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Friday Free-for-all
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So has this been a great week for shows or what?! I’ve been really happy with them so far. I have to be honest with you all, though, I’ll be glad when it’s Monday-Thursday shows again. This has shifted my whole friggin’ schedule!
When we moved into Loftgasm, we ended up going from using a TiVo Series 2 to the Time Warner DVR with HD capabilities to go with our new HDTV. The idea was that we could record HD television which we can’t do on our TiVo Series 2. Bad idea. Not only is the Time Warner DVR much harder to navigate than the TiVo, but on one occasion, it didn’t record ‘The Colbert Report.’ Oh. Hell. No. It’s been about a month or so of giving the Time Warner DVR a chance, but it just wasn’t working, so we’ve scraped the money together to get the Tivo HD (refurbished). We should be receiving it later this week and be fully functional by Thursday. And this is what’s so cool – the Time Warner HD DVR shows HD channels at 1080i and regular TV at 720p … including ‘The Colbert Report.’ Stephen is pink – oh my! But TiVo HD translates all shows into 1080i and makes everything look high-def. Whoo! So I’m excited about my new shiny toy!
So here’s my question to you for this week: How do you primarily watch ‘The Colbert Report?’ Do you watch it live? Do you DVR/TiVo it and watch it the next day? Do you watch it all online? Are you from a country other than the US and watch it through Bit Torrent? I’d love to hear what everyone has to say, seeing as how we’re what the bidness calls “Power Watchers” of the show. As for me, most days I watch the show live. However, on occasion I have to be a grown up and get to bed at a reasonable hour (two whole times this week!!!), so the show is on Season Pass on my DVR and will again be on Season Pass when I get my TiVo.
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TiVo Tip
Posted by: | CommentsI’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: You’ll pry my TiVo out of my cold dead hands. Loves me some TiVo. So I got this message today as a TiVo Tip, and thought I’d pass it on to other TiVo users:
WishList(r) Search Suggestion: De-dupe Your Now Playing List
Even more remarkable than the truth behind “My TiVo gets me” is the inspiring fact that many of you truly get the real genius of TiVo, and why a cable DVR couldn’t even begin to compare.
If you like The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, you know what happens when the show takes a week or two hiatus: Your DVR records lots of repeats because they stop listing the guests for each night. Why? When the networks don’t provide unique guide data, TiVo can’t determine if the show is new or a repeat, so it records them all to play it safe. Waste space and/or manual recordings no more! Martin T., from the Web’s most beloved TiVo community forum, exercised the new-and-improved TiVo WishList(r) feature to get us our daily Jon Stewart, without the three extra servings. Here’s how:
1. Go to Find Programs, and create a new WishList(r) search.
2. Enter the show title as your first Keyword: Daily Show with Jon Stewart.
3. Select “Done entering Keyword.”
4. Next, select Keyword again, this time entering the generic program description (the following is the generic descriptor for Daily Show): A humorous slant on top news stories.
5. Now give it a Thumbs down. (By default, your first Keyword gets a Thumbs up.)
6. Set the WishList to “Auto-record” with “First-run only.”
7. Delete the old Season Pass recording for Daily Show.
So what just happened? You’ve instructed your TiVo DVR to record all new episodes and ignore episodes with generic guide data. No more reruns. No more multiple recordings. And if two of your tuners are busy at airtime, TiVo will choose to record a later show. Ahhhh…
“In addition to working very well for The Daily Show and The Colbert Report,” explains Martin. “I use the above method for an ongoing ‘Amazing Race’ WishList search that will automatically record each new season, but ignore generic reruns, as well as ‘Saturday Night Live’ and ‘Conan O’Brien’ WishList searches that ignore generic, late-night reruns.”
h/t to a very cute boy who forwarded this to me. Thanks honey!
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