Option to "Watch" Future Program

[markbb1]

According to the documentation, the "Watch" option when navigating the guide only exists if the program is currently showing.

We regularly set our satellite receiver to tune future programs (not record, because we are watching live). That way we can access the guide, select a couple hours of programming, and let it change channels to the appointed program at the desired time without us having to scroll up and down and through the guide every time the show we were watching ends. One trip into the guide is enough to allow us to program everything we are going to watch (live) for a couple of hours, a day, or even a week (or more). The only time we need to record a show is when it comes on late at night or when there is going to be something on while we are out that we will want to watch. We would use "Watch" at least 5 times more often than "Record".

Frequently, when I pause live TV, GBPVR goes silently black, and I have to jump through hoops to get it working again, sometimes I have to reboot. The IR blaster frequently stops working after watching a DVD or coming out of paused TV. That means the IR blaster stops working several times a day. The WAF is already low, so the lack of a "Watch" option for future programs is the "deal-breaker" that prevents me from being allowed to set up a GBPVR PC in the TV room.

[johnsonx42]

Serendipitously, we were just discussing this here: http://forums.nextpvr.com/showthread.php?t=41500

It seems this used to work in the old GBPVR front-end, but the implementation was never completed in the new PVRX2 front-end. If you go to a future show in the guide and press the Play button, it will mark the show in blue... but that's all it does.

Several people in that thread have indicated they'd like to see a return of that feature. Perhaps we are achieving the critical mass of interest needed to spark the interest of our benevolent ruler and benefactor?

[pBS]

i'd love to see this make a return also...
i tried using back in the day, but it wouldn't pop up correctly for me under fse, so i couldn't ever use it back then...but boy i tried...

i miss the availablity of all the popups...stuff like callerid,reminders, I wanted to popup a box when dvd recording was done but can't, or when transcoding is done...
i guess i could use a 'panel' but on occasion would need buttons..and a sound notification option would be nice..
[for when you're not looking at screen, like listening to music..]


if it works, i'd use it probably at least once a day....