NEW SKY+ EPG...!!!
#31
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The main thing that really boils my **** with the SKY EPG is this...
Say you are watching ch 520 - Discovery....
You watch your prog - or get bored halfway through, so you hit 'GUIDE' again to see what else is on...
WHY, oh WHY does it start back at 101? - I want it to show me where I am currently in the guide, I like that section of programmes - I want to see all programmes around it...
It boils my **** - or is it just me?
I used to have the MS Media Center Live TV guide and it did this (stayed where you are in the guide) and the whole household *really* misses this feature now we have Sky HD.
Say you are watching ch 520 - Discovery....
You watch your prog - or get bored halfway through, so you hit 'GUIDE' again to see what else is on...
WHY, oh WHY does it start back at 101? - I want it to show me where I am currently in the guide, I like that section of programmes - I want to see all programmes around it...
It boils my **** - or is it just me?
I used to have the MS Media Center Live TV guide and it did this (stayed where you are in the guide) and the whole household *really* misses this feature now we have Sky HD.
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I love this new system.
Thw wife mistakingly deleted a program of mine the other night and was quite sheepish when she told me.
I made her suffer for a good couple of hours before I told her about the undelete function!
Thw wife mistakingly deleted a program of mine the other night and was quite sheepish when she told me.
I made her suffer for a good couple of hours before I told her about the undelete function!
#33
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The main thing that really boils my **** with the SKY EPG is this...
Say you are watching ch 520 - Discovery....
You watch your prog - or get bored halfway through, so you hit 'GUIDE' again to see what else is on...
WHY, oh WHY does it start back at 101? - I want it to show me where I am currently in the guide, I like that section of programmes - I want to see all programmes around it...
It boils my **** - or is it just me?
I used to have the MS Media Center Live TV guide and it did this (stayed where you are in the guide) and the whole household *really* misses this feature now we have Sky HD.
Say you are watching ch 520 - Discovery....
You watch your prog - or get bored halfway through, so you hit 'GUIDE' again to see what else is on...
WHY, oh WHY does it start back at 101? - I want it to show me where I am currently in the guide, I like that section of programmes - I want to see all programmes around it...
It boils my **** - or is it just me?
I used to have the MS Media Center Live TV guide and it did this (stayed where you are in the guide) and the whole household *really* misses this feature now we have Sky HD.
#34
The main thing that really boils my **** with the SKY EPG is this...
Say you are watching ch 520 - Discovery....
You watch your prog - or get bored halfway through, so you hit 'GUIDE' again to see what else is on...
WHY, oh WHY does it start back at 101? - I want it to show me where I am currently in the guide, I like that section of programmes - I want to see all programmes around it...
It boils my **** - or is it just me?...
Say you are watching ch 520 - Discovery....
You watch your prog - or get bored halfway through, so you hit 'GUIDE' again to see what else is on...
WHY, oh WHY does it start back at 101? - I want it to show me where I am currently in the guide, I like that section of programmes - I want to see all programmes around it...
It boils my **** - or is it just me?...
I have the Home Theater Master MX-500 URC and have programmed macros for the Planner's "Recorded", "Viewed" and "Delete" menus. And also for "On Demand".
Last edited by joz8968; 16 November 2012 at 03:36 PM.
#35
Yes I agree.. Anytime is now a complete waste of time! Nothing at all in the entertainment, docs or kids channels.. just all ppv movies!
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The main thing that really boils my **** with the SKY EPG is this...
Say you are watching ch 520 - Discovery....
You watch your prog - or get bored halfway through, so you hit 'GUIDE' again to see what else is on...
WHY, oh WHY does it start back at 101? - I want it to show me where I am currently in the guide, I like that section of programmes - I want to see all programmes around it...
It boils my **** - or is it just me?
I used to have the MS Media Center Live TV guide and it did this (stayed where you are in the guide) and the whole household *really* misses this feature now we have Sky HD.
Say you are watching ch 520 - Discovery....
You watch your prog - or get bored halfway through, so you hit 'GUIDE' again to see what else is on...
WHY, oh WHY does it start back at 101? - I want it to show me where I am currently in the guide, I like that section of programmes - I want to see all programmes around it...
It boils my **** - or is it just me?
I used to have the MS Media Center Live TV guide and it did this (stayed where you are in the guide) and the whole household *really* misses this feature now we have Sky HD.
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I'm not at all happy about that update! I must have had it a while ago, but no comms from Sky. Had a failed recording last night, said it had run out of disk space, but planner showed 67% free. However, the deleted section had about 150 programmes in it!
So, despite what the planner says is free space, the deleted proges still take up space.
Watch out for that one!
Geezer
So, despite what the planner says is free space, the deleted proges still take up space.
Watch out for that one!
Geezer
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I'm not at all happy about that update! I must have had it a while ago, but no comms from Sky. Had a failed recording last night, said it had run out of disk space, but planner showed 67% free. However, the deleted section had about 150 programmes in it!
So, despite what the planner says is free space, the deleted proges still take up space.
Watch out for that one!
Geezer
So, despite what the planner says is free space, the deleted proges still take up space.
Watch out for that one!
Geezer
I have failures all the time , freezes alot and series linked stuff unlinks. Another thing i found , if a program runs over its time slot , the planner doesnt adjust. So if you have set to record and the show before runs over , it will miss off the end !
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Are u sure this is right ? Hope not ! The only reason i delete stuff is to free up space.
I have failures all the time , freezes alot and series linked stuff unlinks. Another thing i found , if a program runs over its time slot , the planner doesnt adjust. So if you have set to record and the show before runs over , it will miss off the end !
I have failures all the time , freezes alot and series linked stuff unlinks. Another thing i found , if a program runs over its time slot , the planner doesnt adjust. So if you have set to record and the show before runs over , it will miss off the end !
Go into TV guide, options, Sky+ setup
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Yeah , i know that. But when i was recording Preditor , Million Pound Drop over ran by 15 mins , so i had to record the program AFTER Preditor (some crap film) to ensure i got the end , which luckily it did. The problem is i cant keep it on my planner (the whole reason i recorded it) as the film is split across two recordings !
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Are u sure this is right ? Hope not ! The only reason i delete stuff is to free up space.
I have failures all the time , freezes alot and series linked stuff unlinks. Another thing i found , if a program runs over its time slot , the planner doesnt adjust. So if you have set to record and the show before runs over , it will miss off the end !
I have failures all the time , freezes alot and series linked stuff unlinks. Another thing i found , if a program runs over its time slot , the planner doesnt adjust. So if you have set to record and the show before runs over , it will miss off the end !
When I delete large HD or 3D prog from the planner the percent used goes down, but obviously that space isn't freed as it's in your deleted folder.
Pretty poor really.
Geezer
#46
I think what it does is prioritise...
I.e. if you have progs in the 'DELETED' section and you're running out of space when a recording/s are in progress, then it will automatically and permanently delete some of those progs (as required) from the 'DELETED' section, so as to free up the requisite space - rather than stop the recording/s.
This is what I experienced the other day. (And I'm not talking about the preferences in Setup neither, as I've ALWAYS had that set to 'MANUAL').
Annoyingly though, when you do send progs to the 'DELETED' menu, the planner's memory bar indicates that the available disk space has increased - obviously by the cumulative amount of the file/s sent into 'DELETED' - when clearly this can't be/isn't the case. As that would mean it would have a perpetual memory!!
Misleading.
Poor effort, Sky.
I.e. if you have progs in the 'DELETED' section and you're running out of space when a recording/s are in progress, then it will automatically and permanently delete some of those progs (as required) from the 'DELETED' section, so as to free up the requisite space - rather than stop the recording/s.
This is what I experienced the other day. (And I'm not talking about the preferences in Setup neither, as I've ALWAYS had that set to 'MANUAL').
Annoyingly though, when you do send progs to the 'DELETED' menu, the planner's memory bar indicates that the available disk space has increased - obviously by the cumulative amount of the file/s sent into 'DELETED' - when clearly this can't be/isn't the case. As that would mean it would have a perpetual memory!!
Misleading.
Poor effort, Sky.
Last edited by joz8968; 19 November 2012 at 12:38 AM.
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I think what it does is prioritise...
I.e. if you have progs in the 'DELETED' section and you're running out of space when a recording/s are in progress, then it will automatically and permanently delete some of those progs (as required) from the 'DELETED' section, so as to free up the requisite space - rather than stop the recording/s.
I.e. if you have progs in the 'DELETED' section and you're running out of space when a recording/s are in progress, then it will automatically and permanently delete some of those progs (as required) from the 'DELETED' section, so as to free up the requisite space - rather than stop the recording/s.
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I know you'll lose all the sky specific channels but I'm kind of hoping it'll go to a freesat PVR?
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I like it.
But when you go to permanently delete from the DELETED section, I'd also like to see an, "Are you sure you want to delete this programme?!" confirmation question... So that you get '2 bites of the cherry', so to speak.
Last edited by joz8968; 19 November 2012 at 06:55 PM.
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