Re: SWMBO 1 - TiVo 0

["Jason Lee" <jasonjlee@xxxxxxx>]

Seconded on the pdc thing.

My svhs deck supports it, but it flat out missed one recording because
Channel4 doesn't support it IF i'm remembering this correctly, it was 3
odd
years ago.

It is carried on bbc1/2 though.

But I turned it off because it can't be set by channel, so therefore I
would
have to remember to turn it on and off all the time, let alone recording
2
different channels on one night.

Shame, would be a good solution.

Does anyone know if you had selected the next program after, such as
the
news it would have given tivo enough time?

Is it not possible to set 'buffer' times for early start and overrunning
on
a system or per recording basis? (I'm not trying to wind you up James,
I
would just like to know!)

Jason


----- Original Message -----
From: "Doogie Brodie" <ukhad@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2002 6:32 AM
Subject: Re: [ukha_d] SWMBO 1 - TiVo 0


> Julian Samphire wrote:
>
> > Yeah Programme Delivery Control (PDC) has been around for _how_
long
now?
> > Anyone know why they didn't put it in Tivo ?
>
> It's only available for terrestrial broadcasts, I don't even think all
5
> of the channels support it. Its a UK specific feature I'm pretty
sure,
> so extra R&D over the US box. Plus most importantly, Tivo works
by
> knowing things and planning in advance...... It knows what is on the
TV
> with exact start and stop times, and it knows which programmes you
want,
> so everything can be planned out for how much disc space will be free
at
> a certain point based on current recordings......
>
> If you have 2 programmes recording one after the other and the PDC
thing
> said "I've not finished yet", then the other programme may
be
> missed...... but what if the PDC doesn't say its finished for another
3
> hours...... all your recordings afterwards go to hell..... :( I used
PDC
> once on a VCR I got when it first came out years ago.... I
remember
> setting it for something and it recorded 3 minutes then stopped.....
I'm
> sure others have had more positive experiences though!
>
> Best thing from experience with the (mainly BBC) evil intentional
> mis-scheduling, is to pad the end by a few minutes..... this can
make
> Tivo cancel another programme, but it will tell you when you
schedule
> it....... you can then decide whether to go ahead with it, or
schedule
> it to pick up a rerun when there aren't run-togethers.
>
> Doogie
>
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