Re: SWMBO 1 - TiVo 0

[Doogie Brodie <ukhad@xxxxxxx>]

Julian Samphire wrote:

> Yeah Programme Delivery Control (PDC) has been around for _how_ long
now?
> Anyone know why they didn't put it in Tivo ?

It's only available for terrestrial broadcasts, I don't even think all 5
of the channels support it. Its a UK specific feature I'm pretty sure, 
so extra R&D over the US box. Plus most importantly, Tivo works by 
knowing things and planning in advance...... It knows what is on the TV
with exact start and stop times, and it knows which programmes you want,
so everything can be planned out for how much disc space will be free at
a certain point based on current recordings......

If you have 2 programmes recording one after the other and the PDC thing
said "I've not finished yet", then the other programme may be
missed...... but what if the PDC doesn't say its finished for another 3
hours...... all your recordings afterwards go to hell..... :( I used PDC
once on a VCR I got when it first came out years ago.... I remember 
setting it for something and it recorded 3 minutes then stopped..... I'm
sure others have had more positive experiences though!

Best thing from experience with the (mainly BBC) evil intentional 
mis-scheduling, is to pad the end by a few minutes..... this can make 
Tivo cancel another programme, but it will tell you when you schedule 
it....... you can then decide whether to go ahead with it, or schedule 
it to pick up a rerun when there aren't run-togethers.

Doogie

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