7.2.2 - How have suggestions improved?

[TerpBE]

When my Tivos upgraded to 7.2.2, the message said that the suggestions feature has been improved. Does anybody know the details on how in changed? I assume the algorithm was improved, but I'm curious spefically what is different.

[stevel]

TiVo has been reticent to provide details other than to say they think it's better. They don't publish details in general on how Suggestions work.

[ab3tx]

Hey! First Post! (Long time, first time, though...)

Purely anecdotal, but my suggestions seem to be leaning more towards non-season pass related shows after the upgrade.

Before 7.2.2, it would probably be 75% SP-related/25% LiveTV-related and now it's 50% SP/40% Live/10% ???. I don't know where those 10% of shows are coming from unless I turned onto a related show by accident and it picked up on that immediately after the upgrade with no other data to use. Hopefully the 10% will go away as I do more live watching and the algorithm gets better data.

[Fraser+Dief]

I woke up today to find 7.2.2 installed overnight. I found "Beautes Deseperes" recording, the french version of Desperate Housewifes. This despite the fact I have three thumbs down on Desperate Housewifes and anything resembling it. I pretty much only watch movies, hockey, and game shows. :)

There's also 150+ items from the last month in the Recently Deleted folder, which surprises me. And annoyingly, the most recent stuff is at the bottom, and it takes a few minutes to get to the bottom.

edit: found the skip ahead button takes me to the bottom of the list. Complaint retracted.

[TerpBE]

It would be nice if they counted thumbs for movies to be more like "record movies like this" than "record this movie". If I give a movie thumbs up, I've probably already seen it and don't need to record it, but I would like similar things suggested.

[Moebius]

From what I've seen, they opened up the suggestions a bit to go further away from SPs and just things you have thumbed. I've had a larger assortment of things, and a definate increase in movies. So far I give it a :up: (couldn't resist), I've even discovered a couple new things.

[ChuckyBox]

From what I've seen, they opened up the suggestions a bit to go further away from SPs and just things you have thumbed. I've had a larger assortment of things, and a definate increase in movies. So far I give it a :up: (couldn't resist), I've even discovered a couple new things.

I've had the same experience. More movies and a wider variety of programming. It's kind of fun since suggestions should help you explore new shows, not just get ones it already knows you like.

[megazone]

It would be nice if they counted thumbs for movies to be more like "record movies like this" than "record this movie". If I give a movie thumbs up, I've probably already seen it and don't need to record it, but I would like similar things suggested.Uh, that's exactly how it works, and always has.

When you give something a Thumb Up, or Down, that rating is distributed by category and sub-category, actors, directors, etc. So if you gave Raiders of the Lost Ark a positive rating, it would bump up Harrison Ford, Steven Speilberg, and probably Movies and Action Adventure. (I have no idea if that's the right sub-category.)