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Dolfid
10-06-07, 02:27 PM
Anybody know of a way to delete Showcase items - what does the expiration date do - do they self destruct on that date?

Thanks...
Tom Robertson
10-06-07, 02:30 PM
Yes, they self destruct at expiration or if replaced by DIRECTV command. Besides that or a complete reformat, there is no way for us to delete them.

That said, they are stored in reserved space so don't take any space you would be able to use anyway.

Cheers,
Tom
Indiana627
10-06-07, 02:50 PM
I have the NFL week 1 highlights and it does not list an expiration date like all the other showcases. Since it first downloaded, the week 2 and 3 highlights came and went as they had an expiration date. Week 4 is currently listed but it too has an expiration date. Will week 1 ever be deleted? Seems to have been a goof on D* part. I wonder if they're even aware? Or maybe they haven't figured out a way to fix it?

I assume this is true for everyone else's showcases?
HolmesCo
10-06-07, 02:54 PM
I have the NFL week 1 highlights and it does not list an expiration date like all the other showcases. Since it first downloaded, the week 2 and 3 highlights came and went as they had an expiration date. Week 4 is currently listed but it too has an expiration date. Will week 1 ever be deleted? Seems to have been a goof on D* part. I wonder if they're even aware? Or maybe they haven't figured out a way to fix it?

I assume this is true for everyone else's showcases?

I've never even looked at my Showcases since maybe the first week they had it, Nascar or something as I recall. Never even think of it.
rmartinj
10-13-07, 09:24 AM
I want to know if there is a way to have the showcase turned off. I am having problems recording one channel while viewing another.Anyone know if this is possible
Tom Robertson
10-13-07, 10:06 AM
I want to know if there is a way to have the showcase turned off. I am having problems recording one channel while viewing another.Anyone know if this is possible

Showcases should not interfere with watching or recording. They are supposed to remain behind the scenes.

Are you getting a "Tuner Conflict" screen all the time when you're recording one thing and trying to watch another show? Perhaps the receiver no longer thinks it has two tuners? Or are both satellite cables hooked up?

Cheers,
Tom
Racer88
10-13-07, 12:56 PM
I still have all 5 weeks of NFL ST highlights. Don't see any expiration dates listed anywhere. Navigating the list is extremely slow and laggy as well.
Old Guy
10-13-07, 01:48 PM
I've had some success with using the - button (to the left of the zero) twice.

It took out the NASCAR and NFL highlights.

YMMV
mtnagel
10-14-07, 04:02 PM
I still have all 5 weeks of NFL ST highlights. Don't see any expiration dates listed anywhere. Navigating the list is extremely slow and laggy as well.Oddly, I only have 3 weeks worth. They are all listed with an exclamation mark within a triangle. I also have an NFL Blitz Week #2 that was recorded on 9/20.

And my list if very sluggish as well.

I also have the DOD welcome video that says it expired on 9/9, but yet it's still there.

Showcases are screwy.
rmartinj
10-14-07, 04:14 PM
Showcases should not interfere with watching or recording. They are supposed to remain behind the scenes.

Are you getting a "Tuner Conflict" screen all the time when you're recording one thing and trying to watch another show? Perhaps the receiver no longer thinks it has two tuners? Or are both satellite cables hooked up?

Cheers,
Tom
Reboot my reciever all is well now thanks :)
FlyBono24
10-27-07, 06:40 PM
I've had some success with using the - button (to the left of the zero) twice.

It took out the NASCAR and NFL highlights.

YMMV

Doesn't work on mine.... :mad:

I've still got a "Welcome to DirecTV Plus" video, some stupid NASCAR crap, and the whole first week of NFL highlights with no expiration dates!! :mad:
Racer88
10-27-07, 07:19 PM
Well I now have 7 weeks of expired NFL ST crap.
A guide Category Sort of Sports > Football now renders 18 pages of this crap before actually getting to something I really am looking for.
Showcase navigation is now akin to watching paint dry.

Oh and obviously nobody with power to do anything about it gives a flip.
waynebtx
10-29-07, 03:20 PM
Is there a way to get rid of the show cases trired of all this NFL bull i keep getting and could care less about.
Greg Alsobrook
10-29-07, 03:22 PM
http://www.dbstalk.com/showthread.php?t=103449
Renard
10-29-07, 03:26 PM
Is there a way to get rid of the show cases trired of all this NFL bull i keep getting and could care less about.

You can delete them if they are in a folder, by pushing the "-" key twice, on the bottom left. But once you delete it, it will come back, your HR20 will record it once again. Showcase doesn't take your available disk space, it's recorded on a different part of the disk.
I now it's annoying, but there is nothing you can do :nono2:
rabi
10-29-07, 03:28 PM
If you have nothing in your My Playlist, I bet you could do a Menu>Help&Settings>Setup>Reset>ResetEverything to clear them out...
Stuart Sweet
10-29-07, 03:31 PM
I would simply suggest if they bother you, that you not look at that tab. Deleting them will not net you any usable space.
Ramalama
10-30-07, 10:37 AM
I would simply suggest if they bother you, that you not look at that tab. Deleting them will not net you any usable space.


I agree with you in theory, but this latest one we got - some sort of MINIVAN advertising just takes the cake. No amount of double -- would get rid of any of them before so I did not bother to try, but WTH is it with advertising cars?????? I don't care about nor am the least be interested in some stupid minivan commercial.
RunnerFL
10-30-07, 11:39 AM
I agree with you in theory, but this latest one we got - some sort of MINIVAN advertising just takes the cake. No amount of double -- would get rid of any of them before so I did not bother to try, but WTH is it with advertising cars?????? I don't care about nor am the least be interested in some stupid minivan commercial.

These types of showcases are not new, they were always on the DirecTivo's as well for years.

Just don't go into Showcases if you don't want to see them.
Tiebmbr
10-30-07, 11:47 AM
These types of showcases are not new, they were always on the DirecTivo's as well for years.

+1, and you were never able to delete THEM either...

I am wondernig, if that area is allocated specifically for automatically recorded content, is it a physical and separate partition on the disk? IE, will re-formatting erase the Showcases too, or only the area accessible for recording by the user?
RunnerFL
10-30-07, 01:30 PM
+1, and you were never able to delete THEM either...

I am wondernig, if that area is allocated specifically for automatically recorded content, is it a physical and separate partition on the disk? IE, will re-formatting erase the Showcases too, or only the area accessible for recording by the user?

Reformatting kills the showcases, but they do come back.