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Michael over at Cruftbox wondered why some season passes weren't being taped and eventually figured out it was due to his kids. Passkilling is the term he's come up with for people cancelling a "TiVo would like the change the channel you are currently watching to tape this..." message. I found myself doing it accidentally the other day, but it's been rare ever since I got a two tuner DirecTiVo setup.
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You mean people still watch live TV?
I've never even seen the "wants to change the channel" message. I haven't watched live TV since I got my Tivo.
Posted by: Jeremy | May 18, 2004 at 11:59 AM
Hmmm....maybe this is what those seven tuners are for? So everyone in the house can have their own login and preferences...interesting.
Posted by: Caitlin | May 25, 2004 at 07:48 AM
My kids "passkill" all the time. I'd rather not watch live TV, but my requests for a very simple "disable default to Live TV" setting have gone unanswered... and I'm not quite ready to start hacking.
Posted by: Ryan | June 15, 2004 at 06:06 PM