[pburleson]

I've seen some posts about this, but I wanted to make sure I was clear:

The R-15 can not have two (or more) SLs setup for a program with the same name on two different channels?

For me, the program in question is Friends, which airs here in the DFW area on The CW and also on TBS. I setup a SL for the TBS airing, then tried to setup one for The CW airing and everything appears cool, but I when to check the ToDo list and I got nothing.The ToDo list is just the TBS entries. Although I am able to setup manual recordings of Friends on The CW and they record just fine.

Seems odd to me the R-15 can recognize the programs are different for manual (like it takes the channel number into account) but doesn't have the ability to differentiate for SLs.

Does the HR-20 have this same limitation? I have it in the other room, but it's mostly for first run stuff.

On a slightly related note, Search by Title ( at least on the HR-20 ) doesn't seem to take into account the channel number either when selecting. I searched for Mad TV and found the local airing on Channel 4 KDFW, but when I selected that match in the search results, I was presented all showings all week from reruns on Comedy Central. I had to page like crazy to get to Saturday's showing. Seems when I select a particular title on a particular channel, the next step should be to show airings on that channel.

Thanks,
Patrick

 

[Earl Bonovich]

You are correct... the R15 can not do this.
The HR20 does not.

The search results... you are correct... when you enter the 2nd screen, you are re-presented with all the channels.

 

[pburleson]

You are correct... the R15 can not do this.
The HR20 does not.

The search results... you are correct... when you enter the 2nd screen, you are re-presented with all the channels.

Thanks Earl.

I've been pretty happy with both my R-15 and HR-20 as I don't seem to be having all the problems others are seeing.

I think these two things, while not show stoppers, are pretty annoying from a DVR perspective.

Keep up the great work and crack the whip on those DTV guys.

 

[dlt4]

I'm new to the R15 forum and I have been unable to determine what "SL" stands for. Would somebody please enlighten me?

 

[Larry Daughtrey]

SL= Series Link

 

[pburleson]

I want to bring this thread back up to see if maybe this has been fixed in either the R-15 or the HR-20/21.

I'd love to be able to record the same program on two different channels. This mostly applies to shows in syndication.

Thanks,
Patrick

 

[qwerty]

I want to bring this thread back up to see if maybe this has been fixed in either the R-15 or the HR-20/21.

I'd love to be able to record the same program on two different channels. This mostly applies to shows in syndication.

Thanks,
Patrick

Nope, at least not the R15. I don't know about the R20.

You can, however, do a search and set up an autorecord for friends.

 

[MikeR]

It can be done on the HR20 now. I have WonderPets setup on 298 and 299, it puts both programs in the same folder, keeping the recording setup for each channel. Nice.

I don't know when this changed (had the HR20 since july), but I had never tried it before last month because of my R15 experience.

 

[SDizzle]

The HR20 used to not do this, thus the reason I cancelled shows like this.....I will need to try and re-add a show with the same name tonight and see how the 20 acts now......

 

[dmurphy]

I think these two things, while not show stoppers, are pretty annoying from a DVR perspective.

Keep up the great work and crack the whip on those DTV guys.

To that end - please, visit the R15 Wish List that's in my signature below and vote! The only way DirecTV is going to know what you want from the R15 is to tell them ...

Thanks!

--Dennis

 

[dbmaven]

To that end - please, visit the R15 Wish List that's in my signature below and vote! The only way DirecTV is going to know what you want from the R15 is to tell them ...

Thanks!

--Dennis

I'll give you a general one, Dennis.

All of the functionality of the HR20 software should be extended to the R15.
One single, consistent user interface for the D* family of DVRs.
Obviously, there will have to be some functional differences - but they should be menu item deletions. For example, there won't be DOD on the R15. The menu choice should be deleted, or better yet for the developers, just hidden - so that it doesn't appear on the R15. Everything else should be identical, where ever possible, without exception.

 

[dmurphy]

I'll give you a general one, Dennis.

All of the functionality of the HR20 software should be extended to the R15.
One single, consistent user interface for the D* family of DVRs.
Obviously, there will have to be some functional differences - but they should be menu item deletions. For example, there won't be DOD on the R15. The menu choice should be deleted, or better yet for the developers, just hidden - so that it doesn't appear on the R15. Everything else should be identical, where ever possible, without exception.

Agreed!

I understand that the majority of the time and effort has been spent on the "flagship" HR20 receiver. Now that it's relatively stable, maybe there can be some variety of synchronization between the two platforms? I know it's *never* as easy as that, but so long as the UI side is the same, it really shouldn't matter what the underlying OS does.

Personally - and this is just my view - I think that keeping the firmware purely in flash and not on the disk drive is very limiting. There's only so much you can do in limited flash space. The disk drive gives you lots and lots of room for other "stuff". Now, I'm not a programmer, and don't even play one on TV, but if it were me, I'd develop some variety of abstraction such that the UI and high-level elements are byte-for-byte identical across the platforms, but the underlying hardware interaction could be different.

Maybe put the "common" pieces on disk, and the abstraction layer in the firmware? A massive engineering effort, to be sure, but I would think it would pay huge dividends when done ...

It's easy for me to sit here and play armchair engineer, but the truth of the matter is that I'm sure DirecTV has their best & brightest on the job, all of whom are a lot better at consumer electronics design than me! (Then again, their janitor probably is too!)