Sunday, March 1, 2009

Why Timer Warner Cable Sucks... Part 1

I'm starting something new today. I am going to start listing things that I absolutely hate about Time Warner Cable's DVR software as I come across them in hopes that someone, somewhere might actually read them and implement fixes for these things...

Let me start by saying first and foremost, God I miss FIOS.


Software FAIL #1:
When I am recording something on tuner A and want to switch the station, a box pops up with the following information:

Your recording is in progress, the action you have taken will stop the recording. Select one of the following options:
Swap to your other tuner
Stop Recoding, continue action
Go Back

Well, I don't know about how you feel, but my DVR should be smart enough to use the SECOND tuner with out me telling it to. I should not have to say "Use the second one." That is STUPID. The entire reason the box is DUAL TUNER is so I can watch something and record something at the same time.

Solution? Just take the dialogue box away and let the box be smart enough to switch tuners. My FIOS box was able to do this no problem.

Note, this is a different situation from using both tuners to record. If I am recording two things and my recoding will be interrupted, by all means tell me.