My method is essentially the same (I have a Series 2 so there is no HD
option). I do make use of Basic quality. My Favorite TV show is Jeopardy
however there really is no visual content of Jeopardy, it is just Alex
Trebek standing there asking people questions. I record Jeopardy in
basic quality because I do not care about the video and would like to
conserve disk space.
Ken G.
Glen Farney wrote:
>
>
> There are a few ways to control how much space any given show takes up, and
> when it gets deleted. There is really no way to prioritize the shows for
> deletion like there is for recording... but consider the options you set
> when you set up your season pass.
>
> How many episodes you save...
> Save until you delete vs. until space required.....
> First runs vs repeats vs all programs.....
> Recording quality (best, high, medium, basic, HD)
>
> The most dangerous combination to your hard drive is "save all programs
> including repeats until I delete". Sure way to wipe out everything else
> when that Simpons marathon comes on and fills up your drive in a day, and
> for what, reruns ? Also, there's an option to "record all episodes". Be
> very cautious with this one as it does two things, it records EVERY showing
> of the show, repeats, reruns, first runs, AND it moves that season pass to
> the top of your list, making sure it records every episode. You'd be
> shocked how often Simpons is on every day.
>
> Of course your space is dynamic with the quality setting. Basic sucks, it's
> no better than a decent VCR, and that's not why I spent the money on a
> Tivo.
> Medium is good for general broadcast, but still a bit weak compared to most
> cable signals. I find High works pretty well for most shows. Best might be
> used for some things, and it does get used for anything you're watching off
> broadcast, and then decide to record it (it can't switch recording quality
> in the middle of the show, since you watch "live TV" at Best quality,
> that's
> what it records at). If space is limited, you might change the record
> quality of shows so they take up space appropriate to your desires. Long
> events might get bumped down in quality to conserve space.
>
> I have a couple of setting combos I use...
>
> First, almost everything is at High quality, I have the space. For my
> upgraded HD box, I can get 100 hrs at Best, 160 hours at High, 213 hours at
> Medium, and 409 hours at Basic. I was using an upgraded S1 box prior which
> had 80 hours at High (188 hours at basic), and we managed ok with that, so
> 160 hours at the same quality is a huge amount of idiot box time to have
> available. Be very selective about what you save in HD quality, it will eat
> up your drive space very quickly.
>
> Save until I delete, first runs, keep all episodes..... this is for the
> shows I have to watch. Stuff like 24, ER, CSI and Law and Order.
> Generally, these are the only "save until I delete" on the disk.
>
> Next down the season pass list are shows like Stargate, and a variety of
> other stuff on the cable networks, ones that tend to repeat the showings a
> few times during the week. Tivo should be able to resolve conflicts between
> two shows if another showing is available, but it wasn't programmed that
> way
> last I knew. If you set up Stargate (which shows 2-3 times during the week)
> at a higher position than some other network program that shows only once,
> it will record Stargate at the first available showing, even if it means
> not
> recording the network show. By placing the order carefully, you can avoid
> this. I'll set these up the same as the previous set, save until I delete,
> first run, and keep all episodes.
>
> Next set are shows I like, but won't commit to watching unless I feel like
> it, stuff like Modern Marvels, Pinks, Good Eats, stuff that gets repeated
> often on the various cable channels, where previous episodes aren't
> important to the next, and it's simply lower priority than the shows I
> really like. These get recorded with the options of first run, until space
> needed, and keep 5-10 episodes. This keeps a limited number of the shows on
> the drive, and typically they get replaced by another episode of the same,
> so it's a rolling selection of these shows. If I spot one in the now
> playing list I just have to watch, I'll change it to "save until I delete"
> for that episode.
>
> The lowest of all are some repeats of shows I just like to have.... similar
> to comfort food for me, shows I've seen, background noise for doing some
> other task with the tube on. These I tend to keep only 5 episodes, save
> until space needed, and repeats. It keeps those 5 episodes available for
> me.
>
> Also, turn on tivo suggestions for a while, let it full up the remainder of
> the drive with stuff. Go through periodically and give the thumbs rating to
> stuff like, dislike, and check out some of the suggestions. There was a
> cute article a while ago called "My TiVo thinks I'm gay"... what does your
> TiVo think of your viewing habits. For me, this is more about the afore
> mentioned "drive space meter", since TiVo doesn't have one, it's your only
> real way to know how much space you have left at any given time (or the
> recently deleted folder). Tivo will NEVER delete one of your requested
> shows to record a suggestion, and will Never record a suggestion rather
> than
> one of your season passes or requested recordings.
>
> And of course it's nice to go through the "pick a program" menu, select
> "movies", and start with 0 (zero), and scroll through all the movies that
> are playing over the next two weeks. Pick a bunch to have on the disk if
> you have the space, and in addition to your normal series, you'll have some
> movies to sit down to. Doing this will also kick up movies on the
> suggestion list.
>
> Glen
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Steven Hawkins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> <mailto:hawkins1of3%40yahoo.com>>
> To: <[email protected] <mailto:tivocentral%40yahoogroups.com>>
> Sent: Friday, December 28, 2007 2:26 PM
> Subject: RE: [TiVo Central] HD TiVo
>
> > These are all shows I deem 'unimportant', if I 'save until I delete' all
> > of my programs then it wouldn't record new programs. It's not that I
> mind
> > so much that they got deleted, I just wish I knew which programs were
> > deleted so I could make a note of which ones to re-record at a later
> date.
> > My 'important' shows I keep until I delete, it's just annoying not
> knowing
> > which of the 'unimportant' shows have been deleted..
> >
>
>
