We had a discussion on here awhile ago about what we thought the record button should do,<br>both in the normal case and in the case of missing guide data. I just thought of a new feature<br>I'd like to see, curious to hear what people think.
<br><br>I was flipping channels last night and came across a program already showing. As I'm watching<br>it, I think "this is really good, I want to record it!" so I hit record, and keep watching. While it's recording,
<br>I go on mythweb, look up the program, schedule a later recording to get the whole thing, go into the frontend,<br>delete the current recording, go back to live TV to continue watching it. So here's what I came up with:
<br><br>Option A). Multiple record buttons, users can map whichever one they want to the actual red circle on the remote.<br>The standard button will be the same, immediately start recording the current program. The "advanced" record button
<br>will work as follows:<br><br>Option B). Advance Record button: when you hit record (and there is guide data), it will tell you what the current program is,<br>how long it is, and how far in you are. It will give you these options:
<br>- Record Now<br>- Find and record a later showing<br>- Cancel<br><br>Find and record a later showing would have some kind of feedback where it would let you know if the show is on again and if<br>it can be recorded. If it can, it will be, and if not, it will let the user know and allow them to still immediate record.
<br><br>Again, I'm not sure how useful this feature is - this is the only time I ran into that situation, I just wasn't sure how common it<br>was or if anyone else liked the idea. In my case it was a star wars making-of special on the history channel that ran 10-midnight,
<br>and there was another showing at 2am. A lot of specials and movies show that way, one in primetime or a little later, and a repeat<br>in the middle of the night.<br><br>Thoughts?<br>