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SichboPVR is one of the best PVRs I've used. It's amazing. The UI is very modern and attractive. It's so easy to use. I just right-click a show in the TV Guide (EPG) and get options to schedule a recording by clicking on the round button (that's all I need to do to schedule a recording). Selecting 'Advanced' and clicking on 'Specific dates and times' and I can schedule recordings daily or on certain days of the week at specific times. What I like is clicking on 'All times' and it only schedules recordings for the original scheduled recording time and not for any repeat broadcasts, unless I select 'Record duplicate episode descriptions' so it also schedules repeat/rerun broadcasts. There's also manual recording in the live TV screen by clicking on the record button.
Or if I click on 'Search' at the top and type a TV show name, then click on the show name and I can schedule its recording. I also like how it still makes the scheduled recording if the recording time is changed by the broadcaster within 20 minutes earlier or later. I can schedule to record a series on one channel or on all channels, I just right-click on the show name in the TV Guide, click on 'Record Series' and select 'All times' of the channel name, or click on 'Any channel or time'. There's also record padding whereby the scheduled recordings can start earlier and/or end later at the minutes you specify.
There are many tweaks that can be made by selecting setup > advanced at the top left. I like how clicking on the time in the top-right opens the Scheduled recordings page directly (tv > recordings > schedule) which lists the scheduled recordings and where I can select a show name and edit any scheduled recordings.
I have set the EPG to update at a specific time each day and even if the EPG update time is missed because my computer is alseep, the EPG update begins as soon as my computer wakes up. There's also the option to wake up the computer to update the EPG. For me it only takes about a couple of minutes to update the 7 day EPG (TV Guide).
I use SichboPVR with a dual DVB-T/T2 tuner but can also use it with satellite tuners. With dual or more tuners, you configure only one tuner and 'Slave' the rest of the tuners to the first configured one and that way you can watch and record more than one channel, or record on as many other available tuners. It even asks you if you want to slave the other tuners.
Installation is now using a standard setup installer and no longer uses Microsoft's ClickOnce to install, and installs in Program Files directory. The settings folder is in C:ProgramDataSichboPVR (C:ProgramData can be hidden on some computers) and I backup this SichboPVR folder as it contains my settings, etc.
Clicking on tv > recordings shows all the recordings which can be played inside SichboPVR or even edited by selecting the recording and the various options appear, after editing it can be saved to any folder.
Clicking on tv > explorer > (your tuner) > (your tv source) shows all the transponders with the channel names, etc.
There's also network options and a TV server where you can make live TV and recordings available on devices in your home network.
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