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Thanks, le nubian! I got that wrong in my head for no apparent reason and then couldn't correct without buffista sanction.
Eta: I don't have official Tivo anymore, but I do like Liese and make "doesn't have multiple showings" -> higher priority. Why do so many shows I like have to run over by 1 or 2 minutes, anyway?
Because networks are douches and they know you're timeshifting. Even though most DVRs are now clipping, as far as I know, they seem to want to continue to punish the viewer, as opposed to the DVR companies who would theoretically have suffered if shows didn't record.
Now everyone has a problem, because if you're watching live you still miss stuff changing channels.
My current inattentive workaround is to schedule the shows that repeat more lower on the priority list even if it's a lie.
I hate lying to computers.
Computers should be like lawyers and therapists, you can tell them the worst and they still are supposed to help.
However, I do think being able to say "take later showings within x days of initial airing instead of a clipped showing right away" or "don't skip the only episode of a lower rated show to catch one of multiple airings of a higher rated show. Some sort of "get it eventually (later but not mad later)" setting. I'd implement for a few things, especially when the cable channels get flooded with 3-5 run showings and then slink off into the night.
I would love a DVR with the capability of figuring out the best way to get all of the shows I want.
I would love a DVR with the capability of figuring out the best way to get all of the shows I want
Given the things our fucking phones can do....is it really that challenging? The volume of input is huge--let's say 21 days x 48 half hours x 400 channels--that's a big number to juggle, but when you restrict it to the number of showings of the items in someone's season pass...come on!
I wonder if any of the open source solutions do that. I'd be kind of disappointed if personal ingenuity hasn't solved something like that. Fuck Siri--this is useful, and it's important. More important than where I can get soup.
Given the things our fucking phones can do....is it really that challenging?
I wouldn't think so. Maybe there's something complicated not about figuring out how to catch the shows I want but about getting that information to the dvr? Because it's not that complicated to figure out how to get most of my shows recorded. Certainly I end up doing it all of the time. But it'd be nice if I didn't have to.
I would love a function on Tivo that alerted you to conflicts and let you know what they were so that you could pick. Now, it records the two highest rated shows on the Season Pass list. But, sometimes I would make a different choice, say between a re-run and a first run show, or if a show was going to repeat later.
Given the things our fucking phones can do....is it really that challenging?
I feel like this really screws me up! My expectations for logic in every other device (why doesn't my gps watch just automatically keep track of the miles?!) is ott. I just bought one of the few consumer level sous vide rigs on the market and I feel like I bought a computer in 1979. I practically have to program this thing using math.
OTOH, writing this on the ipad took multiple attempts, so we're not in heaven yet.
My DirecTV TiFaux (this is an old one, I've had it for 5 years, not one of the new-fangled record-five-shows-at-once ones that I assume bypasses this problem by recording everything) marks the shows that have been cancelled for conflict in my "To Be Recorded" list so it's easy enough to swap what's recorded or to search for upcoming episodes of whatever's not recorded. But it would be even nicer if it took the next step and did the searching for me (which, honestly, it sometimes does but I don't know why it doesn't always and don't trust it to suddenly decide to work that way in between when I look at the list and when the recording needs to happen).
Have yet to make my monitor purchase...the one I have has been holding on by a thread.
Does this seem like a good deal? Or a too good to be true deal?
That one is probably fine. AOC is a discount brand, but at that price even if it only last a few years it's a great deal.