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I've had a Humax 8000 for a couple of years now and have been very
happy with it. Now I'm looking at buying a twin-tuner PVR. But there's
one thing I'd like any new machine to do and it's this:

I'm watching something through the PVR as it's being broadcast. Trouble
is, I've got to go out in a minute but I want to see the end of the
show. I know I can just hit pause and then I can resume watching when I
come back, but is there a way to save the recording (it's there on the
disk somewhere after all) so it's stored just like ordinary scheduled
recordings?

I can't find any way to do this on my Humax, but can any other (esp
twin tuner) devices do this?

And does it have a name?

Thanks

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wrote:
I've had a Humax 8000 for a couple of years now and have been very
happy with it. Now I'm looking at buying a twin-tuner PVR. But there's
one thing I'd like any new machine to do and it's this:

I'm watching something through the PVR as it's being broadcast. Trouble
is, I've got to go out in a minute but I want to see the end of the
show. I know I can just hit pause and then I can resume watching when I
come back, but is there a way to save the recording (it's there on the
disk somewhere after all) so it's stored just like ordinary scheduled
recordings?

I can't find any way to do this on my Humax, but can any other (esp
twin tuner) devices do this?

Not AFAIK.


And does it have a name?

Save buffer to disk?

It seems to me that the PVR makers have an interest in keeping the
buffer as fleeting as possible, deleting it at every opportunity, such
as when changing channels, recording or playing back.

The manufacturers often don't know what features will be popular, and
there is some merit in making them aware of these.

Humax has now introduced chase-play and auto-padding on to the 9200t,
after demand from users.

JPG





Thanks

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JPG wrote:
It seems to me that the PVR makers have an interest in keeping the
buffer as fleeting as possible, deleting it at every opportunity, such
as when changing channels

Reallocating the buffer when switching channels (where that action also
requires a tuner to be reallocated) seems eminently sensible to me. Two
tuners, two buffers. How would you have it work?

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I don't know what it's called but I want to do it anyway
 

JPG wrote:

Save buffer to disk?

It seems to me that the PVR makers have an interest in keeping the
buffer as fleeting as possible, deleting it at every opportunity, such
as when changing channels, recording or playing back.

The manufacturers often don't know what features will be popular, and
there is some merit in making them aware of these.


I'd say TiVo probably have a patent on saving the buffer as part of a
new recording....

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On 8 Jun 2006 04:48:48 -0700, wrote:

I can't find any way to do this on my Humax, but can any other (esp
twin tuner) devices do this?

The Topfield TF5800 does (along with loads of other things it does
better than the Humax), you press record and it records two hours, or
press again and you have the option to record until the end of this
program or the next program.
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Adrian C wrote:
I'd say TiVo probably have a patent on saving the buffer as part of a
new recording....

If they do, it must be one of those software patents granted in the US
for stating the bleeding obvious...

Anyway, the ability to do this certainly isn't unique to TiVo.

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You can also go via the menu on the Topfield, choose Recording, ,and
then Current Event, and all the parts of the current programme that are
in the buffer will be included.

A couple of TAPs will do this automatically for you, or you can just
rewind, press record, and do it that way.

Nigel.