Re: TiVo subscription ?

[john.benfield@xxxxxxx]

>>Not had any problems with this myself. My  major bug bear is that
recordings
>>end exactly when the EPG says they  should. I'm always getting a
roasting
>>from the misses 'cause Holby and  Casualty invariably get chopped.
There
>>should be a work ago in the next  release of software.
>This sounds like an unbelievably basic problem and  one which would
spoil
the experience rather a lot.=A0 Seems incredible they  haven't got a fix
fo=
r
this yet - how >long has TiVo been out in the UK - a  year?

>Does this problem effect the Sky Plus box  too?

Don't know for definite, but I suspect so. The problem is that PDC doesn't
exist on the digital channels. So basically Tivo has to use the EPG times.
The problem is that BBC1&2 tend to run a couple of minutes behind
schedule,
hence you loose the end of programs. On commercial channels it's not a
problem because to only loose the ads. You can set a manual recording, a
give a later end-time, but this negates one of the best features of the
Tivo - the ability to record all episodes of a series automatically.

The next release of software will allow you to add padding to recordings. I
don't think that anyone has a real idea about how the padding will work in
reality.