PVR 9200 TB/S

Mark Myers writes:

Antiques Roadshow was shown on BB2 - right time, wrong channel. I didn't
notice an announcement so I missed the beginning.

And BBC1 was showing Wimbledon which should have been on BBC2, so it
looks like the schedules for the 2 channels was swapped.

"Ivan" wrote in message
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"Steve Thackery" wrote in message
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If you have software version 1.00.15 (MenuSystemStatus), there is
something called "accurate recording" or "auto-tracking" which is
supposed to allow for early starts and overruns, but there is some doubt
as to how well it works.

To be fair to Humax, I understand that their implementation works
perfectly, but it relies on the appropriate data being sent by the
broadcaster - which isn't happening reliably yet.

Wasn't this the major problem with PDC Is some sort of flag is
electronically or do they rely on a human being to press the right
buttons?

At least with AR if the broadcaster gets it wrong, you just miss the start
or end of the programme, rather than the whole thing if PDC fails.

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Max Demian

"Ivan" wrote:

With reference to another thread I'm amazed how few (even bright) people I
know who have hardly any clue about digital HDD PVRs or what they are
actually capable of, in fact many people appear to think that the only
alternative to the VCR is a DVD recorder with a built in analogue tuner.

I know what you mean. I don't know anyone (in "real life", that is)
who had ever heard of a PVR before I told them. Even then, they're a
bit baffled, and seem to think it's just a kind of VCR that somehow
magically doesn't need tapes, and must be really complicated to use!

Presumably, they're not advertised on TV (heh, I don't watch adverts
anymore, so how would I know?). I wonder how many extra sales Humax -
or Topfield, or any other PVR manufacturers - would get if they did a
bit of prime-time advertising, telling people the benefits of these
devices.

I'm sure ads like that would pay for themselves.

"John Hatpin" wrote in message
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Presumably, they're not advertised on TV (heh, I don't watch adverts
anymore, so how would I know?).



Me and the wife are now also getting quite adept that missing out the
adverts, which got me thinking, say that PVRs totally take over from videos
within the next few years, then it's hardly going to be worth advertisers
paying huge sums for air time placing adverts that virtually no one is going
to watch.

Which means either the total demise of the commercial channels as we've
grown to know and love them, or they will have to do a lot more in the way
of sponsorship and strategic placements of merchandise in the programming.

In article , John Hatpin
wrote:
I don't know anyone (in "real life", that is)
who had ever heard of a PVR before I told them. *Even then, they're a
bit baffled, and seem to think it's just a kind of VCR that somehow
magically doesn't need tapes, and must be really complicated to use!

Presumably, they're not advertised on TV (heh, I don't watch adverts
anymore, so how would I know?).

Now there's an interesting concept - a television advert for a machine
to remove television adverts. It would of course have to be aimed at
first-time buyers only, because nobody else would see it.

Rod.

"Roderick Stewart" wrote in message
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In article , John Hatpin
wrote:
I don't know anyone (in "real life", that is)
who had ever heard of a PVR before I told them. Even then, they're a
bit baffled, and seem to think it's just a kind of VCR that somehow
magically doesn't need tapes, and must be really complicated to use!

Presumably, they're not advertised on TV (heh, I don't watch adverts
anymore, so how would I know?).

Now there's an interesting concept - a television advert for a machine
to remove television adverts. It would of course have to be aimed at
first-time buyers only, because nobody else would see it.

Actually, I think PVR or not, the majority of people will continue to watch
live TV (with the ads) most of the time.

Most people are too impatient to set up everything to record then chase
play, or press pause and start watching ten minutes later.

--
Max Demian

Max Demian wrote:
Actually, I think PVR or not, the majority of people will continue
to watch live TV (with the ads) most of the time.

Most people are too impatient to set up everything to record then
chase play, or press pause and start watching ten minutes later.

This is an interesting point - but primarily a sociological/
psychological one, rather than a technical one, it seems to me. I
can't imagine wasting my time sitting through adverts, but I must
resist the temptation to generalise from my own experience and tastes
;-) .

Perhaps the distinction is between those who watch programmes (and who
select in advance what they want to watch, record it to watch when
convenient and don't care when it's scheduled) and those who watch
television (and just sit down, switch on and channel-hop until they
find something which looks OK).

André Coutanche

"André Coutanche" wrote in message
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Max Demian wrote:
Actually, I think PVR or not, the majority of people will continue
to watch live TV (with the ads) most of the time.

Most people are too impatient to set up everything to record then
chase play, or press pause and start watching ten minutes later.

This is an interesting point - but primarily a sociological/
psychological one, rather than a technical one, it seems to me. I can't
imagine wasting my time sitting through adverts, but I must resist the
temptation to generalise from my own experience and tastes ;-) .

Perhaps the distinction is between those who watch programmes (and who
select in advance what they want to watch, record it to watch when
convenient and don't care when it's scheduled) and those who watch
television (and just sit down, switch on and channel-hop until they
find something which looks OK).

There's also the matter of whether you want to use the so-called
'interactive' services - multiscreen, alternative views and superimposed
text - these all require that you watch live.

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Max Demian

Max Demian wrote:
There's also the matter of whether you want to use the so-called
'interactive' services - multiscreen, alternative views and
superimposed text - these all require that you watch live.

True. And it shows how much I use/value them that I totally overlooked
them in my comment ...

André Coutanche

"Mike Henry" wrote in message
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In , "Max Demian"
wrote:
Actually, I think PVR or not, the majority of people will continue to
watch
live TV (with the ads) most of the time.

Most people are too impatient to set up everything to record then chase
play, or press pause and start watching ten minutes later.

Impatient is a strange term to use. Are you labouring under the
assumption that all PVRs are equal? Perhaps you've used one that was
hassle to set up recordings, or it needed constant baby-sitting every
week to check all the planned recordings. If you need to sit down armed
with a paper guide of any kind, and "check the list" every week then
that PVR surely can't be a proper PVR!

Well I'm not "most people" as you might imagine.

Some people like to be spontaneous in their viewing, rather than organised.

Some like to sit down and zap through the channels, pausing on something
that looks interesting.

They might like to arrange to sit down to view a particular programme, as
they might arrange to go to the cinema.

They might only want to record something special, that is on while they are
out, or that they want to keep for repeated viewing.

These people might be in the majority.

--
Max Demian