TiVo

[fixerman]

Originally Posted by Joedm45

Thanks for your response to my question.

I thought that would be the case so I'll probably be one of the few on here that will be grateful not to get the first batches of TiVo. Hopefully the next wave will be when the 3rd tuner is activated in March.

On the other hand I'm in a catch 22 as the sooner I'm on the new TV contract the better. I may be moving home within the next 12 months or so and if I move to a non-cabled street then I am shafted with the one policy that really P's me off about VM, but that's for another thread

How could you even consider moving to a non cabled street?

[cwj2008]

knowing my luck i whould proberly be 1001 on the list, sorry wrong thread

[Joedm45]

Originally Posted by WooLLsterQ

It will be just a software update to activate the third tuner!

I appreciate that. What I mean is that those lucky few who have TiVo installed already or being installed this month will have to struggle on with two tuners until it gets activated. Where as those you get installed in March will hopefully have their boxes firing on all 3 cylinders.

This of course assumes it actually happens in March, there could always be a delay, who knows.

Unfortunately I do not know enough about the TiVo software to see how it copes with only 2 tuners. If a recording clashes I hear it is clever enough to pick up repeats later on that day (+1 channels) or later that week. So the only grey area is the padding overlap between consecutive recordings where having the 3rd tuner comes into its own.

Damn it, I knew I should have gone to the TiVo training day 10-odd years ago when I worked in Currys

Originally Posted by fixerman

How could you even consider moving to a non cabled street?

I know, shame on me. I'll have to add it to the estate agents must have list

[zantarous]

Would have bee very helpful to have Tivo today, have spent ages clearing down and watching stuff so that I have enough room to record the Superbowl in HD, that looks like it is going to take up loads of space with a running time of 5 hours.

[Tali]

Wow! This thread is growing fast, I can't keep up.

I'm waiting patiently for my 'phone call about Tivo, but in the mean time, I've had an email offering me a free upgrade to VIP 50 and HD movie channels for just £5 extra per month.

I'm currently on VIP20 and am giving this some serious thought, but was wondering what the best way to do it was. Should I do the upgrade to VIP50 now, and wait for Tivo; wait for the phone call and do it all at once; or wait for Tivo to be installed and do it later.

Are there any benefits to doing it the upgrade one way or another?

Cheers.

[chrisr1uk]

Originally Posted by Tali

Wow! This thread is growing fast, I can't keep up.

I'm waiting patiently for my 'phone call about Tivo, but in the mean time, I've had an email offering me a free upgrade to VIP 50 and HD movie channels for just £5 extra per month.

I'm currently on VIP20 and am giving this some serious thought, but was wondering what the best way to do it was. Should I do the upgrade to VIP50 now, and wait for Tivo; wait for the phone call and do it all at once; or wait for Tivo to be installed and do it later.

Are there any benefits to doing it the upgrade one way or another?

Cheers.

I'm in the same boat mate, paying £96 for VIP20..not sure whether to wait or not.

[greeninferno]

Anyone want to comment who has a Tivo on this youtube video of one user's experience.

looks slower than 2 weeks in the jail.

http://vmhd.blogspot.com/

[Stephen]

Originally Posted by greeninferno

Anyone want to comment who has a Tivo on this youtube video of one user's experience.

looks slower than 2 weeks in the jail.

http://vmhd.blogspot.com/

I don't find it slow at all.

[Digital Fanatic]

Originally Posted by Stephen

I don't find it slow at all.

Same here.

[steelerdean]

Originally Posted by Stephen

I don't find it slow at all.

Looked quicker than my current Samsung box.

Originally Posted by greeninferno

Anyone want to comment who has a Tivo on this youtube video of one user's experience.

looks slower than 2 weeks in the jail.

http://vmhd.blogspot.com/

Most of the video seems to be going through on demand menus which aren't very fast on my V+, but are acceptable, and probably wouldn't be any different on the tivo. I think we would need to see a more comprehensive video.

[dsmuk]

Originally Posted by greeninferno

Anyone want to comment who has a Tivo on this youtube video of one user's experience.

looks slower than 2 weeks in the jail.

http://vmhd.blogspot.com/

Other that a red background there anything in that video that my current V+ can't do ... the VOD did look slower than the rest of the menus. Was expecting it to be far more graphical based rather than we we currently have with a red background.

Agreed need to see a more detailed video but from that I don;t have a sudden urge to sign up for this.

[Digital Fanatic]

Originally Posted by dsmuk

Other that a red background there anything in that video that my current V+ can't do ... the VOD did look slower than the rest of the menus. Was expecting it to be far more graphical based rather than we we currently have with a red background.

Agreed need to see a more detailed video but from that I don;t have a sudden urge to sign up for this.

it wasn't a very detailed tour of the UI TBH.

[muppetman11]

Originally Posted by greeninferno

Anyone want to comment who has a Tivo on this youtube video of one user's experience.

looks slower than 2 weeks in the jail.

http://vmhd.blogspot.com/

VOD is slow the first time you access it on V+ , that was an awful attempt to show you what TIVO can do didn't seem that slow to me to be honest, VOD was a little slower but as I've said it is the first time you enter it.

[jamiefrost]

The thing i'm really looking forward to is the tivo suggested recordings and the and learning your likes and dislikes.

Had this years ago when I had a proper PC based PVR

JJ