on 03-10-2021 14:44
Or maybe even my Tivo box.
I got a replacement V6 box a couple of weeks ago and seem to need to enter my PIN more often than before.
Every time I want to watch, during the day, a recording of a programme that was originally broadcast post-2100 I am asked to enter my PIN, even for such things as the news or Strictly. Even if I return to a partly watched recording.
Has something changed recently or did I just not notice this before. Perhaps because I didn't watch those recordings during the day.
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on 04-10-2021 12:44
on 03-10-2021 15:02
Hi vginforum,
All content that you try to watch outside of watershed hours that is age protected, requires a PIN under Ofcom regulations.
It doesn't matter if it's live TV or a recording you have made.
So depending on the program, you'll now be asked for a PIN if you are trying to watch before 21:00 hours.
03-10-2021 23:04 - edited 03-10-2021 23:09
Thank you for your reply. But it doesn't seem to be 'age-protected', just time of recording.
Strictly Come Dancing is surely not age-protected but every time I play or resume the recording I have to use a PIN. And if I record Click (BBC News) on its original lunchtime broadcast no PIN, on its early morning repeat, PIN.
It's just a blanket time requirement it seems.
Surely even Ofcom isn't that dumb
on 04-10-2021 12:44
on 04-10-2021 23:04
on 04-10-2021 23:23