No warning. I was watching a channel, and then I was watching a different channel.
Another Stupid DVR Trick: Last Friday, the box failed to record SGU and Monk. The recording log offered its usual useless explanation. I've learned that when malfunctions start to accrue, a manual reboot is often the solution, so I did that on Saturday morning. After that, I ordinarily get at least a couple of weeks of normal [sic] operation. But then I got home on Monday evening to find that, while both shows were programmed, Heroes was recording and House was not. So I had my first experience with "play from beginning." Screwed up my evening viewing plan, but at least I didn't have to wait eight days to see House online. On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 1:50 PM, Joe Hass <[email protected]> wrote: > > On my (single-tuner) TiVo, one minute before a program will record, I > get a message that informs me of the channel change and gives me the > choice to change the channel or leave it there and cancel the > recording. Does the device give you *any* sort of warning before it > changes the channel? > > As for the workaround: speaking as someone whose job it is to avoid > making users have to come up with workarounds (which was my thought), > you have my sympathy. Sadly, I've learned in the more than two years > I've been doing this that not many companies think about that kind of > stuff. Those that do are raved about. > > On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 12:03 PM, Jon Delfin <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I don't think the machine is aware of my intent. >> >> Granted, I could set channel A to record while I'm watching it live, >> and that would force the switch from B to C to occur in the >> background. (Maybe. What if I'm watching two consecutive shows on >> channel A, 9-10 and 10-11? Does the foreground channel stay put at 10? >> I should try this out.) >> >> I bristle at having to devise my own workaround to compensate for >> poorly designed software. >> >> On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 11:39 AM, Joe Hass <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> In this situation, would you know in advance you would watch Program >>> A? Or are you stumbling upon it and deciding to watch? >>> >>> On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 11:30 AM, Jon Delfin <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> Meanwhile, if anybody knows how to prevent the foreground channel from >>>> changing when two consecutive (non-overlapping) shows are programmed >>>> to record, please let me know. (In other words: Watching channel A. >>>> Programmed to record, a show on channel B from 9 to 10, and a show on >>>> channel C from 10 to 11. At 10:00, channel A switches to channel C, >>>> thus interrupting my viewing. What should happen: the background tuner >>>> should switch from channel B to channel C.) >>> >>> > >>> >> >> > >> > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
