Tivo suggestions thumbs down/up?

Just start with 1 for everything, meaning one up and one down. Then add additional ones to refine as you see the results, the suggestion algorithm is not as linear as you are thinking. Review thumbs once in a while to keep things aligned.

I only give three down for things I hate and know that I would hate anything similar. Infomercials are really the only thing I use it for.

 

Turn it off.

I loved it. For a while. Then the programs got so backed-up that there was no way I could store it all much less view it all. So I turned it off.

I still play with the thumbs so maybe I'll turn it on again to see what it thinks I might like. It is a great feature.

 

Nope. Suggestions do not take up capacity on the drive. They take up "free space" and there are no impacts on wishlists and 1Passes.

 

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Funny story - I started with 1 up or 1 down and I wasn't seeing any change in what it was suggesting. So then I changed to 3 up and 3 down and then the suggestions were mostly reruns of shows I liked. Now I am finally starting to vary the ratings to see if it can make good suggestions. Jury is still out.

One odd issue I have noticed with having two roamios is that it sometimes records the same suggestions on both of my roamios even though they do not share any one passes or thumb ratings. It's a little annoying and makes me feel like there are some shows that tivo is suggesting on purpose for promotional reasons. So I end up giving a kids show 3 up on the kids roamio and 3 down on my roamio so it gets the hint. Not an issue except when they record TVMA shows as suggestions on my kids roamio. Apparently suggestions are not impacted by parental controls.

 

Every time you tell the tivo to record a show without any thumb ratings it gives a single thumbs up. So, you could end up with more similarities than you realize.

 

I am aware of that, but none of the same shows have been recorded on both boxes. I also did a clear and delete thumb ratings and I also regularly check the thumb ratings from the option in the suggestions folder. Both these boxes are on the same account and we sometimes stream shows between them via our home network. Perhaps that influences suggestions?