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Old 02-06-2011, 21:28   #151
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Re: No reminders on Tivo?

A lot of people on here swear that there is no need for reminders, a lot of us disagree

A wishlist just searches for programs that match your description, you can't specify a time period

VM say they are investigating if reminders can come back

There will be a software update sometime this year, how long no one knows

Oh and don't forget there is no red button service either
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Old 02-06-2011, 21:29   #152
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Re: No reminders on Tivo?

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Everybody has a different opinion but in my mind l miss them as l could set the reminder and know it would go to the event when it needed to.
Yes I agree Denphone. A lot of people do miss them.
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Old 02-06-2011, 21:34   #153
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Re: No reminders on Tivo?

I was thinking many fans of live sport might be disappointed, it wouldn't be the same to watch something after the event recorded such as a football match. Say for example you miss 30 minutes and rewind you'd then be out of touch with the event and hear people outside celebrating but you don't yet know the end result?
I think this is quite a mistake on VM's part, Sky boxes and many freeview boxes support reminders. I'm really surprised this feature is missing...

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Maybe if enough people complain to VM the update will happen and as soon as possible. I've already submitted my feedback over the phone and by e-mail I was definitely surprised that the bloke I spoke to and his supervisor were totally unaware...
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Old 02-06-2011, 21:54   #154
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I was thinking many fans of live sport might be disappointed, it wouldn't be the same to watch something after the event recorded such as a football match. Say for example you miss 30 minutes and rewind you'd then be out of touch with the event and hear people outside celebrating but you don't yet know the end result?
I think this is quite a mistake on VM's part, Sky boxes and many freeview boxes support reminders. I'm really surprised this feature is missing...

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Maybe if enough people complain to VM the update will happen and as soon as possible. I've already submitted my feedback over the phone and by e-mail I was definitely surprised that the bloke I spoke to and his supervisor were totally unaware...
You are right but it's worth noting that VM do seem to be sitting up and taking notice already. They say that due due to unexpected feedback they are looking to see if reminders can be added.
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Old 02-06-2011, 22:21   #155
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Re: No reminders on Tivo?

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I was thinking many fans of live sport might be disappointed, it wouldn't be the same to watch something after the event recorded such as a football match. Say for example you miss 30 minutes and rewind you'd then be out of touch with the event and hear people outside celebrating but you don't yet know the end result?
I think this is quite a mistake on VM's part, Sky boxes and many freeview boxes support reminders. I'm really surprised this feature is missing...

---------- Post added at 20:34 ---------- Previous post was at 20:30 ----------

Maybe if enough people complain to VM the update will happen and as soon as possible. I've already submitted my feedback over the phone and by e-mail I was definitely surprised that the bloke I spoke to and his supervisor were totally unaware...

If TiVo can do it, then VM will add this, but it's not top of the list.

I think you should use TiVo, and then decide if you can wait or if you just can't live without the legacy feature
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Old 02-06-2011, 23:11   #156
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Re: No reminders on Tivo?

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I was thinking many fans of live sport might be disappointed, it wouldn't be the same to watch something after the event recorded such as a football match.
Nothing to stop you from watching the recording from the very beginning, the second it starts
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Old 02-06-2011, 23:18   #157
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Re: No reminders on Tivo?

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Nothing to stop you from watching the recording from the very beginning, the second it starts
But how will he know to switch over without a reminder (if he is watching another channel at the time)?
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Old 02-06-2011, 23:31   #158
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But how will he know to switch over without a reminder (if he is watching another channel at the time)?
That's a good point I think that's half of it, the other alternative is the even more legacy thing of checking your watch/clock regularly to see what time it is so you don't miss the start of the programme.

Tivo surely wouldn't know every programme you might switch to spontaneously? I can understand that if it's something you might like it would record it for you but if you say suddenly notice you've missed 10 minutes of something (due to not having a reminder) you couldn't I guess switch over and rewind it unless it happened to be in the wish list or something Tivo would have recorded it for you?
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Old 02-06-2011, 23:57   #159
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Re: No reminders on Tivo?

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But how will he know to switch over without a reminder (if he is watching another channel at the time)?
Well if he can't remember what he's set to record I think he has bigger problems Besides, there's a nice big red light on the front which should help

However, I'm getting deja vu again so that's it from me in this thread for now.
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Re: No reminders on Tivo?

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But how will he know to switch over without a reminder (if he is watching another channel at the time)?
It's called a brain. We all have them.

reminders made sense on V+ for the tuner that didn't record. But as all tuners record on tivo, reminders aren't needed. For those who want them, fine, but you don't actually need them.
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Old 03-06-2011, 00:26   #161
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Re: Reminders on TiVo

Lets start a campaign to ask virgin if they can bring them back....oh i know a facebook page yeah someone do that...not me by the way.
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Re: Reminders on TiVo

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Lets start a campaign to ask virgin if they can bring them back....oh i know a facebook page yeah someone do that...not me by the way.
Why? VM know some people want them and are trying to add them.
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Old 03-06-2011, 00:48   #163
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Re: No reminders on Tivo?

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Thanks all, can anyone advise further on how the wishlist works exactly?
Say for example I wanted to watch Simpsons on Channel 4 at 6pm and maybe a film on some channel at 7pm. If you added them to the wishlist does it just record them to watch later? It was quite a downer really as the Tivo seemed amazing and I was getting really excited about it then shocked to find out a feature like that would be missing? Surely quite a few people would have used that and wanted it?

Someone from VM posted on the VM forum as follows:
"As far as I know we were not anticipating the huge demand for the reminder option on the TiVo box however our engineers are now looking into this and seeing if it can be added in."

I just called 150 and went through to the installations team and asked them about it and the guy I spoke to wasn't aware of it and was also surprised that Tivo didn't have reminders, reported it to his supervisor and filled in a feedback form for me.
I'm really hoping it wouldn't be difficult for them to add it in and it might be possible...
He also suggested sending a complaint form in for 'other' to highlight it. If I can get any confirmation it would be included I would be happy to sit tight and wait a little while. I really just need to know whether or not it will be implemented as I could return the Tivo but would still be charged the installation fee. I might even love it so much I could live without reminders...
The simple answer was reminders are from before V+ and were there to remind you of stuff as the boxes couldn't record. Now with three tuners people should be changing their habits and not need to remind them of stuff starting as they can record so much and store it on the huge hard drive.

If there is a live event that you have been planning on watching for ages you really shouldn't be forgetting about it, otherwise it can't really be that important. Even the TiVo guys can't understand people needing reminders. It's really just habit and people still think they need them, but they don't really. I personally haven't used a reminder since I last used a pace stb!!

As some people still think they are required, TiVo and VM will see if they can be added.
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Re: No reminders on Tivo?

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Nothing to stop you from watching the recording from the very beginning, the second it starts
Trust Carl to bring out his old chestnut again.
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And yet you don't have a go at pb? Favouitism
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