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An Offer Tivo Owners Can't Refuse
An anonymous reader pointed us to this little tidbit. The BBC paid Tivo (company slogan: "TV Your Way") to force owners' boxes to record some new program they wanted to push, which looks incredibly exciting. UK Tivo owners seem a little upset.
I fail to see what the big hoopla is about, or why this is even posted to Slashdot. After all, this isn't even the first time that this has happened.
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No, it doesn't. The thread mentioned above, covers this in detail in TiVo's response ....
Alison
"It is a miracle that curiosity survives formal education." - Albert Einstein
From the TiVo FAQ:" In 2.5, there is a unofficial, undocumented way to turn on 30 second skip. This will turn the "skip to end" (->|) button into 30 second skip. However, this means you will lose the current functionality of that button, including skip to tickmark while in RW/FF. To try it, enter the following sequence of buttons: Select-Play-Select-3-0-Select. The code will toggle 30 second skip off/on so enter it again to switch back if you don't like it. Also, after any reboot, the button will revert to original standard functionality." This seems to work best if you do it when a prerecorded program is being played...
No it doesn't force you to play it. It doesn't even force you to *record* it. It will only record it if it's doing nothing else. It does not take up any recording space allocated to the user. In fact the only intrusion is that you get an extra choice in your menu of recorded programmes
Now, this is a scheme for them to make money with minimal intrusion. I honestly can't see anything wrong with this as it is not intrusive in the slightest
Again, read the article
Here's a little tidbit for those of you with the same kinds of gripes about Sheryl Crow.e bruary/001372.html
http://darwin.codefab.com/pipermail/random/2002-F
That link provides a list of TiVo Backdoor Codes.
To remove the clips from a TiVo 2.5 unit, first enable Backdoors by entering "B D 2 5" (one space between each character) into the 'Search By Title' and pressing ThumbsUp.
After enabling Backdoors, enter the following code from the ToDo List:
- Thumbs Down, Thumbs Down, Thumbs Up, Instant Replay
This will put all those little clips from TeleWorld into the ToDo List and will allow you to delete them.
Granted, this doesn't free up any space for you, but it at least deletes the entries for BestBuy and Sheryl Crow from the Showcases. Maybe even from the main menu (I don't know because mine is already gone).
Just a bit of info for those fellow TiVo users.
if you pause it it starts recording what you were watching. you stated yourself that it will not record the promo if you are already recording something...
Actually, you misunderstand. TiVo is always recording a 30-minute buffer of the current channel. This 30-minute buffer is also outside the 30-hour space because of this. If you pause live TV, it doesn't begin recording. It's always recording. In fact, you can rewind live TV. Pausing live TV just stills the last image on the screen, and "bookmarks" your place in the buffer. If you leave it paused for more than 30 minutes, it'll unpause and start playing the buffer from the beginning (the spot you bookmarked)
I believe that if the TiVo is paused when it wants to change the channel, the default is 'yes' if you scheduled a recording, and 'no' if it's making a suggestion. Don't know how it handled this situation for the promo.
My main point is that there's a difference between the live buffer and an actual recording. TiVo is recording the 30-minute buffer 24/7; and, to be clear, it's always the last 30 minutes of the current channel. If you change channels, the buffer is wiped instantly.
Some people have a way with words, and some people, um, thingy.