Yea the ui's of cable and tivo all suck in my opnion but i just wanted you to know the options are there :) i i miss me some sagetv/myth
On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 10:58 AM, C. Hatton Humphrey <[email protected]>wrote: > > I didn't realize that those options were embedded in the menu system. > That speaks volumes to the lack of a well designed UI that I've had > this box for over 9 months, looked for these options and could not. > > On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 11:42 AM, Bill Wheatley <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > As a customer of timewarner now and comcast because their DVR does allow > you > > to > > 1) Record new shows only, record new shows and repeats, and record > > duplicates > > 2) Record on one station or record on any station > > > > Both these options are under the advanced series recording options and > the > > default is to record new and repeats. > > And the default is to record on the channel you are currently selected > on. > > > > Explore a little i prefer sagetv over tivo and cable dvr boxes but no > > biggie. Sagetv was sweet i could say record anything with william shatner > > that was always fun. > > > > > > On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 6:07 AM, C. Hatton Humphrey <[email protected] > >wrote: > > > >> > >> > I have become more and more impatient and angry with Comcast's lack of > >> > quality when it comes to their UI on their DVRs. Seriously, who > >> > designed this piece of shit? > >> > >> If it's anything like Time Warner's box, a room full of monkeys, half > >> on uppers and the other half on downers. > >> > >> > competition...USABILITY! I have used DirecTV's DVR before, and it is > >> > light years from the crap that Comcast stuck on us. > >> > > >> > Is this too much to ask? > >> > >> Yup, and I'm in complete agreement! The fact that the system cannot > >> be programed to record "only new" shows (like DTV's), it's > >> inflexibility to record a show on "any channel at any time" are > >> frustrating. Their concept of a "navigation system" would get a > >> person walking across the street! > >> > >> That said, there are features that Time Warner offers that I really > >> like. The abundance of "On Demand" programming, the ability to "Start > >> Over" on some shows, the glut of HD channels and caller ID on the > >> screen make up for the UI's problems to a small degree. The cost > >> difference makes up for the res > >> > >> > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:289924 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
