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Originally Posted by HoustonPerson /forum/post/18291576
1. Can it commercial skip
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Originally Posted by HoustonPerson /forum/post/18291576
2. Are your keyword search lists stored, so all your shows are located instantly?
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Originally Posted by HoustonPerson /forum/post/18291576
3. I am confused by the term used on the TiVo schedule your recordings - like it is something you have to do well ahead of time? (which you can do on the Sony of course); but does that mean you can also place red dots wherever your want to mark shows instantly right now, even if it is one you are currently watching (along with all your other red dots)?
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Originally Posted by HoustonPerson /forum/post/18291576
4. When you schedule your recordings, I assume it does instant and full conflict resolution and tells you which shows are in conflict to allow you can make the adjustments now or later down to the minute level?
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Originally Posted by HoustonPerson /forum/post/18291576
After reading and trying to understand the TiVo material I get the impression the scheduling of the recordings is something that is done over the internet and not done right now inside the box. So I honestly do not understand how that is to work?
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Originally Posted by bicker1 /forum/post/18294165
Scheduling via the Internet is actually relatively new. The basic way of setting up recordings is within the device.
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Originally Posted by bicker1 /forum/post/18294165
No DVR currently in production for sale in the United States supports commercial skip.
If I understand you question, the answer is 'yes'.
It doesn't use a red dot, of course, but the principle is the same. If there is an issue, it is a rather minor tuner switch and then tuner switch back.
You're using too many loaded words. Ask your questions more discretely for better answers.
Scheduling via the Internet is actually relatively new. The basic way of setting up recordings is within the device.
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Originally Posted by HoustonPerson /forum/post/18294608
Thanks for the fast reply. It does not sound encouraging. Out of 4 items I am looking for; one is maybe and the other three are no.
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Originally Posted by HoustonPerson /forum/post/18294608
Trying to clarify the one question what will it do and what options do you have for handling recording conflicts: Let’s set you already have NBC set up for 7PM to 10PM on one tuner (no conflicts). But on the other tuner you also have “24” set up on Fox and it is automatically set up to recorded from 8PM to 9:01PM, and then “CSI” comes on from 9PM to 10PM. What happens to that one minute conflict?
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Originally Posted by HoustonPerson /forum/post/18294608
When are you "notified" of that conflict?
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Originally Posted by HoustonPerson /forum/post/18294608
What controls do “you” have to instantly change as you see fit?
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Originally Posted by HoustonPerson /forum/post/18294608
Trying to clarify the one question what will it do and what options do you have for handling recording conflicts: Let’s set you already have NBC set up for 7PM to 10PM on one tuner (no conflicts). But on the other tuner you also have “24” set up on Fox and it is automatically set up to recorded from 8PM to 9:01PM, and then “CSI” comes on from 9PM to 10PM. What happens to that one minute conflict? When are you "notified" of that conflict? How is that handled?
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How does the TiVo handle situations where multiple programs conflict by just a few minutes?
The TiVo has a feature called "overlap protection" to address situations where three or more programs overlap by five minutes or less. When enabled (the default), this feature will automatically cut up to five minutes from the lowest priority recording if doing so will allow another scheduled series to record.
For example, suppose you had series recordings prioritized as follows in Season Pass Manager:
- 24 (normally Monday @ 9-10pm on FOX)
- Heroes (normally Monday @ 9-10pm on NBC)
- CSI Miami (normally Monday @ 10-11pm on CBS)
- True Beauty (normally Monday @ 10-11pm on ABC)
If an episode of Heroes runs from 9:00 to 10:02, then True Beauty is clipped by two minutes because it is the lowest priority series.
Programs that will be clipped have their time flagged with a * on the To Do List (record schedule).
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Originally Posted by bicker1 /forum/post/18294658
Either that or perhaps I don't understand the context of your inquiries... Are you perhaps just looking for a reason to eliminate the TiVo from consideration, rather than looking for a reason to consider the TiVo? Or perhaps you're simply looking for something that just doesn't exist.
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Originally Posted by HoustonPerson /forum/post/18295561
Those 4 items I listed are just really important to me, and really hate to give them up - so spoiled I guess.
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Originally Posted by skylab /forum/post/18296107
Does this support archiving content on blu-ray via a firewire or other conection?
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Originally Posted by HoustonPerson /forum/post/18295561
Those 4 items I listed are just really important to me, and really hate to give them up - so spoiled I guess. To me, those items are some of the major reasons to even have a DVR.
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Originally Posted by bfdtv /forum/post/18246613
Pressing and holding the ADVANCE button jumps to the end of the recording. If watching live TV on a delay, it jumps to the end of the live buffer (i.e. real-time).
Pressing and holding the REPLAY button jumps to the beginning of the recording. If watching live TV, it jumps to the beginning of the live buffer.
The TiVo places "tick" or chapter marks on the time bar at equal intervals. These tick marks are spaced every 15 minutes on live TV and recordings up to 3.0 hours, every 30 minutes on recordings 3.5 to 6.0 hours, and every hour on recordings 6.5 hours and longer. Each press of the ADVANCE button while fast forwarding will skip to the next "tick" on the time bar. Each press of the ADVANCE button while rewinding will skip to the previous "tick" on the time bar.
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Originally Posted by HoustonPerson /forum/post/18295561
Of course the current system I am using is TVGOS both good and bad. The TiVo would use the high cost internet both good and bad. There are always trade offs.
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Originally Posted by HoustonPerson /forum/post/18295561
bfdtv, have you had experience using the Sony DVR? If so, how does it compare from an operational standpoint?
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A Wishlist is a saved search that combines one or more keywords, title keywords, actors, and/or directors with a category (such as sports event) of your choice. Each word or phrase you enter as a keyword or title keyword requires an exact match unless a wildcard is used. Creating a wishlist with separate keywords will require both matches by default. If you want to make a title keyword, keyword, actor, or director optional or excluded, you can do that with boolean operators. Highlight the entry, select it by pressing OK, and then use the "Thumbs up" button to toggle between required (AND), optional (OR), and excluded (NOT), as shown in this screenshot .
You can choose to display the results of this search, or you can set the TiVo to automatically record all future matches on the channels you receive, regardless of the date, time, and channel. If autorecord is set, the wishlist continuously searches the guide data for matches to record in the background, without any intervention from the user. Programs recorded by each wishlist are organized into a single folder with a customizable name. As with any other season pass, you prioritize autorecord wishlists in Season Pass Manager so they do not interfere with your favorite programs. You can choose whether to record new (first-run) programs only, or new and repeat episodes; you can also set the number of programs to keep and whether to keep until space is needed or until you manually delete.
With the option to auto-record, these saved searches allow you create custom season passes to record specific events (or groups of events) whenever and wherever they are broadcast. It allows you to define the record parameters, rather than letting the guide do it for you based only on program title. This eliminates the need to keep up with TV schedules for pro and college sports teams; it also eliminates the need to keep up with the TV schedules for award shows, golf tournaments, tennis tournaments, racing events, etc.
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Originally Posted by bfdtv /forum/post/18258428
I don't think the SoC in the TiVo Premiere has DTS audio support. It should play 1080p MKVs with other audio formats at some point, although probably not at release.
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Originally Posted by Otis Widlflower /forum/post/18298998
Even if it supported DLNA/UPnP playback with a set list of supported codecs, that would be a massive win for me.. As long as the codecs were known, they could be plugged into, say, ps3mediaserver as a configuration plugin and have my i7 server do all the transcoding (via mplayer/tsmuxer)..
btw, is it confirmed that the traditional 30sec skip is supported on the Premiere with the traditional key sequence? Because the one thing Tivo could do that would have me ditch them immediately would be to irreparably f--k with 30s skip.
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Originally Posted by b_scott /forum/post/18299031
really? I never use the 30 second skip, it's not exact enough. I'm really good with the fast forward / play.
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Originally Posted by HoustonPerson /forum/post/18299386
This is how I use commercial skip. It does not matter if there is 15 seconds of commercials or 10 minutes (or more). For example, on American Idol kick-em-off show I think some of the commercials are often 10 minutes or more?.
So while watching a recorded show and a commercial comes on, I select fast forward at 30X speed (some shows are so bad I will select 90X), then when I see the show I hit Play, and the program will start where I want it to. The way I have the user controls set up, this means (for me-user definable), I may see from 0 to at most 15 seconds of commercials - I would say it is from 0 to 5 seconds of commercials 95% of the time.
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Originally Posted by Otis Widlflower /forum/post/18300013
Yep, 30s skip and then the 10s backtrack, been doin that for a long long time and it's probably the primary reason I haven't looked at cableco-provided DVRs.
I actually had an old VCR that attempted to do commercial skipping (presumably via sound levels or some overscan bugs or somesuch) but it never was reliable, and I find the 30s skip works just fine for me.
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Originally Posted by Otis Widlflower /forum/post/18298998
btw, is it confirmed that the traditional 30sec skip is supported on the Premiere with the traditional key sequence? Because the one thing Tivo could do that would have me ditch them immediately would be to irreparably f--k with 30s skip.
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Originally Posted by HoustonPerson /forum/post/18299386
So does the new TiVo have something like that for commercial skip?
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Originally Posted by b_scott /forum/post/18299031
really? I never use the 30 second skip, it's not exact enough. I'm really good with the fast forward / play.
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Originally Posted by HoustonPerson /forum/post/18299386
Thanks bfdtv you have been very helpful in answering my questions.
Based on what as been said; it appears the TiVo wishlist will perform about the same as the Sony Keyword or at least close enough. On all the other DVR's I have used you have to type in the keyword all-the-time which for me defeats the purpose.
Ok, on the TiVo you said:
>>>The TiVo Premiere adjusts the default behavior of the ADVANCE button somewhat. Every time you press the ADVANCE button, the TiVo fast forwards through a 30 second interval at high speed. Pressing the ADVANCE multiple times in a row queues added time. Press the button six times by hand (or macro) and the DVR fast forwards through 180 seconds at high speed. You can interrupt this at any time by pressing PLAY. The traditional 30 second "instant" skip is still available for those that want it.
I had forgotten the Sony has this feature-Advance, since I never use it. It basically matches what I have seen on all DVR's. The part that struck me as the most interesting in your statement was adjusts the default behavior. So let me try my question another way. This is how I use commercial skip. It does not matter if there is 15 seconds of commercials or 10 minutes (or more). For example, on American Idol kick-em-off show I think some of the commercials are often 10 minutes or more?.
So while watching a recorded show and a commercial comes on, I select fast forward at 30X speed (some shows are so bad I will select 90X), then when I see the show I hit Play, and the program will start where I want it to. The way I have the user controls set up, this means (for me-user definable), I may see from 0 to at most 15 seconds of commercials - I would say it is from 0 to 5 seconds of commercials 95% of the time. This has nothing to do with how long the commercial break was, etc. The screen shots below are in set up.
Pic 8154: All of these items are adjustable, but I will focus on just the Smart Cue Adjust
Pic 8155: For my 30X speed I have selected an automatic 30 second rewind, and for my 90X speed I have selected a 60 second rewind.
Pic 8156: Sony's explanation etc
Pic 8157: One of their helps on Advance Time Adjust, but I do not use that feature.
There are other adjustments on what I call transport controls Pic 8154; but to me the Smart Cue Adjust is one of the most important.
So does the new TiVo have something like that for commercial skip?
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Originally Posted by bfdtv /forum/post/18301679
You hit the FF button three times for 60x speed, and then you hit the FF button a fourth time (or PLAY) when you see the program. The TiVo autocorrects and skips backward, so you catch the last 1-5 seconds of the commercials without missing any of the program.
TiVo once allowed the user to adjust the skipback using remote codes, but they no longer allow that. They've settled on a liberal skipback tailored for those with average to below average reflexes. You should be fine with the default unless you have FPS-type reflexes and can't adapt.
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Originally Posted by aaronwt /forum/post/18302524
I'm glad the TiVo doesn't have a bucnh of adjustments like that. It would be a PITA having to adjust everything on my nine TiVos. then I would have to mess around with it constantly since I would know the settings are there. Sometimes having less adjustments is better.