If you could add a feature to TIVO what would it be?

[occraig]

The box size the same as an xbox

[serial_port_me05]

Hulu
Caller ID without hack

[moonscape]

1. Be able to specific HD-only (or give preference) when auto-record from wishlist. Given a choice, my Tivo always picks the worst station.

2. Season passes that are program-specific across channels. I'm tired of separate season passes for the same program.

[bluelinex]

A Back up service for the TIVO hard drive. If & when it fails you can get everything back on the replacement drive. They could make it an add on service for people that want the security of knowing all for your recordings & settings are safe.

[vurbano]

1. Hulu

2. and the ability for scheduling conflicts to be assigned automatically to my 2nd TivoHD

3. The ability to stream recordings so you do not have to wait until the recording is finished recording before you can watch it on another unit.

[StanSimmons]

I want to be able to plug a RAID NAS box into the e-SATA port.

With cable companies setting copy protection on everything if you want to save a show it has to stay on your Tivo. Not only are you limited on space but Tivo HD's can and do fail loosing everything. I'd like to be able to expand my TiVo to a RAID NAS for added space and reliability.

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[showpony]

number 2 is a beauty!!! So is number 3 for that matter!!!
i Would also add FASTER MENUS! and in HD while you are at it.....
all of this WAITING for things to populate (ie. page down in guide, all the video/music stuff, oh and did I mention, the lag when entering show titles during a search!!!?? The human should be the bottleneck now with all the new programming and computing power.

1. Hulu

2. and the ability for scheduling conflicts to be assigned automatically to my 2nd TivoHD

3. The ability to stream recordings so you do not have to wait until the recording is finished recording before you can watch it on another unit.

[showpony]

Kill the 'send to VCR' option and replace it with 'send to PC' for those of us with desktop plus. What's a VCR anyway??

[bkdtv]

I want overlap protection (clipping) available as a series-specific setting. I want to turn off overlap protection (clipping) for cable shows that air multiple times during the week. I would also like the option to clip 30 minutes or more if necessary to record certain events, like sports.

Many of the sports events I record run for 2hr 30min during primetime, which inevitably creates a 30min overlap with higher priority network series. If it were possible to automatically clip 30 minutes off the beginning or end, that would allow my TiVo to record many more of these sporting events.

[ilkevinli]

Can we please show Live TV while in the Tivo menus !!

Im sure this has been stated in this post but I needed to mention it again. :)

[ryan87500]

The thing I hate the most is that if you accidentally change the channel you loose your 30 min of recording. I have many times been watching something in the 30 min record window and the channel changed by accident and then lost it.

[Stormspace]

The thing I hate the most is that if you accidentally change the channel you loose your 30 min of recording. I have many times been watching something in the 30 min record window and the channel changed by accident and then lost it.

The only way you'd lose it is if it's a suggestion. If you want to keep it, set it to record before you change channels. Then if you have a dual tuner unit it'll change the other tuner and not the active one.

[RoyK]

The only way you'd lose it is if it's a suggestion. If you want to keep it, set it to record before you change channels. Then if you have a dual tuner unit it'll change the other tuner and not the active one.

If he did that he wouldn't be "accidentally" changing channels now would he?

[Stormspace]

If he did that he wouldn't be "accidentally" changing channels now would he?

True. True. I guess if you don't want something deleting by accident you should just set it to record. :)

[scooterboy]

9. The previous channel button should always go back to the last program that was playing - whether live TV, a recorded show, etc. If I want to go do something in the menu while in the middle of watching something, that one button should take me back to where I was. Instead it seems I have to navigate back through the NPL to whatever I was watching (unless I am missing something??).
Yes, please! The Comcast HD DVR does this and it's great. And it does it for each tuner, too. So you can easily switch between 4 different programs, live or recorded.

If you're in live TV and hit the left arrow it will take you back to the last menu screen you were on. If you had gone from watching a recorded show to live TV it takes you directly to the resume playing screen for the show you were watching.

And if you had gone from watching a recorded show to a menu (like Program Search), that doesn't work at all.

[CraigRegs]

The ability to access Netflix content from within KidZone. Why on earth can't kids programming from Netflix be available in KidZone?

Craig

[gweempose]

I would really like the ability to manage recordings from remote boxes. I can't tell you how many times I've wanted to delete a show while viewing a remote Now Playing List. I can't for the life of me come up with a logical reason why they designed it so you can't do this. And it's not just the ability to delete shows that I'm interested in. I'd also like to be able to schedule recordings on remote boxes, adjust Season Passes, view remote TDLs, etc ...

[wackymann]

The features I would like most:

1. Single button toggle between recorded and live shows
2. The ability to watch ANY show from ANY Tivo in my house (i.e. MRV without copyright issues)
3. A third (or even fourth) tuner

[Worf]

In the next TiVo, I want one simple thing...

Hi-Def input.

We don't have CableCARDs because our legislators didn't have the will of the FCC, and our cable providers have banned Firewire output. So they push their crappy HD boxes around with sluggish interfaces and never-can-quite-make-it fast forward and rewind.

So if I can connect the HD box to the TiVo via component (or HDMI+HDCP), I'll buy one instantly, no matter the price.

[spammsmcghee]

I think that's probably where they're headed. Maybe Series 5 or 6 will have one. :-)

[occraig]

i wish they put the coax cable out back

[megory]

I wish they'd implement some of our suggestions, but it is clear they have NO intention of improving TiVo, just adding junk that at least I'm not interested in, to make their DVR look kewl to us fanboys and tivo junkies.

[bluelinex]

A back up service for the hard drive. If it fails you can replace the drive & get back all of your programs & settings. You can do this with a regular computer why not a TIVO?

[dbenrosen]

A back up service for the hard drive. If it fails you can replace the drive & get back all of your programs & settings. You can do this with a regular computer why not a TIVO?

Although TiVo has never come out against replacing/upgrading the hard drive, it is not something they expect most users to do and therefore have no need for the capability. Does Dell give you a place to backup your stuff when you buy a computer?

[innocentfreak]

Although TiVo has never come out against replacing/upgrading the hard drive, it is not something they expect most users to do and therefore have no need for the capability. Does Dell give you a place to backup your stuff when you buy a computer?

actually they do at least for the first year.

[aaronwt]

actually they do at least for the first year.


Enough space for the entire drive?

My DAD has 1.5 TB of space in his new Dell.

[gweempose]

Although TiVo has never come out against replacing/upgrading the hard drive, it is not something they expect most users to do and therefore have no need for the capability.What about someone who is replacing their TiVo with a new one because the old one broke? I would be happy if just my settings and Season Passes could be easily restored. My phone can automatically restore all my contacts, settings and apps. How hard could it possibly be for TiVo to implement something like this?

[SugarBowl]

Picture In Picture or Picture And Picture.

[empiretc]

Slingplayer app. It would be nice to view the slingbox through tivo.