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   On 2025-12-03 09:59:44 +0000, Daniel70 said:   
   > On 3/12/2025 12:54 am, solar penguin wrote> Daniel demanded:   
   >>> On 2/12/2025 2:19 am, solar penguin wrote:   
   >>>> Dumas Walker wrote:   
   >>>>   
   >>>>> For most of the 4-part serials I have watch so far, the air   
   >>>>> time has been many more minutes than 24.  Tubi does insert   
   >>>>> commercials, which pushes them over 30 minutes.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> Nearly all "30-minute" British shows I watch have episodes much   
   >>>>> closer to 28 or 29 minutes, without commercials.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> 24 minutes sounds more like a US TV show that is meant for a   
   >>>>> 30-minute slot, leaving time for commercials.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> But classic Doctor Who was usually 25-minutes, not 30. Remember, it was   
   >>>> originally made for Saturdays, when the BBC doesn’t   
   >>>> follow the rigid 30-minute blocks of weekday schedules.   
   >>>   
   >>> What did 'they' do with all those missing 5-6 minutes?? Run Show   
   >>> promotions or something??   
   >>>   
   >>> (No 'ads' of course!!)   
   >>   
   >> No, just went straight to the next programme, of course, same as they   
   >> do now.   
   >>   
   >> Remember, this is the weekend we’re talking about, when BBC schedules   
   >> don’t follow 30-minute slots.   
   >   
   > Here, in Australia, the (for example) 7:30 - 8:30 program often starts   
   > at 7:35 .... so, in theory, at the end of that program, you can't change   
   > channels because you'll have missed the first few minutes of the (other   
   > channels) program.   
   >   
   > So your "locked in" .... unless you are watching on a PVR, when you miss   
   > out on the final five minutes!!   
      
   Our old Sky TV box can record three shows at the same time, while   
   watching a fourth. The new box can record five shows while watching a   
   sixth (but apparently it has quite a few complaints and bugs, so is now   
   given away free to Sky subscribers instead of the original expensive   
   fee). The show you're watching live can also be paused and rewound (for   
   up to one hour), so is actually being recorded as well, but it doesn't   
   appear in the list of recorded shows.   
      
   By default, the recordings start five minutes before the show's   
   scheduled time and end 10 minutes after the show's scheduled time. It's   
   very rare to miss anything (except perhaps due to breaking news or a   
   very late schedule change). You can also change the recording time to   
   add more minutes on the end.   
      
   It also has the "series link" that automatically records any new   
   episode the next day / week. Except Sky TV's data entry can be a bit   
   flakey, so you can end up with the same episode recorded from re-runs,   
   episodes from a different season because the system thinks they're the   
   same season you want, or very occasionally it misses an episode or   
   won't allow a show to have the "series link" set.  :-\   
      
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