Why doesn't my tennis channel...

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always record shows having "tennis" in the description? For instance, my
Replay tapes most shows with tennis in the data (such as World Team
Tennis, which I ironically wish it wouldn't tape) but I had to manually
tape the semifinals and finals of the US Open, even though these shows
were listed in the guide as "Tennis." Why is this?

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On Tue, 14 Sep 2004 13:02:52 -0500, Mark Lloyd <mlloyd@5xxxmail.com5xxx>
wrote:

> On Tue, 14 Sep 2004 16:41:02 GMT, Bob in CT <ctviggen.x@adelphia.net>
> wrote:
>
>> always record shows having "tennis" in the description? For instance,
>> my
>> Replay tapes most shows with tennis in the data (such as World Team
>> Tennis, which I ironically wish it wouldn't tape) but I had to manually
>> tape the semifinals and finals of the US Open, even though these shows
>> were listed in the guide as "Tennis." Why is this?
>
> Did you set it to search descriptions as well as titles? You can
> check/change this after the channel is set up. In the Replay guide,
> select the channel, then "Change search options". Select "Done"
> (since "tennis" is right). See if "Descriptions" has "yes" by it.
>
> As for skipping "World Team Tennis", that would be a useful option. It
> just isn't there. It would be nice to have a search that makes sure
> some words are not there, like "tennis .NOT. world team". That would
> work this way:
>
> "also ran" skipped ("tennis" not found)
> "tennis finals" recorded
> "world team tennis" skipped (contains excluded phrase)
>
> I have this problem with some channels (recording "enterprise" but
> don't want "black enterprise report" ) and have set DVArchive to
> periodically delete the unwanted shows.
>

Thanks, I'll check on this when I get home. It would be great to be able
to exclude things, like World Team Tennis (or whatever). It would also be
nice to be able to watch a show, delete it, then never see it again (I
tape Good Eats, and it'll repeatedly tape shows I've already seen).

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On Tue, 14 Sep 2004 17:09:01 -0500, Mark Lloyd <mlloyd@5xxxmail.com5xxx>
wrote:

> On Tue, 14 Sep 2004 18:12:51 GMT, Bob in CT <ctviggen.x@adelphia.net>
> wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 14 Sep 2004 13:02:52 -0500, Mark Lloyd <mlloyd@5xxxmail.com5xxx>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> On Tue, 14 Sep 2004 16:41:02 GMT, Bob in CT <ctviggen.x@adelphia.net>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> always record shows having "tennis" in the description? For instance,
>>>> my
>>>> Replay tapes most shows with tennis in the data (such as World Team
>>>> Tennis, which I ironically wish it wouldn't tape) but I had to
>>>> manually
>>>> tape the semifinals and finals of the US Open, even though these shows
>>>> were listed in the guide as "Tennis." Why is this?
>>>
>>> Did you set it to search descriptions as well as titles? You can
>>> check/change this after the channel is set up. In the Replay guide,
>>> select the channel, then "Change search options". Select "Done"
>>> (since "tennis" is right). See if "Descriptions" has "yes" by it.
>>>
>>> As for skipping "World Team Tennis", that would be a useful option. It
>>> just isn't there. It would be nice to have a search that makes sure
>>> some words are not there, like "tennis .NOT. world team". That would
>>> work this way:
>>>
>>> "also ran" skipped ("tennis" not found)
>>> "tennis finals" recorded
>>> "world team tennis" skipped (contains excluded phrase)
>>>
>>> I have this problem with some channels (recording "enterprise" but
>>> don't want "black enterprise report" ) and have set DVArchive to
>>> periodically delete the unwanted shows.
>>>
>>
>> Thanks, I'll check on this when I get home. It would be great to be
>> able
>> to exclude things, like World Team Tennis (or whatever). It would also
>> be
>> nice to be able to watch a show, delete it, then never see it again (I
>> tape Good Eats, and it'll repeatedly tape shows I've already seen).
>
> That's be a good feature too. I get tired of these repeats (sometimes
> even the same day). Or, how about a "already watched" flag (so you
> wouldn't need to delete shows after watching, for this purpose).
>

That would work, too.

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