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mitchflorida

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Saturday, April 25th, 2015 11:32 AM

ALL of my recordings start early, big hassle to fast forward every time

When I schedule a DVR recording for  a specific time, my DVR  always starts recording one or two minutes early.  It is a big hassle to always have to fast forward my show to start watching it.  Who is the incompetent engineer at ATT Uverse who can't start a recording on time?  This is ridiculous!

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rdljr

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10 years ago

NONE OF US ARE AT&T EMPLOYEES!!!!!
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skeeterintexas

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10 years ago

@rdljr wrote:
NONE OF US ARE AT&T EMPLOYEES!!!!!
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rdljr

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10 years ago

Also, who knows, maybe the feature you are asking for is in the new software update…

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texasguy37

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10 years ago

@mitchflorida wrote:

Is it such a big deal for Uverse to fix the faulty software?  Isn't that what we are paying them the big bucks for   Surprised at all the Uverse apologists here.  I guess you are all AT&T employees here?

 

 It would take them five minutes to corrrect the software code.  

There is nothing to "fix" because the system works as designed.  A "fix" is for a bug that causes the system to not work as designed.

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rdljr

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10 years ago

Why thank you, Skeeter. I love edible arrangements

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rdljr

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10 years ago

Also, I love the soft padding. On TW, we always missed the end of a show because the recording ended early.

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ceedub2

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10 years ago

Seriously how hard is it to push the skip forward button four times.

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mitchflorida

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10 years ago

I am not talking about the 2 minutes after the show, I am talking about the 1-2 minutes before the show as I made clear.   This has got to stop and stop soon.  People are starting to take notice.

 

I DVR 10 shows a day. That is a lot of FF and then going backwards and then forwards to find the exact start of the tv show.  That should be done automatically by the DVR.

 

 

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formertc

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10 years ago

You're being ridiculous dude. Like it's been said if the feature is that annoying to you, you can find a different provider who doesn't have this. It's not the end of the world. And you can FAST FORWARD through it, it's not like you have to spend a minute watching it.

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skeeterintexas

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@ceedub2 wrote:
Seriously how hard is it to push the skip forward button four times.

That's what us folks down here in Texas call "the epi-tome of laziocity".

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rdljr

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10 years ago

I have gotten so used to it, I just hit skip 2 times and live through the rest.

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rdljr

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10 years ago

No other provider's DVR automatically finds the beginning and end of a show. Golly

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AmishGuy91

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10 years ago

If they eliminated the soft padding, this is the same guy that would complain about a recording starting 5 seconds late.

Since the internal clocks at every station are not consistent, nor in sync with AT&T, give me the soft padding so I never miss the beginning

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skeeterintexas

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10 years ago

@AmishGuy91 wrote:
If they eliminated the soft padding, this is the same guy that would complain about a recording starting 5 seconds late.

Since the internal clocks at every station are not consistent, nor in sync with AT&T, give me the soft padding so I never miss the beginning

I looked at some programs I've recorded.  On one, the show started :40 into the recording but on the next, it was 1:10. 

 

Soft padding:  It's a good thing.  Smiley Wink

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texasguy37

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10 years ago

@mitchflorida wrote:

I am not talking about the 2 minutes after the show, I am talking about the 1-2 minutes before the show as I made clear.   This has got to stop and stop soon.  People are starting to take notice.

 

I DVR 10 shows a day. That is a lot of FF and then going backwards and then forwards to find the exact start of the tv show.  That should be done automatically by the DVR.

 

 

It is not 1-2 minutes. It is 1 mintue prior to the start of the scheduled time.

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