In case you were wondering what’s next for TiVo , another leaked customer survey can give some indications. ZatzNotFunny has a number of screenshots, and the questions ask customers about their interest in a companion box that may sit in another room and stream live TV or recordings from the DVR on a second TV, in addition to their interest in a DVR with four tuners. Windows Media Center fans with four tuner InfiniTV setups or Moxi owners with three are unlikely to simply accept anything with less, and TiVo itself already ships a three tuner box for Virgin Media inside the UK while cable and satellite providers have largely stuck with two, making it a logical feature to overcome them on. Those weren’t the one features users were asked about, in addition they ranked items just like the ability to conceal SD versions of channels from the guide, browse recorded shows on every DVR from any box and other UI related options. TiVo is seemingly determining where it will allocate resources going forward and while we’d suggest enabling the second one core of that processor and lengthening the hot Premiere UI across all menus, they didn’t ask us. Look at the entire text of the survey a tipster forwarded to us after the break and notice if TiVo missed the rest you may want them to spotlight.
[Thanks, Anonymous]
(1) A companion device on your DVR. It allows a second TV (in another room) to observe live TV (in HD) and likewise watch the recordings out of your DVR.
(2) A 4-tuner high-definition DVR as a way to record as much as 4 shows at one time (and watch a 5th show it is previously recorded).
The second one question provided a more extensive list of features which we were to select those we thought interesting. Again, from that subset, we were to present numerical ratings that summed to 100.
(1) Sort your recordings by season and episode number. For instance, in case you recorded 20 episodes of The Simpsons in your DVR, this selection would assist you to browse and watch them from earliest season to latest.
(2) Mark on demand movies you desire to watch someday. Come again to that list later, if you find yourself able to watch and spot the entire movies you previously marked.
(3) For channels you receive in HD, automatically hide the quality definition versions from the onscreen program guide.
(4) When looking for a film or show, if it isn’t available to look at or record now, have an way to save this search and automatically record it if it becomes available someday.
(5) Customize an inventory of shortcuts in your favorite tasks (similar to: visit the quest feature, visit Netflix Instant) and access it using a dedicated button at the handheld remote control.
(6) Ability to observe recorded TV shows and flicks from any connected DVR at your residence, with no need to replicate the show to the DVR you’re using.
(7) From any individual DVR in your house, view a single, integrated list of *all* the television shows and flicks which were recorded on any DVR in the house.
(8) When trying to find a selected TV show or movie, whether it is not available from a channel or video provider I currently get, list alternative routes i’ll get it, comparable to subscribing to a premium channel or signing up for a further video provider (Netflix, Hulu)
(9) When a conflict prevents a show from being scheduled, suggest another DVR in the house which is available to record it.
(10) Find and record upcoming sporting activities by specific league or team.
(11) When browsing the onscreen program guide, see at a look what programs the DVR recommends for you according to shows and actors you have got enjoyed during the past.
(12) Organize and examine your recorded shows in numerous ways (to incorporate: shows you already started watching, all sports together, all movies together).
(13) Ability to determine a listing of live TV shows and films which can be : playing now, available on favorite channels, popular, liked by friends, or new.
(14) When attempting to find a film or show to observe, see the available programs ordered by time: What’s free & on straight away, from on demand, or should be would becould very well be recorded later this week.
(15) When putting in place recordings, display *all* conflicting programs and judge exactly which programs to record and which to skip.
(16) Deploy a recording for specific seasons of a TV show, as opposed to all episodes (e.g. record only Season 1 of Lost).
(17) Customize a catalogue of shortcuts on your favorite tasks (similar to: visit the hunt feature, visit Netflix Instant) and access it from the DVR’s main screen.
(18) Within the onscreen program guide, group channels affiliated with an analogous network (NBC, HBO, etc.) together inside the guide, even though they’ve got widely separated channel numbers.
(19) Record every episode of a TV show on every channel that it seems that on.
(20) View a three-line “mini Guide” while watching live TV, displaying 3 channels of program guide information at a time, in order that more of the show you’re watching is visible.
(21) Use search to locate a specific station (like HBO, NBC or ESPN). Selecting a channel from the outcomes takes you on to live TV for that channel.
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