TiVo General TiVo Discussion Part 2 - Page 188

HDFootyMan · 25-04-2011, 15:45

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Originally Posted by passingbat

So what I don't understand is why, for SD, you get Tivo to upscale from 576 to 720 and then get your TV to upscale it again from 720 to 1080?

Every time you upscale, you lose picture quality, so doing just one upscale operation from 576 to 1080 in Tivo should be better.

If you could get Tivo to output 576 for SD, then your TV could upscale from 576 to 1080 and you would only be using one upscaling process.

Then it would come down to which is the best upscaler; your TV or Tivo.

Using an extra upscaling operation doesn't make sense to me, and theoretically should produce worse results.

Well, I always got my V+ HD to output at 720p. Why? Because that resolution is better for fast-moving action, especially sports. Some US sports channels actually broadcast at 720p for that reason. And 720p looked great on my V+ HD on my Full HD TV when viewing HD content.

I tried 1080i on my V+ HD and I couldn't tell the difference between that and 720p for HD content. Ditto now from the TiVo.

At the end, you have to trust what your eyes tell you.

devilincarnate · 25-04-2011, 15:46

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Originally Posted by denphone

As sherlock said once that l am most grateful for this information.

passingbat · 25-04-2011, 16:04

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Originally Posted by Lew

I would have thought that the menus would look pretty rubbish at 576i/576p though.

If the menus are in 576, then that's what they are in and nothing can be done about it. It's working out the best path to upscale them so that they look their best when output on a 1080 pixel TV.

whoareyou · 25-04-2011, 16:56

The pic on SS1 Soccer Scores is awful at the moment. Much worse than the V+ next door

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Does Tivo warn you when youve programmed to record 3 progs at once like the V+? or does it assume you will not watch live tv and allow the 3 tuners to record leaving you to figure it out?

devilincarnate · 25-04-2011, 17:02

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Originally Posted by whoareyou

Does Tivo warn you when youve programmed to record 3 progs at once like the V+? or does it assume you will not watch live tv and allow the 3 tuners to record leaving you to figure it out?

It will ask you to change the channel if it is one that you watching and have not set to have set to be recorded.

whoareyou · 25-04-2011, 17:06

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Originally Posted by devilincarnate

It will ask you to change the channel if it is one that you watching and have not set to have set to be recorded.

But it wont warn you when your programming them?

devilincarnate · 25-04-2011, 17:10

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Originally Posted by whoareyou

But it wont warn you when your programming them?

I do not know that? As when it happened to me I was recording 2 and then the box decided to record a suggestion and that is why it asked.

carlwaring · 25-04-2011, 17:23

No, I don't think it does.

devilincarnate · 25-04-2011, 17:41

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Originally Posted by carlwaring

No, I don't think it does.

Yes the box did, and also I have just tried after having Bee movie playing on BBC HD and recording it twice?

Either I am going mad or this is happening?

HDFootyMan · 25-04-2011, 18:09

I'd love to know why TiVo sometimes asks me if its OK to use a tuner for a recording when I'm already watching a recording, with 2 tuners free.

It should just do it already, Man-Up, and stop being so darn timid:

"Errrr.......I know you're watching a recording, and as such, you're no longer using that tuner, you know, the one you were using to watch SSN, but....can I use that tuner to make....erm, a re-re-recording? Please?"

Do it already!

spiderplant · 25-04-2011, 18:28

Apparently it's because you have used one or both of the other tuners recently and it thinks you might want what it is buffering. It's aimed at people who watch two (or more) channels at the same time, flicking between them and rewinding if it's an interesting bit.

HDFootyMan · 25-04-2011, 18:31

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Originally Posted by spiderplant

Apparently it's because you have used one or both of the other tuners recently and it thinks you might want what it is buffering. It's aimed at people who watch two (or more) channels at the same time, flicking between them and rewinding if it's an interesting bit.

Aaaaahhhh. That explains it.

Thanks.

carlwaring · 25-04-2011, 19:08

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Originally Posted by devilincarnate

Yes the box did, and also I have just tried after having Bee movie playing on BBC HD and recording it twice?

Either I am going mad or this is happening?

Sorry. My reply was to the question "does Tivo warn you when you set three recordings at once" and the answer is "no it doesn't. it just sets all three recordings up".

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Originally Posted by HDFootyMan

Aaaaahhhh. That explains it.

Yep. I wondered about that too

devilincarnate · 25-04-2011, 19:12

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Originally Posted by carlwaring

Sorry. My reply was to the question "does Tivo warn you when you set three recordings at once" and the answer is "no it doesn't. it just sets all three recordings up".

Ok cheers for that Carl, you may need to start quoting the posts that you mean to stop the confusion

jagsman · 25-04-2011, 19:17

If I press "Record" during a show, will it record the entire show, or will it only record it from the point you started recording?