[email protected]#$%^&* network games with overlap
 

what's up with this nonsense? NBC now saying a program starts at 9:59 for
61 mins (which it doesn't, of course). then it conflicts with the 9-10 show
and cancels the whole thing.

so if the networks play this game, when is tivo gonna give me the option to
just use the recording priority to deal with the overlap? say, if they're
within 5mins (or more, why not?), miss the last minute of the 9-10 (or vice
versa). all i'd miss is commercials, opening theme songs, and scenes from
next week, rather than missing the ENTIRE show.

it's always something...

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"jeff" wrote:

what's up with this nonsense? NBC now saying a program starts at 9:59 for
61 mins (which it doesn't, of course). then it conflicts with the 9-10 show
and cancels the whole thing.

so if the networks play this game, when is tivo gonna give me the option to
just use the recording priority to deal with the overlap? say, if they're
within 5mins (or more, why not?), miss the last minute of the 9-10 (or vice
versa). all i'd miss is commercials, opening theme songs, and scenes from
next week, rather than missing the ENTIRE show.

it's always something...


Also-
What they need to build into Tivo is an option to let you automatically
pad ALL shows you record (season pass, alone, etc.) with at least 5
minutes on either end. We just had this happen with last Sunday's "Sex
and the City" Cut off right at the (dare I say it) climax.
Luckily, another showing happened to be on at the same time we were
watching, with only a 10 minute lag.

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At Fri, 09 Jan 2004 16:12:08 GMT, "Eric J. Holtman"
reached down, grabbed what he thought was the keyboard and started
stroking in alt.video.ptv.tivo:

"jeff" wrote in
:

what's up with this nonsense? NBC now saying a program starts at 9:59
for 61 mins (which it doesn't, of course). then it conflicts with the
9-10 show and cancels the whole thing.

Well, ER actually does start at 9:59. It sucks, but
the guide is right.


Both Law & Order (Wed) and Special Victims Unit (Tue) were listed at 2159
(9:59pm) this week but both actually started at 2200 (10pm). No fun ...


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While strolling through alt.video.ptv.tivo, Bob was overheard
plotting:

Both Law & Order (Wed) and Special Victims Unit (Tue) were listed
at 2159 (9:59pm) this week but both actually started at 2200
(10pm). No fun ...

The Apprentice was scheduled to start @ 7:29 but didnt start till 7:32
so it created a conflict for NO reason. It is rather suspicious and
makes me think they are up to no good, but then why would NBC be paying
for that 'Tivomatic' Icon and then thwart tivo users?

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David

While strolling through alt.video.ptv.tivo, Bob was overheard
plotting:

Both Law & Order (Wed) and Special Victims Unit (Tue) were listed
at 2159 (9:59pm) this week but both actually started at 2200
(10pm). No fun ...

The Apprentice was scheduled to start @ 7:29 but didnt start till 7:32
so it created a conflict for NO reason. It is rather suspicious and
makes me think they are up to no good, but then why would NBC be paying
for that 'Tivomatic' Icon and then thwart tivo users?

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David

But of course, the NBC programs *must* be the higher priority recording
in the conflict, therefore they are simply thwarting (cool word, btw) the
other
networks, like Fox with "24" on Tuesday!

While strolling through alt.video.ptv.tivo, jeff was overheard
plotting:

While strolling through alt.video.ptv.tivo, Bob was overheard
plotting:

Both Law & Order (Wed) and Special Victims Unit (Tue) were
listed at 2159 (9:59pm) this week but both actually started at
2200 (10pm). No fun ...

The Apprentice was scheduled to start @ 7:29 but didnt start till
7:32 so it created a conflict for NO reason. It is rather
suspicious and makes me think they are up to no good, but then
why would NBC be paying for that 'Tivomatic' Icon and then thwart
tivo users?


But of course, the NBC programs *must* be the higher priority
recording in the conflict, therefore they are simply thwarting
(cool word, btw) the other
networks, like Fox with "24" on Tuesday!




True, but it conflicted with a show that was going to END at 7:30 which
should have been fine....but Noooooooo.

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David