Re: Change the way the buffer is used...

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From: Bob [MVP] (bob_at_nospam.org)
Date: 03/12/05 

Date: Sat, 12 Mar 2005 06:09:24 -0500

I agree that it would be much better if it
worked as you described. 

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-Bob
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"EZRyder" <EZRyder@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:EECDA405-E854-4D86-9209-21EC1A19CD5E@microsoft.com...
> I'd like to know if there are any other people out there who think that there 
> is a basic flaw in the design of how MCE 2005 buffers their Live TV and ties 
> it to the EPG.
> 
> The problem is just like TiVo - and UNLIKE RePlay - where you can't pause 
> for more than 30 minutes.  that's problem one.  Problem two is that even if 
> you could, the whole buffering schema is driven by the EPG, which is a REAL 
> drag.  
> 
> PLEASE take a lesson from RePlay.  The buffer and the EPG are NOT linked 
> together.  When I hit Pause on my RePlay, I get a bar that tells me how much 
> recording time I have left, basically.  It'll say, "You have 18 hours 21 
> minutes and 12 seconds of Pause time left".  This means it can span MANY, 
> many shows - it's not tied to the EPG!!!   The Record button might be tied to 
> it - I'm not real sure, but the Pause isn't and the Rewind isn't!!  And 
> shouldn't be.
> 
> This alone is causing me great grief with my wife, who likes to rewind back 
> several programs - on a daily basis.  She doesn't want to record everything 
> and then have to delete it.  She's not even sure she wants to watch the 
> program.  She just likes the FREEDOM of being able to just put the thing on a 
> channel she likes and once in awhile rewind back a show or two.
> 
> I have to now sell her on all the other benefits of MCE, when she really 
> doesn't CARE about the other benefits.  She just wants her rewind time, 
> period.  the fact that perhaps I can change a registry setting to go back 2 
> hours is a start, but if you can't go back past the current show, it's not 
> everything she's used to with RePlay.  
> 
> MS: Help me out here.  I want to keep the TWO units I have, and I need 
> SOMETHING that says you guys are going to fix this.  Somehow, I doubt it, 
> because it's a total change in the way you work, but... throw me a bone here. 
> Please.
> 
> If anyone else agrees, please support this.

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