Why would I want to do this?
Because you have a second TiVo in the bedroom and the little green light keeps you up all night. (Actually, I just dimmed it.)
Willow: Yes. Hi. You must be Angel's handsome, yet androgynous, son. Connor: It's Connor. Willow: And the sneer's genetic. Who knew?
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Betsy HP - Mar 29, 2005 12:24:54 pm PST #2229 of 10003
If I only had a brain...
Gandalfe - Mar 29, 2005 1:06:20 pm PST #2230 of 10003
The generation that could change the world is still looking for its car keys.
Why would I want to do this?
Because you want to totally immerse yourself in the movie you're watching, and those lights just take you completely out of it?
DXMachina - Mar 29, 2005 1:23:40 pm PST #2231 of 10003
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
Because the glare of the lights keeps washing out the picture from the little secret spy camera in the front of the TiVo.
Stephanie - Mar 29, 2005 2:34:53 pm PST #2232 of 10003
Trust my rage
I've seen this discussed in the past but I never cared that much before because I didn't have a Tivo. Why does my Tivo record the same Daily Show over and over and over when I have it set to record only "first run" TDS?
I'm guessing there is some glitch with Comedy central, but is there any way around it?
§ ita § - Mar 29, 2005 2:36:54 pm PST #2233 of 10003
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
It's a glitch with the program listings, Stephanie. The listings are all identical, and in those situations where TiVo can't tell, it grabs everything.
Sometimes the listings include the guest name, and then it'll only record it the once. I assume this is because Comedy Central doesn't supply the right listings to whoever TiVo pulls from.
I've not worked out anything other than manually fixing it.
le nubian - Mar 29, 2005 2:40:23 pm PST #2234 of 10003
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
I have to manually fix it. I used to have it record TDS and only keep 1 episode on the Tivo. But I only do that if I can watch the show right away. Which happens never these days.
Hil R. - Mar 29, 2005 2:48:35 pm PST #2235 of 10003
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
It seems like they usually have the listings right when it's a week with new shows, but they have the ones with no guest listed when it's a week of reruns. I'm not positive that's what it is, though.
Stephanie - Mar 29, 2005 2:57:39 pm PST #2236 of 10003
Trust my rage
Sometimes the listings include the guest name, and then it'll only record it the once.
Thanks - this explains some of my confusion. Last week I was getting just a few copies (and I noticed the guest names were included). This week, I've been getting the same episode over and over. It seems like I've been getting the same one 3-4 times a day.
DebetEsse - Mar 29, 2005 3:55:47 pm PST #2237 of 10003
Woe to the fucking wicked.
You can set it to manually record the showing you want (ie-record by time/channel rather than going through the To Do list), but that's about it.
Fred Pete - Mar 29, 2005 4:34:47 pm PST #2238 of 10003
Ann, that's a ferret.
You can set it to manually record the showing you want (ie-record by time/channel rather than going through the To Do list), but that's about it.
Confirming. That's what I do with The Simpsons to make sure I only get the new eps.