From: daniel47@nomail.afraid.org   
      
   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 Remember, it was originally made for Saturdays, when the BBC   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.  :-\   
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