The "Simpsons" problem (where you really want the most recent episode but get stuck with conflicts in season passes or having to record ALL of the old syndicated shows) referenced by CmdrTaco actually has a solution. You can record manually just like a VCR. I like watching the most recent "JAG" and don't mind if it happens to store extra JAG's from syndications, but not at the expence of NEW showings of other things that I want to watch. You can go to "Pick Programs to Record" then "Manually Record Time/Channel" and set it to manually record the recurring new episode. As for the thumbs up, I have learned to use that sparingly, in fact I use it to attempt to compensate for one of the other situations mentioned -- it doesn't quite solve the precedence/preference value, but you can choose the one you REALLY want to watch with the MANUAL or SEASON PASS methods, and then put 3 thumbs up on your next choise, 2 on any others... Since I use the thumbs up sparingly this works for me, along with manually recording the current NEW episodes of shows, and then thumbs upping those so that the syndicated versions will give you more stuff when all else fails to be something you want to watch.
On a side note... Some other fun stuff....
Hit the "TiVo" button and then the digit "0"... it'll give you an animated TiVo cartoon... I other digits (like TiVo+2) get you shortcuts to things, 2 gets you directly to the 2-do 2-be-recorded screen.
I really enjoy my TiVo... Yes, it can be a bit sluggish, especially when you're recording live TV, watching something else which you had had previously recorded, and it happens to decide it's time to dial out for your daily schedule... I've also had a problem whenever my TiVo and/or DirecTV box looses power (which I fix by unplugging just the power to the DSS box), and the TiVo box has locked up maybe twice -- but I'm really happy with it.
As a techie I think it would be nice if it had an ethernet capability for retrieving programming, and possibly a firewire or other connector so I would know it could be expandable with more disk capacity.
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The TiVo sets its clock as one of the steps it does when it makes its daily calls and whenever it is requested to make a test call.
The "Simpsons" problem (where you really want the most recent episode but get stuck with conflicts in season passes or having to record ALL of the old syndicated shows) referenced by CmdrTaco actually has a solution. You can record manually just like a VCR. I like watching the most recent "JAG" and don't mind if it happens to store extra JAG's from syndications, but not at the expence of NEW showings of other things that I want to watch. You can go to "Pick Programs to Record" then "Manually Record Time/Channel" and set it to manually record the recurring new episode. As for the thumbs up, I have learned to use that sparingly, in fact I use it to attempt to compensate for one of the other situations mentioned -- it doesn't quite solve the precedence/preference value, but you can choose the one you REALLY want to watch with the MANUAL or SEASON PASS methods, and then put 3 thumbs up on your next choise, 2 on any others... Since I use the thumbs up sparingly this works for me, along with manually recording the current NEW episodes of shows, and then thumbs upping those so that the syndicated versions will give you more stuff when all else fails to be something you want to watch.
On a side note... Some other fun stuff....
Hit the "TiVo" button and then the digit "0"... it'll give you an animated TiVo cartoon... I other digits (like TiVo+2) get you shortcuts to things, 2 gets you directly to the 2-do 2-be-recorded screen.
I really enjoy my TiVo... Yes, it can be a bit sluggish, especially when you're recording live TV, watching something else which you had had previously recorded, and it happens to decide it's time to dial out for your daily schedule... I've also had a problem whenever my TiVo and/or DirecTV box looses power (which I fix by unplugging just the power to the DSS box), and the TiVo box has locked up maybe twice -- but I'm really happy with it.
As a techie I think it would be nice if it had an ethernet capability for retrieving programming, and possibly a firewire or other connector so I would know it could be expandable with more disk capacity.