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11-06-2009, 01:04 PM
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Fringe?
I've heard reports that Fringe was new last night. Did anyone successfully record it?
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11-06-2009, 01:37 PM
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Mine completely missed it. Argh! How did this happen?
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11-06-2009, 01:49 PM
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Fox's website posted that Bones and Fringe would be new since there was no Game 7. I checked TiVo's online guide around 7:00 PM ET and it was still showing Game 7 on Fox. I had to do manual recordings of both.
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11-06-2009, 01:50 PM
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I wish somebody had posted a heads-up here. Oh well.
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11-06-2009, 02:12 PM
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the other thread, FOX SHOWS ON THURSDAY" was a heads-up, and reported all of this, with appropriate warnings of the game being listed even though the shows were on, etc.
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11-06-2009, 02:18 PM
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Nope, I missed it. I did watch it on Hulu today though.
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11-06-2009, 02:29 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by generaltso
I wish somebody had posted a heads-up here. Oh well.
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I think there was a post here the other day warning that IF there was no Game 7, FOX had said there would be new episodes. Having seen that, I refreshed my TiVo program data a few times until it saw last night's schedule change.
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11-06-2009, 02:50 PM
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I was traveling and missed it also.
Sigh...
I guess, I'll have to catch it online.
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11-06-2009, 03:24 PM
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11-06-2009, 03:57 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Church AV Guy
the other thread, FOX SHOWS ON THURSDAY" was a heads-up, and reported all of this, with appropriate warnings of the game being listed even though the shows were on, etc.
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You're right, it was posted there. I guess it didn't catch my attention without the program names in the title. My bad.
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11-06-2009, 05:58 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by generaltso
You're right, it was posted there. I guess it didn't catch my attention without the program names in the title. My bad.
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Knowing the information was posted is not much comfort though since, as you said, you missed the programs. 
Sigh...
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11-06-2009, 06:13 PM
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FOX should do something nice, like re-air the episodes on Saturday....
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11-06-2009, 06:31 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Church AV Guy
Knowing the information was posted is not much comfort though since, as you said, you missed the programs.
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True enough. I guess I'll have to get it elsewhere.
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11-06-2009, 08:24 PM
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My DVR recorded it and the listing says Fringe. I have Verizon FiOS so I'm not sure why their guide here in Metro DC was updated and Tivo's wasn't.  |
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11-06-2009, 08:32 PM
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Tivo's was updated, but only if your Tivo connected after the update had been made Thursday afternoon. I forced a connection around 5pm and picked up the change. If I hadn't done that I'd have missed it because my Tivo connected early Thursday morning and wasn't to do so again until Friday.
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11-06-2009, 09:06 PM
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Oops! Sorry. Yes, I forgot about that aspect of the Tivo. (It's been a while since I switched service providers.)
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11-07-2009, 01:33 AM
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Yeah, I guess most people missed it - I too didn't read a topic entitled "Fox on Thursday" after all, with TiVo, I don't know when a show comes on anymore.
I guess that's one way networks and stations can screw with DVRs still, though not too much because it's a surefire way to kill all ratings for a show. Many a show has been cancelled because no one can find it on at a regular time - keeps moving in the schedule.
I wonder if the Fringe episode was filler because most people would probably miss it?
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11-07-2009, 10:05 AM
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My cable DVR always had the non-baseball programming listed for each night and changed those listings to baseball once it was known there would be games 5 and 6. Looks like TiVo's not always the most intuitive option.
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11-07-2009, 11:04 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by generaltso
I've heard reports that Fringe was new last night. Did anyone successfully record it?
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I have both TiVo DVR's AND Directv DVR's. The Diectv DVR's all showed the correct listing for Fringe.
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11-07-2009, 11:24 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by vegaspl
I have both TiVo DVR's AND Directv DVR's. The Diectv DVR's all showed the correct listing for Fringe.
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I can confirm that my DirecTiVo device picked it up too. Seems the guide data for DirecTiVos and DirecTV devices updates more often.
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11-07-2009, 12:18 PM
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Fringe already has low enough ratings, it sure doesn't need our DVRs missing recording it due to guide data "confusion". I checked with a friend who has a cable service DVR and Fringe recorded just fine. How embarrassing, given that we are suppose to have the top-of-the-line DVR in the industry.
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11-07-2009, 07:59 PM
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I had intended to record The Office on my Mac, but when I saw Fringe was new and imminent, I set my Mac to record it instead and let The Office record in SD on another TiVo.
But Fox had a Broadcast Flag set to "Copy Once" on the showing (presumably because MLB wanted it if it was airing) and the final recording wouldn't play.
I ended up watching it and Bones from Fox's website today.
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11-07-2009, 09:06 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by cogx
Fringe already has low enough ratings, it sure doesn't need our DVRs missing recording it due to guide data "confusion". I checked with a friend who has a cable service DVR and Fringe recorded just fine. How embarrassing, given that we are suppose to have the top-of-the-line DVR in the industry.
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I thought it was EXTREMELY dumb of Fox (big surprise) that they aired new eps when it wasn't certain they would until less than 24 hours before hand. The only reason they did is because of November sweeps.
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11-07-2009, 10:06 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by cogx
Fringe already has low enough ratings, it sure doesn't need our DVRs missing recording it due to guide data "confusion". I checked with a friend who has a cable service DVR and Fringe recorded just fine. How embarrassing, given that we are suppose to have the top-of-the-line DVR in the industry.
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One advantage cable providers have is a full-time direct connection to the cable box. TiVo can't do that.
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11-08-2009, 01:00 AM
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I guess that may be a future TiVo update... continuous guide data updates if you're on broadband.
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11-08-2009, 03:31 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Bierboy
I thought it was EXTREMELY dumb of Fox (big surprise) that they aired new eps when it wasn't certain they would until less than 24 hours before hand. The only reason they did is because of November sweeps.
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The average person is far less aware of schedule updates than we are. Why would Fox expect ratings worthy of a sweeps month with less than 24 hours notice to the viewing public?
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11-08-2009, 06:18 AM
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Originally Posted by tivogurl
The average person is far less aware of schedule updates than we are. Why would Fox expect ratings worthy of a sweeps month with less than 24 hours notice to the viewing public?
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But the average person is probably also far less aware of whether there's a new episode this week, and would tune in at the time of their usual shows habitually (or check the newspaper listings in the morning, or whatever).
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11-08-2009, 07:53 AM
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A quick review of the ep: "AWESOME"
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11-08-2009, 11:59 AM
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I think it can be purchased from Amazon as well in HD if you missed it.
Yes, Hulu and abc.com are "free" but you can only watch on your PC without resorting to a lot of tricks to capture and put on your Tivo.
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11-09-2009, 06:06 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Rob Helmerichs
But the average person is probably also far less aware of whether there's a new episode this week, and would tune in at the time of their usual shows habitually (or check the newspaper listings in the morning, or whatever).
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Well, apparently that didn't happen reliably... the numbers were off by a third from the previous episode and the show's lowest ever.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Fringe_episodes
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