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February
So I just switched from Shaw yesterday and have a few initial observations. Tell me if I’m wrong here:
1) tried to set up an automatic recording for the oilers games and it looks like there’s no way to record games for one team only? Do I have to record every NHL game and delete the ones I don’t want? And if I have to do that there’s no way to delete a batch of things all at once?
2) Also, I can’t set the recording to extend in case of overtime?
3) there’s no option to lock the profile you’re in. So if I setup a profile for the kids with parental controls on the content, what’s to stop someone from just switching profiles when I leave the room or going to the admin profile and altering their permission levels? What’s the point of parental controls if you can’t lock the profiles
4) Fast forward/rewind is lightning quick and I can’t find a way to adjust the speed. Nor can I find a way to adjust how far the skip function goes. Is that right?
5) The Home Screen is so cluttered with useless “suggestions” and “what’s next” tabs that I cant easily get to the categories or channels I want. But there’s no way to customize this?
6) There’s no info on my recording capacity. How much is the capacity to record?
These are all standard features on Shaw’s service. Unless I’m missing something, if this is the way Telus boxes operate I may be switching back during the trial period
1) tried to set up an automatic recording for the oilers games and it looks like there’s no way to record games for one team only? Do I have to record every NHL game and delete the ones I don’t want? And if I have to do that there’s no way to delete a batch of things all at once?
2) Also, I can’t set the recording to extend in case of overtime?
3) there’s no option to lock the profile you’re in. So if I setup a profile for the kids with parental controls on the content, what’s to stop someone from just switching profiles when I leave the room or going to the admin profile and altering their permission levels? What’s the point of parental controls if you can’t lock the profiles
4) Fast forward/rewind is lightning quick and I can’t find a way to adjust the speed. Nor can I find a way to adjust how far the skip function goes. Is that right?
5) The Home Screen is so cluttered with useless “suggestions” and “what’s next” tabs that I cant easily get to the categories or channels I want. But there’s no way to customize this?
6) There’s no info on my recording capacity. How much is the capacity to record?
These are all standard features on Shaw’s service. Unless I’m missing something, if this is the way Telus boxes operate I may be switching back during the trial period
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February
Also looks like the google search button in the middle of the remote can’t search the actual TV guide for anything. Is that right? It only brings up YouTube content or searches the web? When I ask it to search the tv guide for anything it just brings up search content from YouTube. What’s the point of this button?
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March
Hi @markusmd2000 My colleague explained the two different types of search functions in this thread. In short, Google assistance searches across apps, but it is not integrated with shows that are only on live TV. However, if you use the speech-to-text search function via the magnifying glass it will include TV results.
https://forum.telus.com/t5/Optik-TV/Searching-shows-by-name/td-p/146311
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February - last edited February
Hi @markusmd2000 , we have a lot of features that are in the works and will be released in the future. This includes sports team recordings, batch delete, profile PIN, multiple Fast forward/rewind speeds, and a home screen settings toggle.
For sports recordings, they're auto-extended by 60 mins for all games, except for tennis, which is 90 mins.
Your cloud recording is unlimited with a restricted storage duration of 90 days. (this will also increase in the future)
Lastly, if you click the search icon on the screen, it will bring up TV guide content if it's available. You can use "text to voice" or type in the search bar!
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February
Any idea on the timeline for those updates? I’d consider them basic features that should have been part of the system already so I’m quite surprised that they’re not available from the start
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November
So I just got a call from Telus again to sell me on their Black Friday deals. Any chance the above issues have been addressed in the last 9 months?
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November
no changes, same issues continue. Occasionally a new one surfaces
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a month ago
So you still can’t set a series recording for just one hockey team? You still can’t lock the set top box into one profile (like the kids one)? You still can’t extend your recordings to cover overtime in a game? And recordings still disappear after 90 days or something?
I guess that means Telus sales representatives are lying in order to get their commissions and we need to be on our toes. Very disappointing as all the above features have been standard on Shaw forever.
