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08-17-2005 at 01:52:56 PM

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My wife has recently started complainng of Tivo being slower.
That is, when she selects GUIDE or TIVO CENTRAL it takes a few seconds
for the display as opposed to nearly immediately a few months ago.
I can find no info about this. Any ideas?

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08-17-2005 at 06:37:30 PM

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In article <syFMe.6787$rc6.2124@fe03.lga>,
J Lunis <jay.lunis@gmail.com> wrote:

> My wife has recently started complainng of Tivo being slower.
> That is, when she selects GUIDE or TIVO CENTRAL it takes a few seconds
> for the display as opposed to nearly immediately a few months ago.
> I can find no info about this. Any ideas?

As the machine gets filled up with programs it will run a tad slower.
Sometimes a restart helps.

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08-17-2005 at 10:34:12 PM

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J Lunis <jay.lunis@gmail.com> writes:

> My wife has recently started complainng of Tivo being slower.
> That is, when she selects GUIDE or TIVO CENTRAL it takes a few seconds
> for the display as opposed to nearly immediately a few months ago.
> I can find no info about this. Any ideas?

This has been widely experienced since the upgrade to 7.x
software. There are plenty of people complaining about it on the
Tivo Community bulletin boards, so I can't imagine Tivo doesn't
know about it.

http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/

Darrell

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08-17-2005 at 06:40:48 PM

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Jack Zwick wrote:
> In article <syFMe.6787$rc6.2124@fe03.lga>,
> J Lunis <jay.lunis@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>>My wife has recently started complainng of Tivo being slower.
>>That is, when she selects GUIDE or TIVO CENTRAL it takes a few seconds
>>for the display as opposed to nearly immediately a few months ago.
>>I can find no info about this. Any ideas?
>
>
> As the machine gets filled up with programs it will run a tad slower.
> Sometimes a restart helps.

Well, I thought of that. Deleted all programs except for 4 hours on an
80Hr DVr. Still slow.

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08-17-2005 at 04:06:33 PM

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"J Lunis" <jay.lunis@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> My wife has recently started complainng of Tivo being slower.
> That is, when she selects GUIDE or TIVO CENTRAL it takes a few seconds
> for the display as opposed to nearly immediately a few months ago.
> I can find no info about this. Any ideas?

Have you implemented the (unsupported) "30 second skip" backdoor? I've
noticed when that unsupported feature is active, I have the same problem
with slowness that others complain about. If the 30 second skip is not
active, the interface is zippy.

Rather than give up the 30 second skip, I'll live with the slowness!

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08-18-2005 at 12:19:54 AM

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In article <jMJMe.36070$_41.21089@fe02.lga>,
J Lunis <jay.lunis@gmail.com> wrote:

> Jack Zwick wrote:
> > In article <syFMe.6787$rc6.2124@fe03.lga>,
> > J Lunis <jay.lunis@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> >>My wife has recently started complainng of Tivo being slower.
> >>That is, when she selects GUIDE or TIVO CENTRAL it takes a few seconds
> >>for the display as opposed to nearly immediately a few months ago.
> >>I can find no info about this. Any ideas?
> >
> >
> > As the machine gets filled up with programs it will run a tad slower.
> > Sometimes a restart helps.
>
> Well, I thought of that. Deleted all programs except for 4 hours on an
> 80Hr DVr. Still slow.

An excessive number of Wish Lists or season passes can also slow things
down.

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08-18-2005 at 03:19:39 PM

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Joe Kaffe wrote:
> "J Lunis" <jay.lunis@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:syFMe.6787$rc6.2124@fe03.lga...
>
>>My wife has recently started complainng of Tivo being slower.
>>That is, when she selects GUIDE or TIVO CENTRAL it takes a few seconds
>>for the display as opposed to nearly immediately a few months ago.
>>I can find no info about this. Any ideas?
>
>
> Have you implemented the (unsupported) "30 second skip" backdoor? I've
> noticed when that unsupported feature is active, I have the same problem
> with slowness that others complain about. If the 30 second skip is not
> active, the interface is zippy.
>
> Rather than give up the 30 second skip, I'll live with the slowness!
>
>
Tried the 30 second skip. My wife loved it but for some reason it often
disappears. Not currently implemented.

seth

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08-18-2005 at 08:59:46 PM

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"J Lunis" <jay.lunis@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Joe Kaffe wrote:
>> "J Lunis" <jay.lunis@gmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:syFMe.6787$rc6.2124@fe03.lga...
>>
>>>My wife has recently started complainng of Tivo being slower.
>>>That is, when she selects GUIDE or TIVO CENTRAL it takes a few seconds
>>>for the display as opposed to nearly immediately a few months ago.
>>>I can find no info about this. Any ideas?
>>
>>
>> Have you implemented the (unsupported) "30 second skip" backdoor? I've
>> noticed when that unsupported feature is active, I have the same problem
>> with slowness that others complain about. If the 30 second skip is not
>> active, the interface is zippy.
>>
>> Rather than give up the 30 second skip, I'll live with the slowness!
>>
>>
> Tried the 30 second skip. My wife loved it but for some reason it often
> disappears. Not currently implemented.

Disappears everytime the TiVo reboots.

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08-18-2005 at 09:19:41 PM

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Jack Zwick <jackzwick@yahoo.com> wrote:

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> An excessive number of Wish Lists or season passes can also slow things
> down.

Very true. If I have more than 30-35 season passes it does slow it down.
Currently I have 42 I guess it has to search for recoding conflicts first.

~~Phil~~

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08-27-2005 at 06:44:26 AM

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"J Lunis" <jay.lunis@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Jack Zwick wrote:
> > In article <syFMe.6787$rc6.2124@fe03.lga>,
> > J Lunis <jay.lunis@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> >>My wife has recently started complainng of Tivo being slower.
> >>That is, when she selects GUIDE or TIVO CENTRAL it takes a few seconds
> >>for the display as opposed to nearly immediately a few months ago.
> >>I can find no info about this. Any ideas?
> >
> >
> > As the machine gets filled up with programs it will run a tad slower.
> > Sometimes a restart helps.
>
> Well, I thought of that. Deleted all programs except for 4 hours on an
> 80Hr DVr. Still slow.
Did the slow responsiveness happen about the time you machine was updated to
ver 7.1 software? Mine sure did. Later I got 7.1b, not much better. So
bothersome, I continue using my Series 1.

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