From: doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca
In article <10grrb3$7mfl$1@dont-email.me>,
Daniel70 wrote:
>On 4/12/2025 8:33 am, Your Name wrote:
>> 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 Remember, it was originally made for Saturdays, when the BBC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
>
>WOW!! Are 'they' trying to turn us into Couch-Potatoes, or what??
>
>My 'cheap'n'nasty' PVR can handle just two channels (sort of), so you
>can record one and watch one .... or, indeed, record two and watch one
>of the other channels in one of those groups.
>
>> (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.
>
>until the recording finishes maybe.
>
>> By default, the recordings start five minutes before the show's
>> scheduled time and end 10 minutes after the show's scheduled time.
>
>My PVR allows you to set the lead in and lead out times ..... but that
>means if you are recording two consecutive programs, that fills up my
>Two Channel Recording feature, I think.
>
>> 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.
>
>Yes, mine has that capability as well .... but when you have the same
>show appearing on two different networks (repeats of early series verse
>repeats of later series it cab get confusing.
>
>> Except Sky TV's data entry can be a bit flakey, so you can end up
>> with the same episode recorded from re-runs,
>
>Yes, that two!!
>
>> 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. :-\
Does Dannyboy know how to use a non-PVR recorder?
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>Daniel70
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