle · 10-04-2011, 18:35

Tivo has a live connection to VM but whether it can do EPG updates in any useful timeframe is unknown (under system preferences you'll see 'Real-Time connection active'). The full update seem to be about every 25 hours so the time changes constantly.

Padding is somewhat necessary on all systems.. I remember how poor PDC actually was in execution, as the broadcasters never bothered actually updating it (and Sky suffers from similar problems which is why they have padding options, too). Luckily discounting sport, which always overrruns, schedules are fairly fixed.

10-04-2011, 18:35	#7
TonyHoyle Inactive Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 86	Re: Can Tivo record a program if it's running late? Tivo has a live connection to VM but whether it can do EPG updates in any useful timeframe is unknown (under system preferences you'll see 'Real-Time connection active'). The full update seem to be about every 25 hours so the time changes constantly. Padding is somewhat necessary on all systems.. I remember how poor PDC actually was in execution, as the broadcasters never bothered actually updating it (and Sky suffers from similar problems which is why they have padding options, too). Luckily discounting sport, which always overrruns, schedules are fairly fixed.