Emergency Alert handling is almost perfect!

[pl1]

I was just watching a previously recorded David Letterman while a current David Letterman program was recording. I got rudely interrupted with an EAS (Emergency Alert System) message. A big black screen with a fog horn and scrolling words. When it was all done, I was dumped to live TV. But, my recording continued unscathed, and the program I was watching was saved where it cut in. DAMN GOOD WORK, TiVo!

EDIT: The reason I said Almost perfect is that I would consider it perfect if it would let me keep watching my previously recorded program without going to live TV. But, that's nitpicking. This is totally useable now.

[George Cifranci]

Cool deal! :up:

[EVizzle]

I am still waiting for emergency alert handling to simply scroll across the bottom letting you change the channel. Probably will never happen, but I can dream :)

[jrm01]

I am still waiting for emergency alert handling to simply scroll across the bottom letting you change the channel. Probably will never happen, but I can dream :)
As long as your government thinks that it knows better than you what you should be watching it ain't goin' to happen.

[pl1]

As long as your government thinks that it knows better than you what you should be watching it ain't goin' to happen.While I agree with your sentiment entirely, I'm sure there are plenty of people who have accused the Government of not doing enough to warn people of an incoming disaster. Just a guess there.

[Joybob]

While I agree with your sentiment entirely, I'm sure there are plenty of people who have accused the Government of not doing enough to warn people of an incoming disaster. Just a guess there.

I'd rather Tivo records the warning so I can be informed of the disaster on my own schedule.

/sarcasm

[Combat Medic]

While I agree with your sentiment entirely, I'm sure there are plenty of people who have accused the Government of not doing enough to warn people of an incoming disaster. Just a guess there.
Where was the EAS on 911?

[Wheens]

I'd rather Tivo records the warning so I can be informed of the disaster on my own schedule.

/sarcasm

Plus, with a few hits of the 30 second skip button, you can avoid any disaster completely!

[jrm01]

Plus, with a few hits of the 30 second skip button, you can avoid any disaster completely!
Or TTG them to computer, burn to DVD and mail to your mother-in-law. :rolleyes:

[Wheens]

Or TTG them to computer, burn to DVD and mail to your mother-in-law. :rolleyes:

Owned!!!

[TexasGrillChef]

I don't mind the Warnings if it is indeed a TRUE emergency...

And while I have no desire for my children or others to go missing...

Amber Alerts coming across my TiVo as an Emergency Alert ISN"T something I consider a TRUE emergency.

Doubt the missing kid is going to be popping into my living room.

TGC

[kb7oeb]

Where was the EAS on 911?

I read that frequently but what would have been gained?

[renkablue]

I would have LOVED to email this thread to my friends and family. I thought the humorous responses were so funny I was just rolling with laughter. The TIVO community members are GREAT.:D

[TexasGrillChef]

I read that frequently but what would have been gained?

Not much, because once the towers where hit... IT was IMMEDIATELY on EVERY Network station. Or at least it was within about 5 minutes.

So give credit to our National Network of TV stations & National News. They are on top of big things like 9/11.

TGC

[Zaphod]

I think I read this somewhere but I can't find it now. Is it true that if the Tivo is in Standby then EAS warnings will not interrupt any recordings in progress? If that's true, this seems like actaully a good reason to put the Tivo in Standby when not watching it. (Before this I was always with the camp that couldn't see a good reason for it.)

Oh, this is with a Tivo HD.

Thanks!

[Joybob]

I think I read this somewhere but I can't find it now. Is it true that if the Tivo is in Standby then EAS warnings will not interrupt any recordings in progress? If that's true, this seems like actaully a good reason to put the Tivo in Standby when not watching it. (Before this I was always with the camp that couldn't see a good reason for it.)

Oh, this is with a Tivo HD.

Thanks!

Well if we want to test this, we'll have to put our Tivos in standby then cause some sort of national disaster.

[drcos]

Amber alerts, OK, but a "Scheduled Required Test" ??
And Joybob needs to watch out for the thought police...

[bown]

I would really like it if when watching a PRERECORDED show than has an emergency alert in it, you aren't dumped back to live TV when the alert is over. Now thats just dumb!

[bown]

I read that frequently but what would have been gained?


Nothing! EAS has long outlived its usefulness. It will probably never be discontinued however. You know, 'cause it keeps us safe.

[pl1]

Nothing! EAS has long outlived its usefulness. It will probably never be discontinued however. You know, 'cause it keeps us safe.It all depends on where you live. If you are prone to severe storms like tornados, hurricanes and floods, I would think it is certainly important.

[visionary]

EAS should have been used in 9/11 because there are plenty of automated FM and AM stations on the air that would not have notified their listeners, and if you were in the area or on the road nearby and had one of those tuned in, you needed to know to leave. Yes, the TV had it covered, but even there I bet there were small stations in NY running movies and infomercials automated and those viewers also needed to know fast too.

[TexasAg]

Without getting into the debate about how and when EAS should be used, I am very happy that they fixed it so that the recordings resume. That was one of the very few things that the old Fios DVR did better when I first got an S3.

[wmcbrine]

Well if we want to test this, we'll have to put our Tivos in standby then cause some sort of national disaster.Heh.

One night, I was trying to watch a movie (on LiveTV), and I started getting hit with the test messages every few minutes. So I set the Tivo to record the rest of the movie, and put it in Standby. When I played it back later, there were no interruptions. I can't rule out the possibility that the tests had stopped then anyway, but it's suggestive.

[colin1497]

It all depends on where you live. If you are prone to severe storms like tornados, hurricanes and floods, I would think it is certainly important.

Bah, we're prone to severe weather in Oklahoma which means that local (network) TV is constantly interrupted. Annoying thing is NBC affiliate switches to SD when they do their crawlers and alert maps. Nothing sucks worse than getting home from a trip and watching Heroes in SD because there was a thunderstorm last week. OK, so there are things that suck worse, but that sure sucks...

[demon]

Have they fixed it so that the TiVo saves the last-position bookmark, at least, when dumping out of watching a recording? I've not received an emergency alert in months, but last time I did, I found that it forgot even where you were at if you were watching something previously recorded at the time. That was the most annoying part to me - of course, having recordings aborted because of it would be more maddening...

[bown]

Have they fixed it so that the TiVo saves the last-position bookmark, at least, when dumping out of watching a recording? I've not received an emergency alert in months, but last time I did, I found that it forgot even where you were at if you were watching something previously recorded at the time. That was the most annoying part to me - of course, having recordings aborted because of it would be more maddening...

I think so. When I went back to the menu and resumed the recorded program I was watching, it was right at the EAS signal. I 30 sec skipped just to make sure that it didn't dump me out again.