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Burninator · 01-21-2011, 05:38 PM

Stick to the Shaw boxes for sure. A PVR with the Shaw guide is the greatest. The guide not only gives you the ability to browse and record shows easily, it also allows you to setup series recordings. Which will automatically record particular shows for you.

MrMastodonFarm · 03-09-2011, 01:52 PM

Didn't think this question warranted it's own thread so... does anyone else with a Shaw PVR notice any of their series recordings being dropped recently?

My House and Big Love series recording settings were both gone. It looked like it happened sometime between Tuesday and last Sunday because both episodes from this week weren't there. I re-set them... but I have no idea what happened.

Looking at my PVR menu, it seems a couple new sub menu's are there.. so maybe an update messed things up?

Frustrating to say the least.

CKPThunder · 03-09-2011, 02:03 PM

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Originally Posted by MrMastodonFarm

Didn't think this question warranted it's own thread so... does anyone else with a Shaw PVR notice any of their series recordings being dropped recently?

My House and Big Love series recording settings were both gone. It looked like it happened sometime between Tuesday and last Sunday because both episodes from this week weren't there. I re-set them... but I have no idea what happened.

Looking at my PVR menu, it seems a couple new sub menu's are there.. so maybe an update messed things up?

Frustrating to say the least.

We had something similar happen to us. My wife's shows were scheduled to record but they never did. We happened to to catch the last 15 minutes of the show and I was wondering why the recording light wasn't on. When I checked under series recordings, it said it was scheduled to record but I noticed that when I hit the play or pause button on the live show it didn't bring up the show's name but rather "To be Announced" or something along those lines.

I reset all of our series recordings and haven't had an issue since. I'm not sure what happened but it was annoying as hell.

OilKiller · 03-09-2011, 02:16 PM

Yup, seems a bunch of our series recordings went south about a week ago or so. Might have been an update. I did notice with us, it was all recordings on Fox 208 that were affected. Sure glad we noticed before we missed anything.

I certainly don't have much faith in this box anymore with that happening and the fiasco with my external HD basically having to be reformatted after I reset the box. I lost a ton of recordings that day. Shaw is really starting to tick me off with the software on this box.

Hanni · 03-09-2011, 02:31 PM

So I'm looking at switching my TV to shaw to save a ton on my internet which I have through shaw. I can't any info and I'm wondering if you can watch 1 show while recording another with the HDPVR? I can currently do this with shaw-direct and really like it.

Jimmy Stang · 03-09-2011, 02:32 PM

Shaw's HD PVR (mine, at least) has two tuners, so you can record one and watch another. Or record two, but you have to watch one of them. Or... if you're really into TV, you can actually record two and then watch a third, pre-recorded program.

Hanni · 03-09-2011, 02:36 PM

So then I assume for that function you require 2 lines to the box? This would be a problem but maybe I can live with not being able to record 1 and watch another.

MrMastodonFarm · 03-09-2011, 02:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Hanni

So then I assume for that function you require 2 lines to the box? This would be a problem but maybe I can live with not being able to record 1 and watch another.

No, one cable in. That's it.

That one line is then feed into two TV tuners that are in the box.

You can then either record one show and watch live TV
Record two shows and watch a recording.

Barnes · 03-09-2011, 02:41 PM

I had a bunch of shows disappear from my series recordings. House, Chicago Code, Traffic Light. They are all Fox shows.

I have also noticed the Watch in HD option that shows up on an SD channel rarely works now.

Shaw has until my large bill credit expires in August to get their &%$# in order. Their TV offering is embarrassing.

Jimmy Stang · 03-09-2011, 03:16 PM

Which boxes are you guys finding that things are messed up with? I have a Pace with an external HD for the PVR. Maybe there's a common denominator with the manufacturer/model.

A few months back there was a buggy firmware update that would cause the PVR to "forget" that it had an external HD on startup until it was manually reset (unplugged). When I called in about it, the CSR said that it was a known issue with the Pace models that had an external HD, and they were working on it. It took a week or so, but it has been fine ever since.

I honestly can't say whether mine has been messed up recently like you guys are describing as I have barely turned the damn thing on in the last couple of weeks!

OilKiller · 03-09-2011, 03:39 PM

I have a Motorola box.

Rathji · 03-10-2011, 07:16 AM

Any time a station changes, like when CTV changed to add a local HD broadcast, it seems to mess up your recordings.

Might be what is happening here?

flamesrule_kipper34 · 03-10-2011, 09:28 AM

As far as I know though Fox didn't change it's channel.

Rathji · 03-10-2011, 09:31 AM

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Originally Posted by flamesrule_kipper34

As far as I know though Fox didn't change it's channel.

Not the channel #, but the designator (if that is what you call it). Like CTV changed from the national CTV to CTV Calgary, but was on the same channel.

fredr123 · 03-10-2011, 09:42 AM

Happened to us too and come to think of it, it was all Fox recordings (Simpsons, Family Guy, House). Thanks. I thought I was going crazy.

Mccree · 03-10-2011, 11:05 AM

Happens to us too. Seems to be CTV (Grey's. private practice) and all fox shows (House etc..)

cal_guy · 03-11-2011, 12:17 AM

Happened here too again Fox (Fringe, Raising Hope, Family Guy).

Hanni · 03-11-2011, 08:17 AM

WTF, only 1 HBO?

Jimmy Stang · 03-29-2011, 10:36 AM

This is more of a Shaw TV question than a PVR question, but this seems as good a place as any to ask it:

Why doesn't/won't/can't Shaw broadcast their SD channels in 16:9? I'm over in Europe at the moment, and all of the channels (SD and HD) come through as true 16:9, not a 4:3 crop or stretch.

Some channels (Aux.tv, for example) are utilizing 16:9 but are actually 4:3 with black bars added to the top and bottom, further reducing the viewing area. It would just be nice to see SD channels come through in a proper widescreen ratio. The resolution (particularly the way Shaw compresses some channels) will still be sub-par, but aspect ratio is more important to me as I personally can't stand unnecessary stretching or cropping.

Anyone know some technical info about it? Thoughts?

Barnes · 03-29-2011, 12:05 PM

I don't know that NTSC (North America) supports 16:9 but PAL (Europe) does. Until Shaw gets rid of analog, wont happen. This is how I understand things FWIW...

It is possible with Digital TV as long as your TV has a processor to do it. My 4:3 JVC iArt CRT can do it.