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<blockquote data-quote="wjw" data-source="post: 1267523" data-attributes="member: 79284">In my defence I did say &quot;in some ways&quot;.&nbsp;&nbsp; This means that in other ways it can be better.The real issue should be that the native MP functionality isn't very good - and the Series link facility is not and clearly never will be incorporated in to MP.&nbsp; So, something better is needed - and that something is TVWishlist.Again, read the instructions.&nbsp; Yes, it's based on text searching titles - but not necessarily limited to an exact match.&nbsp; You can specify partial matches.&nbsp; You can also specify an &quot;includes&quot; option to pick up anything that includes such as &quot;David Jason&quot;.&nbsp; There are other options on the search too.However, for me the main advantage has always been that you are not limited to scheduling only those items that actually in your EPG.&nbsp; As it's not based on the series link data you can create a wish for something you know about - and then just wait for it to turn up.&nbsp; I've done this very successfully, most notably for a TV comedy series that I came across while in America but which was not being shown in the UK.&nbsp; Four years later one of the channels I don't normally watch or monitor picked up that series (5 Spike or 5 USA as I recall) and the TVWishlist function found it and started recording.&nbsp; This also applies, of course, across series shown once a year (eg The Big Bang Theory).&nbsp; It's been many years since I had Sky with the series link option but as I recall I would need to watch out for the starting the new series each year and setting the recording up.&nbsp; If you're limited to the one week in advance EPG and happen to be away for more than one week........With TVWishlist once it's in the database it stays there until you delete it.In that respect - if no other - it's better that anything WMC or any other EPG-based method can be.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="wjw, post: 1267523, member: 79284"] In my defence I did say "in some ways". This means that in other ways it can be better. The real issue should be that the native MP functionality isn't very good - and the Series link facility is not and clearly never will be incorporated in to MP. So, something better is needed - and that something is TVWishlist. Again, read the instructions. Yes, it's based on text searching titles - but not necessarily limited to an exact match. You can specify partial matches. You can also specify an "includes" option to pick up anything that includes such as "David Jason". There are other options on the search too. However, for me the main advantage has always been that you are not limited to scheduling only those items that actually in your EPG. As it's not based on the series link data you can create a wish for something you know about - and then just wait for it to turn up. I've done this very successfully, most notably for a TV comedy series that I came across while in America but which was not being shown in the UK. Four years later one of the channels I don't normally watch or monitor picked up that series (5 Spike or 5 USA as I recall) and the TVWishlist function found it and started recording. This also applies, of course, across series shown once a year (eg The Big Bang Theory). It's been many years since I had Sky with the series link option but as I recall I would need to watch out for the starting the new series each year and setting the recording up. If you're limited to the one week in advance EPG and happen to be away for more than one week........ With TVWishlist once it's in the database it stays there until you delete it. In that respect - if no other - it's better that anything WMC or any other EPG-based method can be. [/QUOTE]

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