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   On 2025-12-04 11:29:36 +0000, Daniel70 said:   
   > 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 originally made for Saturdays, when the BBC doesn’t follow the rigid   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.   
      
   Nope, it never appears in the list of recorded shows. It's just a   
   rolling 1 hour recording to allow you to pause and rewind (and fast   
   forward until 'now'). It's handy if you have to answer the door /   
   phone, go to the bathroom, let the dog out, etc. I don't know what   
   happens if you pause for longer than an hour - presumably it just stops   
   recording.   
      
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