Comments on: Official TiVo page on DST changes

By: shadoh

shadoh — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 21:32:17 +0000

I just got the message on my Series 1 DirecTiVo box last night. The message was dated 3/7 but it didn’t show up until sometime Saturday/Sunday 3/10-11. The kicker? It doesn’t have the right version yet (supposed to have 3.5a, and I just have 3.5). So, currently, the time is wrong on my TiVo. But, Season Pass recordings still record correctly (verified last night that Battlestar Galactica recorded). I always have the phone cord plugged in so no idea why I haven’t received it (yet?). I’m not too worried about it, but it’s disappointing that 1) they didn’t plan far enough in advance to allow the patch to install everywhere, and 2) that they waited until practically the last minute to send out the message. It could have a lot to do with DirecTV, but apparently it’s happening to Standalone units also. I’m debating whether to force a call to see if I get the update, or just wait it out (next scheduled call is this this week anyway). Probably the latter…

By: megazone

megazone — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 20:32:27 +0000

But no message on the box?

By: mdyesowitch

mdyesowitch — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 12:55:53 +0000

I got an email about my Series 1 box.

By: gibbie69

gibbie69 — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 11:32:28 +0000

Actually, the closer to the event the better. There’s nothing that users have to do, they just have to be aware. If you tell people too earlier out, they’re going to forget. I know people that didn’t even know that DST was coming early until like, this week. So it makes sense to push this message now.

I got mine last night.

By: maeglin73

maeglin73 — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 03:05:45 +0000

Well, with an update just recently going out, it would seem like this would be a fairly obvious thing for them to prepare the boxes for.

By: mattsledge

mattsledge — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 01:11:45 +0000

True that – but I was expecting a message a little bit earlier than three days before this event.

FWIW, my boxes are a Series2 and Series2DT.

By: megazone

megazone — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 01:08:29 +0000

Cool, good to know the messages are going out.

By: mattsledge

mattsledge — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 01:06:18 +0000

I got the message on both of my boxes today.

By: megazone

megazone — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 01:00:41 +0000

I say jump…

Seriously, good to know.

By: jerronimo

jerronimo — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 00:58:21 +0000

I *just* got the message on my S2 box..