Managing Schedules

Again the two units are similar. Both offer a "To Do" list that shows what the DVR is planning to record, and a "History" list which tells you what happened to shows (they were recorded, the recording was cancelled, the show's been deleted, etc.). That is handy if you're wondering why a show didn't record (sometimes there's a late schedule change).

Unfortunately, both units have severe flaws in schedule management. Scheduling is not the easiest thing in the world to do and at times it can get incredibly complicated. With either device it's sometimes confusing and hard to tell why a show isn't scheduled to record.

For instance, Tivo's info is occasionally incomplete. This can happen when there is more than one reason to not record the show, such as a repeat episode (when you've told it not to record repeats) and a show conflict (another show at the same time). Tivo will report only one of the reasons and I've been fooled into canceling a conflicting recording only to still not see the favorite show scheduled. When I investigate further, I find out it's a repeat and I canceled the other show for nothing!

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