S234 12-13-12
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Things I've noticed so far :-
- MANUAL TIMERS!!!
- Slight UI updates
- When you highlight recording folders, it now indicates how many are unwatched
- When you highlight an event on the guide, if the title doesn't fit within the time block, it will now scroll so that you can read the entire title.
- (not tested yet) Probably can now record OTA channels that have no guide data, since there are now manual timers.
- Maybe more things that I haven't found yet.
- MANUAL TIMERS!!!
- Slight UI updates
- When you highlight recording folders, it now indicates how many are unwatched
- When you highlight an event on the guide, if the title doesn't fit within the time block, it will now scroll so that you can read the entire title.
- (not tested yet) Probably can now record OTA channels that have no guide data, since there are now manual timers.
- Maybe more things that I haven't found yet.
Whenever you turn to a big 4 network it pulls in all 4 on one tuner, it isn't recording. The big benefit is that if someone at the Hopper wants to watch ABC and someone at the Joey wants to watch NBC, it only takes up one tuner. Once you change channels to a non big 4 network, that tuner will go back to normal on the TV Viewing Status screen. It's pretty neat and a good way to save tuners when viewing a big 4.
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I sure hope we all get S234 soon. I really want manual timers. Please report back on testing the manual timers. I want to know if it works right.
You can go to an OTA channel and highlight a show or a time block airing in the future and press select and the manual timer screen will pop up automatically. Or you can press the DVR button 4x followed by the green button to set up a manual timer.
Well it definitely works, however instead of the recordings being the name of the show, they are just the name of the manual timer (e.g. 182 DISC 8:05-8:07AM etc.) and the logo is just the generic channel logo. It's still a great start though. All the options that were on the 722 as far as manual timers are concerned are now on Hopper.
That is pretty darn neat!
Good to know! Can't wait for my Hopper with the OTA dongle to get the update.
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On demand content is now also available through What's Hot and the main menu layout changed slightly. You can now see 1/2 of the third row of icons on the main menu.
That sounds pretty helpful. It's going to be hard to explain to people but still a very helpful feature.
Just checked my Hopper in the showroom and it has the new software too. I turned the Hopper and Joey each on a different local channel and sure enough, it only took up one tuner.
Just the big 4.
I wonder if it's just the easiest way to capitalize on existing code, a KISS principle decision, or a hardware limitation on how many demux streams the box can handle.
Can you check and see if you can now ADD an individual ota station in the ota menu without having to scan? Like the Vip series does. If you can then the ota menu on the hopper will work similar to the Vip series, especially with the addition of manual timers.
