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We have two Virgin boxes which are I've been told Tivo and recently I've noticed that they delete recordings and these deleted recordings do not appear in under "Deleted recordings" so I wonder what's going on and has anyone else seen this?
For example, I recorded a documentary and as I tend to watch things I like many times I kept it and then one day it wasn't there any more. I waited for quite some time and it came back on so I rerecorded it and this time on both boxes and after a while the same thing happened and it disappeared from both boxes. I also noticed that a couple of movies I'd recorded also vanished and this is not time related as older recordings remain intact and are still there.
I've tried Googling and people have spotted this but there doesn't seem to be any definitive answer as to what is going on but I don't believe it's a fault as the deletions seem very specific and in my case affected two boxes simultaneously and it's not space related either and if it was the deleted recordings would appear in the deleted recordings list. My own guess is that Virgin or Sky can delete things from our boxes perhaps due to some licensing issue but who knows for sure? I'm just guessing.
The things I want to keep are I suppose few and far between but it is annoying when this happens to things that can't be bought at all on DVD or if they can be bought are only available as imports and not playable on many UK DVD players. That documentary for example, I just loved it but of course it's not available at all on DVD. I know DVD's are old tech these days and some people don't have any but how else can you retain things these days?
Anyone else seen this?
For example, I recorded a documentary and as I tend to watch things I like many times I kept it and then one day it wasn't there any more. I waited for quite some time and it came back on so I rerecorded it and this time on both boxes and after a while the same thing happened and it disappeared from both boxes. I also noticed that a couple of movies I'd recorded also vanished and this is not time related as older recordings remain intact and are still there.
I've tried Googling and people have spotted this but there doesn't seem to be any definitive answer as to what is going on but I don't believe it's a fault as the deletions seem very specific and in my case affected two boxes simultaneously and it's not space related either and if it was the deleted recordings would appear in the deleted recordings list. My own guess is that Virgin or Sky can delete things from our boxes perhaps due to some licensing issue but who knows for sure? I'm just guessing.
The things I want to keep are I suppose few and far between but it is annoying when this happens to things that can't be bought at all on DVD or if they can be bought are only available as imports and not playable on many UK DVD players. That documentary for example, I just loved it but of course it's not available at all on DVD. I know DVD's are old tech these days and some people don't have any but how else can you retain things these days?
Anyone else seen this?
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