@User2225676 wrote:1) No way to HIDE repeat channels
5) No button to FAST FORWORD 3 MINS to eliminate commercials!!! WHY?
9) Before I had the option to start MY RECORDINGS up to 3 HOURS EARLY now I ONLY GET 3-5 MINUETS OPTION . WHY?
10)...RECORD ALL EPISODES of this show on TSN1, it will record all episodes but one day this week it is not on TSN1, but on TSN2-TSN3-and TSN5, I WILL MISS MY RECORDING!!!!!!!!
I have the follow explanations for your "WHY" questions. I don't have Ignite myself, however, I have been following the threads here very closely as I would like to switch to Ignite once the items that bother me are addressed, as discussed earlier in this thread.
1. The reason the channels are repeated are so that they can be associated into groups like "movies, kids, sports, timeshift, HD etc" Consequently some channels are repeated several times
5. Although the 3 minutes was useful for some commercial breaks, many are not exactly 3 minutes, so the 30 second skip that you can programme as outlined above may actually be more useful for commercial breaks that are 2.5 minutes, 3.5 minutes, etc.
9. With Ignite there should be no need to extend recordings at either end since the IPG is updated "live". This means that even if a programme ends late or starts early, Ignite should catch that eventuality. No guarantees. You can always record the programme that goes before or after... One reason for not allowing long extensions is that server space is limited for recordings, so cost would rise if this option were enabled.
10. I believe it depends how you set up your recording if you do it from the guide, it will record only that channel. If you set it up from a search, then it should get the programme from whatever channel airs it... You may, or may not be able to modify your scheduled recordings from the scheduled recordings list...
@57 wrote:
9. With Ignite there should be no need to extend recordings at either end since the IPG is updated "live". This means that even if a programme ends late or starts early, Ignite should catch that eventuality.
Yes, on Ignite, the IPG does update more frequently, and is more accurate, more current, and more detailed than on Digital TV... and recordings are automatically extended for some live events, but not always. Also, over the past week, there were a few times where sporting events on US networks ran late, and the late-night shows that follow (airing on Global) got delayed but the Guide never gets a "live update" in those situations, so you would end up missing the first 30-45 minutes of those shows when you record them. However, those shows can be viewed later on-demand, and depending on which version is available at the time (replay/restart vs. on-demand) and the rights associated with it, you may be able to skip through commercials.
@OLDYELLR wrote:
I wonder how that worked for people watching Formula 1 Qualifying on Ignite today. Q3 was beyond the time slot due to rain, running long.
However, my IPTV has this "Catch-Up TV" feature where I can go to the Guide and go back up to 24 hours and watch the next program that I missed. That's what I did today and I do that whenever 60 Minutes gets delayed by a long running sports event. Does Ignite have anything like that?
I just checked. Gave the "Formula One" Voice Command which brought up the "Formula 1 Racing" program screen. Qualifying event was there for viewing and I could fast forward to the end. Unfortunately, the On Demand program did not get extended so it also missed the ending. I will let you know if an extended version shows up later.
With Ignite TV (unlike some other IPTV platforms) you cannot go back to a previous program in the Guide and watch a previous program directly. However, on those other platforms, you would also be equally stuck if your provider did not have "replay" rights for the program in the next timeslot, following the event which ran late.
@OLDYELLR wrote:Yes, that's what my IPTV service says. I haven't used my replay feature much, but so far it's worked for the programs I needed. So I guess Ignite users will need to record the next program on the schedule as well just in case there's a delay.
This topic has been discussed in a previous thread, links below:
For programming less than 2 hours, you can extend by up to 30 minutes: For programming 2 hours or more, you can extend by up to 90 minutes.
You can also set up a manual recording for up to 12 hours:
Of course it may be simpler to set a recording for the previous programme(s) or following programme(s), depending on need...
Outside of having a specific issue, that may only effect a specific area.
As has been described in this thread.. 90+% of all issues with ignite, are due to bad setup, bad signal, etc.
IF all those things are done right/corrected, almost ALL the issues that people have with it, should not be present.
Bell's product is good, i have seen it, know people with it.
BUT you can run into just the same sort of things there. Took my brother in law 6 months with his bell (only option where he is right now) to get them to fix it /get it all working right.
A bad signal, a bad setup, will effect it PERIOD, regardless of company.
@ColdGranite wrote: I keep reading about this "surround sound doesn't work on cloud pvr recordings."... Yet my older 6-speaker Sony system blasts out all 6 when I play a recording. So am I misinterpreting something???
Please read posts 95, 99 and 101 of the following thread on Surround Sound. It depends on the settings in the IgniteTV box and in your AVR.
https://communityforums.rogers.com/t5/Ignite-TV/IgniteTV-Surround-Sound/m-p/472720#M9274
@schmidtp wrote:
Like it but definitely not as enamored with it as you.
I miss the back button to go to last channel. I miss the phone display on the TV when someone calls.
Those are all fair comments. There are aspects of the Ignite TV user interface that some will really like and some that they will find really annoying. Same goes for Digital TV, Bell Fibe TV, or any other platform.
My biggest complaint about Ignite TV is that the product is just one part of a connected-home ecosystem that is totally controlled by Comcast, and much-wished-for improvements to the TV service (or any other aspects of the Xfinity X1 platform and ecosystem, from us or from their own customers) come at a GLACIAL pace. That said, the TV service is a very mature product.
I don't like that you have to keep re-booting the box. I don't like that you cannot remove unwatched channels from the guide list. I don't like that it blacks out every so often. I don't like that he sound goes off. I don't like that when using voice command it often says sorry, we are having a problem....and on and on.
You should not be seeing any of these issues. I run into the odd glitch every so often that requires me to reset equipment every few months but for the most part, Ignite TV and Ignite Internet have been EXCEPTIONALLY solid for me. No drops, no glitches... and it's technically possible for me to run Ignite TV over my own network hardware. I will take that any day.
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