Comments on: DVR imperfection leads to 'Lost' night

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[the original mark]

Like Emily, I rarely watch any live TV and I suspected I'd miss Lost if I removed it from my list of recorded programs on my DVR. I changed the preferences to "new episodes only" recently, since all the reruns were filling up my hard drive. Lost should be waiting for me on my DVR tonight. (It's nice to know that online is a back-up...just in case there are technical difficulties.)

[ashish_12]

Emily, they're showing it on ABC again on Saturday evening. 9/8c

[tsarchasm]

Even the Comcast box is better than the Verizon FiOS HD DVR. It is constantly dropping channels for no good reason, requiring a hard reset or even a tech support reload. Even still NBC and CBS HD will not work along with about 10 other HD channels. Tech Support says they expect to have it fixed by June. I'm going back to TiVo. I <3 TiVo.

[arshield]

I have had it happen before. Not with Lost but with other shows i like. What I wish is that Tivos were smart enough to know that a show on basic cable will play about 19 times but a show on a big network will play once, so even if the basic cable show is higher on the priority, the network show should be recorded because

[martinoflewis]

I find myself missing out on new stuff all the time now that I have a DVR. I couldn't live without it though. RSS is helping me out big time. UK readers with the same problem might find the feeds at www.digitalspy.co.uk useful.

[CliffK2]

I love my TIVO. It is in my bedroom and faithfully recorded "Lost." But my Cox DVR, while not as elegant as the TIVO, also recorded "Lost." Many moons ago, I had told it to record all new episodes of "Lost," and it did. Can you not tell the Comcast DVR to record new episodes of your favorite show?

[isykal]

This post is SUPER RETARDED! The point of A DVR is to avoid commercials or record shows that you would have otherwise missed.

If you love Lost as much as you claim you do, you don't need a commercial to tell you when the show is coming back.

Whiney people can never be pleased. They will always try to think of reasons to complain.

[superswiss]

That's what Season Passes, Series recording and even keyword searches are for or whatever they are called on the Comcast DVR. You set it once and let it record every new episode. Learn how to operate your DVR. Now there's is the problem of running out of tuners if you love too many shows, but that's why I ditched Cable DVRs and Tivo a long time ago and replaced it with a whole house Windows Media Center custom installation with 4 tuners. Now I can't keep up with all the stuff my system is capable of recording concurrently.

[floydwall888]

Why wouldn't your DVR be recording new episodes of Lost if you're such a fan? Fail.

[CHETLY]

Unfortunately, it is not always the fault of the fan who "would never forget" to record their favorite show...In my situation, my Brighthouse DVR has "Fringe" set to record all new episodes...but after watching a few DVR'ed shows one night last week, I noticed that it was not recording Fringe....BUT it was in the scheduled recordings list...it just didn't record. No conflicts...just didn't work...and it has happened before. Thankfully we can catch our missed episodes online nowadays. But I agree with the author...in our DVR society, we often are missing the ramp ups to new shows and even our favorites coming back for their season premieres....

"If it's made by man, then it will fail...."

[dreyfusse]

You make a very good point, superswiss. I do know how to program my DVR, but because I didn't realize "Lost" was returning, I hadn't thought to set a season pass, since the show seemed to be on an interminable hiatus when I got it. But right you are: I should have set one anyway, looking forward to the future.

[joevai52]

I was just wondering why you hadn't just set a season pass for it if you enjoy the show so much. I can understand how you missed it if you didn't get the DVR until after the previous season ended. I bet you won't do it again with Lost or any other show you enjoy in the future.

[jimboxp]

Why would you switch from a TiVo to a Comcast DVR? Are times sooo tough that you can't afford to pay 4 dollars more for the TiVo? I have two DVRs, a TiVo and Time Warners' DVR. Combined costing about $21 a month(and I'm in college). I use kwiry and mobile TiVo to control it and watch stuff everywhere. I don't know why you would sacrifice to downgrade. Plus my TiVo works amazing.

[De_UnKnOwN_1]

Comcasts DVR has season recordings just like Tivos...mine recorded Lost as scheduled...I havent adjusted its settings since the first season of Lost...

[lacfnc06]

the only thing I want to mention is that ABC's episode viewer is REALLY REALLY good quality in HD, especially when you have a strong internet connection. I would probably rather watch it online at abc.com that on TV becasue i have nothing even near HD on my TV.

[Eric Mason]

I don't know about the rest of you, but my DVR remembers what shows I watched last season and automatically plans on recording the new episodes this season. I might have to do some minor tweaking as shows may conflict with one another, but it's already set up since I watched it last year as "fans" do. Also, if you are a fan of the show wouldn't you be checking to see when it comes back on? I know during September I check to see what's on and what time and get it all set up in advance. I might be alone on this though... Skipping through commercials is a dumb excuse. This post is founded on nothing at all.

[dcase99]

You people actually want to watch this show???? Wow

[EndlessBen]

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[ThatsWhatSheSaid1]

Good to see that CNET attracts angry, judgmental commenters, too. Jeezums.

It's true; there's too much crap on TV to be able to keep up with it all. I've missed 30 Rock three weeks in a row and had to suffer through choppy online video, with interruptions brought to you by Reese's.

east coast misses the moon boots!

[anaphora68]

I have to say, I've had this happen to me as well. I never watch commercials anymore, so I miss a lot of TV that I would normally watch.

Another issue I have with Comcast is that their DVR is awful. I miss my Tivo box. For whatever reason, Comcast in Philadelphia uses boxes with a cable-card, and it does not interface with Tivo.

[dmbhhh420]

the quick fix for this is to set your DVR to record the series. this way you don't have to worry about whether or not you set your DVR. The only thing you would have to worry about at that point is conflicting shows since you can only record up to 2 shows at once.

[Borgslayer]

Doesn't your DVR have a "seasson pass" feature? My tivo did, my crap Directv dvr does.
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