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<elrous0@pop.uky.edu> wrote in message news:1113397971.857726.29710@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com...
> smaug86 wrote:
> > I can also make a manual recording of any channel on any day at any
> > time(and then adjusting it still more if I want). What I was talking
> > about is actually selecting a series for your Season Pass and then
> > adjusting the recording options for that series while still in the
> > Season Pass mode. I can record a series on just one day or everyday
> or
> > only on Monday and Tuesday, If I want.
>
> Pragmatically, what's the difference between that and a manual
> recording? What's the difference between you saying "I want to record
> the Daily Show each night at 11pm" and me setting up a manual recording
> to record Comedy Central each night from 11:00-11:30? Either way, if
> neither of us have the guide data to distinguish between new shows and
> repeats (and I'm sure your guide ultimately uses data from Tribune
> Media Services, same as Tivo and all other PVR's). So, either way, it's
> a manual recording.
>
> The only real advantage I see in your method is that it (presumably)
> won't record if The Daily Show is preempted or just not shown some
> night (which almost never happens). It also makes it easier to deal
> with Fridays (on Tivo there is a way to deal with that too, but it
> takes a little more time to set up than your method). Either way, this
> is a fairly trivial difference, in practical application.
....
My wife's DVR has a manual Season Pass to The Daily Show for the
morning repeat of the previous night's episode. A couple of times
each month a movie will preempt the Monday morning show.
When I see this in the To Do List, I delete that scheduled item.
If a movie doesn't preempt the Monday morning show, it typically
is a repeat of the Friday episode.
The M-F Season Pass was easier to setup than 4 separate weekday
passes for Tuesday through Friday and it is only one entry in the
Season Pass list.
<elrous0@pop.uky.edu> wrote in message news:1113397971.857726.29710@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com...
> smaug86 wrote:
> > I can also make a manual recording of any channel on any day at any
> > time(and then adjusting it still more if I want). What I was talking
> > about is actually selecting a series for your Season Pass and then
> > adjusting the recording options for that series while still in the
> > Season Pass mode. I can record a series on just one day or everyday
> or
> > only on Monday and Tuesday, If I want.
>
> Pragmatically, what's the difference between that and a manual
> recording? What's the difference between you saying "I want to record
> the Daily Show each night at 11pm" and me setting up a manual recording
> to record Comedy Central each night from 11:00-11:30? Either way, if
> neither of us have the guide data to distinguish between new shows and
> repeats (and I'm sure your guide ultimately uses data from Tribune
> Media Services, same as Tivo and all other PVR's). So, either way, it's
> a manual recording.
>
> The only real advantage I see in your method is that it (presumably)
> won't record if The Daily Show is preempted or just not shown some
> night (which almost never happens). It also makes it easier to deal
> with Fridays (on Tivo there is a way to deal with that too, but it
> takes a little more time to set up than your method). Either way, this
> is a fairly trivial difference, in practical application.
....
My wife's DVR has a manual Season Pass to The Daily Show for the
morning repeat of the previous night's episode. A couple of times
each month a movie will preempt the Monday morning show.
When I see this in the To Do List, I delete that scheduled item.
If a movie doesn't preempt the Monday morning show, it typically
is a repeat of the Friday episode.
The M-F Season Pass was easier to setup than 4 separate weekday
passes for Tuesday through Friday and it is only one entry in the
Season Pass list.