Tivo not in tune with pre-empted shows

One of the things that sold me on Tivo was the selling point that it would
tape a show even when the schedule changed.
Twice in the last 2 weeks a football game ran into my shows normal time.
Tivo still started at the show's normal time and as a result stopped
recording when the show is normally over. I missed 20 minutes of the show
both times.
What is the deal with that? I thought Tivo was supposed to be aware of that
sort of thing and compensate for it.
Anyone got any info?

Joe

In article , Joseph Morrow
wrote:

What is the deal with that? I thought Tivo was supposed to be aware of that
sort of thing and compensate for it.
Anyone got any info?

The schedule INFORMATION as provided to the Tivo has to indicate the
change. For example, if NBC schedules a show and hour earlier, or runs
an extra episode of something back to back, and it's in the schedule,
then the Tivo will catch it.

I record shown by name now, and I find I no longer really know when
shows are actually aired. It's also great for cable shows that are
on many times a week. If a higher priority season pass pre-empts it,
the Tivo picks up some othr showing, even if its some 3am rebroadcast.

But if it's an unannounced change- just a game going over or a some
sort of news event- there's really nothing to be done about it.

The networks would probably have to embed something in their signals to
describe its current contents.

On Sat, 25 Oct 2003 23:43:38 -0500, "Joseph Morrow"
wrote:

One of the things that sold me on Tivo was the selling point that it would
tape a show even when the schedule changed.
Twice in the last 2 weeks a football game ran into my shows normal time.
Tivo still started at the show's normal time and as a result stopped
recording when the show is normally over. I missed 20 minutes of the show
both times.
What is the deal with that? I thought Tivo was supposed to be aware of that
sort of thing and compensate for it.
Anyone got any info?

The only thing you can do is pad the end of your show, say for an extra half
hour or so.

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Joseph Morrow wrote:

One of the things that sold me on Tivo was the selling point that it would
tape a show even when the schedule changed.

Correct. That's what it does for scheduled changes. It takes about
36 hours of advance notice for the information to percolate down from
Tribune Media Services, to TiVo headquarters, and finally to your TiVo.
-Joe

On Sat, 25 Oct 2003 23:43:38 -0500, "Joseph Morrow"
wrote:
One of the things that sold me on Tivo was the selling point that it would
tape a show even when the schedule changed.

And it will, as long as the changes are published in time to get them
to your unit.

Twice in the last 2 weeks a football game ran into my shows normal time.
Tivo still started at the show's normal time and as a result stopped
recording when the show is normally over. I missed 20 minutes of the show
both times. What is the deal with that?

The schedule didn't change: Rather, the network failed to follow the
schedule it published.


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* Joseph Morrow Wrote in alt.video.ptv.tivo, on Sat, 25 Oct 2003 23:43:38 -0500:
One of the things that sold me on Tivo was the selling point that it would
tape a show even when the schedule changed.
Twice in the last 2 weeks a football game ran into my shows normal time.
Tivo still started at the show's normal time and as a result stopped
recording when the show is normally over. I missed 20 minutes of the show
both times.
What is the deal with that? I thought Tivo was supposed to be aware of that
sort of thing and compensate for it.
Anyone got any info?


Let me guess...Cold Case? been ****ing me off for weeks now and padding
the recording is not an option.

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One of the things that sold me on Tivo was the selling point that it would
tape a show even when the schedule changed.
Twice in the last 2 weeks a football game ran into my shows normal time.
Tivo still started at the show's normal time and as a result stopped
recording when the show is normally over. I missed 20 minutes of the show
both times.
What is the deal with that? I thought Tivo was supposed to be aware of that
sort of thing and compensate for it.
Anyone got any info?

Joe

Tivo's ability to do this is only as good as the programming information
provided to it by Tribune. Tribune's data is only as good as the data
that is supplied to them by the networks. So, Tivo users are at the
mercy of the networks to get accurate guide data. 'Nuf said.

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Joseph Morrow wrote:

One of the things that sold me on Tivo was the selling point that it would
tape a show even when the schedule changed.
Twice in the last 2 weeks a football game ran into my shows normal time.
Tivo still started at the show's normal time and as a result stopped
recording when the show is normally over. I missed 20 minutes of the show
both times.
What is the deal with that? I thought Tivo was supposed to be aware of that
sort of thing and compensate for it.
Anyone got any info?


You think some guy is sitting at TiVO Headquarters ready to update your unit as
the game runs long?

Give me a break!