Hoopnoop said:
I have a basic question regarding the EPG that comes with the Motorola HD DVR. Can you edit the guide to only show the channels that you want to watch? I couldn't do that with my Adelphia box and it's important to me. I just found out that I can get FIOS TV but before I do I wanted to get this questions answered.
Thanks!
Yes, you can edit the guide, and there is also a favorites guide. I switched from Dish and I can tell you that I am really hoping that Veizon is working on the entire menu system on these boxes. Here are some of the features that I miss from my old Dish HD-DVR:
1) 30 second commercial skip
2) Multiple personal guides/lists
3) Record seek from current show (I used to be able to select record and coose to record a full series or just that one show)
4) Search from the guide/list (you can do this, but you must first go to the menu)
5) Smooth fast forward and reverse (really hate the way this box does it)
6) Wide screen menu (robably the most annoying feature that is missing)
7) Actor names and start-stop times missing in the program infomation
8) On-screen opaque menu. Really miss this.
9) Menu does not cover full name of program. May be a font problem or something, but the menus from the Dish box were really easy to read and easy to undertsand. These are not.
10) Single TV unit as opposed to a multi room unit. I really miss this. I cannot record a show in my living room and watch it in the bedroom anymore, and visa-versa.
11) Last button on this unit ALWAYS switches my TV to another input rather than switching back to the last program I was watching. My Dish unit did not do this.
12) Inability to turn off and on both the Box and TV usig a single button. I have to press tv then off/on then cable then off/on each and every time. This is very confusing to anyone that visits or does not use the system much.
There are more but they just are not popping into my head at this time. I have asked the moderators to create a static thread for suggestions on programming and I guess that they are looking into it. In the mean time, if everyone wold express their suggestions onthis thread, perhaps they will see just how much we need a something static.