programme search

[JD18]

When I search for a programme the results arrive in the ONE DEMAND page.  How can I get the search results to appear in the TV Guide, the way the Sky+ did?

[nigea99]

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@JD18 wrote:

When I search for a programme the results arrive in the ONE DEMAND page.  How can I get the search results to appear in the TV Guide, the way the Sky+ did?

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hi @JD18 

Unfortunately, as you may have realised,  the UI on SKY Q was designed from the ground up and does not really include much of anything the ways SKY Hd works

Thus, I am afraid, the search doesn't work that way.

Once you have done a search you should see a tab 'On this week' (assuming the programme is on in the next week) which will show episodes due up, but this is in the thumbnail / episode mode not the TV Guide mode.  You can select record and possibly select 'Other showings'  - this latter selection being a more tabular format

[JD18]

Thanks very much.  

[JD18]

What is the difference between recording and downloading on Sky Q?

[JD18]

Please can you also explain to me why the On Demand page will offer an episode but won't let you record it (offering a down arrow instead), even though you can record that very episode in the TV Guide page?

[nigea99]

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@JD18 wrote:

Please can you also explain to me why the On Demand page will offer an episode but won't let you record it (offering a down arrow instead), even though you can record that very episode in the TV Guide page?

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TBH - We don.t always fully understand the thinking of the designers or know the code behind it

In ths case of the going via  the 'on demand' tab , I guess they assume you are just  looking just for On demad & not upcoming via satellite channels

Edit BTW if a show is already available on demand that may well not have adverts (or less adverts) that you would get if you record from the Satellite channel using the TV guide

[SKY1992bf]

@JD18  They are separate sections of the epg doing separate things downloading is on demand recording is from the tv guide 

[nigea99]

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@JD18 wrote:

What is the difference between recording and downloading on Sky Q?

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Sorry I missed this Question 

Recording - records from the Satellite as it is broadcast (including as I mention above any adverts)

On Demand downloads the episodes from servers (using broadband)  - which may be better, as I mentioned often having no or less adverts but may not be as convenient t if you have slow internet

BTW if you have - Home - Settings = Prefernces Auto download next episode  set to on, it will start downloading the next episode as soon as start watching an epiosode (assuming there is one to download)