More How clever is the scheduler?

On Tue, 26 Aug 2008 00:14:40 -0400, Stephen Harris wrote:

BlownFuse wrote:
On 2008-08-25 05:44:23 -0500, (Stephen Harris) said:
Actually, what do you mean by "DTV"? If you mean "DirecTV" then the
TiVoHD won't work with it. If you mean terrestial OTA Digital TV
then it'll work fine.

The latter. OTA Digital.

Heh. I always considered a TiVo for OTA to be overkill. Maybe that's
because only 40% of the shows I watch are available OTA. But then a
refurb TiVoHD (direct from TiVo) is available for $180 and that's pretty
good value. Not sure I'd pay $300, but $180 is much more sane for OTA
recordings.

But that doesn't include the subscription fees. Add them in and it's way
more expensive than a PC based HDTV recorder, and to be honest, not near
as versatile. Still, if money isn't a problem then it will work fine
within its limits.

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not near as versatile.

Bull****. Versatile is useless in the face of the lack of usability. The
PC-based DVR solutions are garbage in comparison. They're just too much
hassle to use.

On 2008-08-26, Bill Kearney [email protected] wrote:
not near as versatile.

Bull****. Versatile is useless in the face of the lack of usability. The
PC-based DVR solutions are garbage in comparison. They're just too much
hassle to use.

Depends.

As soon as you are interested in "hacking" an appliance, the usability
benefit goes straight out the window. This includes installing extra software,
getting into the box to install extra software and installing more storage.

Things that fall under the heading of "Tivo maintenance" are similarly
bothersome regardless of which type of platform you're running. Although a
PC based solution does allow you to manipulate things directly.

Can't wait to see what the procedures are like for HD TivoToGo.

Someone that would be satisfied with a "stock appliance" will also
probably be perfectly content with the cable provider's (PVR) hardware.

That said, in day to day usage a PC PVR has no disadvantage compared
to a Tivo.

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On Tue, 26 Aug 2008 11:43:28 -0400, Bill Kearney wrote:

not near as versatile.

Bull****. Versatile is useless in the face of the lack of usability.
The PC-based DVR solutions are garbage in comparison. They're just too
much hassle to use.

And just how do you come to that conclusion. My system, which consist of 3
machines with a total of 5 HDTv tuners (removed the 6th as it was never
used) has been working great for years. A hell of a lot better and a hell
of a lot cheaper than 3 Tivo HD's. Using a MythTV system is a hell of lot
easier than trying to use 3 separate Tivo HD's. And did I mention a hell
of a lot cheaper.

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On Tue, 26 Aug 2008 11:43:28 -0400, Bill Kearney wrote:

not near as versatile.

Bull****. Versatile is useless in the face of the lack of usability.
The PC-based DVR solutions are garbage in comparison. They're just too
much hassle to use.

And just how do you come to that conclusion. My system

Bwhahahahah, "your system", now THAT'S a joke.

On 2008-08-27, Bill Kearney [email protected] wrote:

"Wes Newell" wrote in message
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On Tue, 26 Aug 2008 11:43:28 -0400, Bill Kearney wrote:

not near as versatile.

Bull****. Versatile is useless in the face of the lack of usability.
The PC-based DVR solutions are garbage in comparison. They're just too
much hassle to use.

And just how do you come to that conclusion. My system

Bwhahahahah, "your system", now THAT'S a joke.

I'm still waiting to hear the HD TivoToGo procedures...

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I just ran into an interesting quirk of the scheduler on my Tivo-HD.

I asked for a season pass for Big Brother, and since it's a live show
sometimes, for it to record 1 hour past the end of the show.
I asked for a season pass to Cold Case.

Since today channel 11-1 is presenting Big Brother followed by Cold
Case, it's busy recording channel 11-1 on *BOTH* tuners. Well, I
guess I asked for it. But it is chewing up disk space.

(Gordon Burditt) shaped the electrons to say:
Since today channel 11-1 is presenting Big Brother followed by Cold
Case, it's busy recording channel 11-1 on *BOTH* tuners. Well, I
guess I asked for it. But it is chewing up disk space.

Yeah, that's what it should do in the current implementation. It is
technically a conflict.

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