Weird thing when recording Sopranos with my 721!

[Bill Mullin]

I record the Sopranos twice every Sunday night, at 9:00 and 12:00, with the second just for insurance in case the first is fubar'd. Each program is set for weekly, 1 minute early, 30 extra minutes at the end. Everything works fine Sunday night and I get 2 programs. But Monday night I get another recording that says it's the Sopranos, but is actually whatever was on HBOW from 11:59 pm Monday night until 1:30 am Tuesday morning. Rebooting doesn't solve the problem nor does deleting and replacing the program. Next week I'm testing NOT using the extra minute at the beginning of the HBOW program.

This is a very minor problem, but has anyone else been "bugged" by this?

- Bill

[FrankD1]

I've had the same problem ever since I bought my 721. I have several shows set on weekly timers, and occasionally, the 721 will record something on the same channel and same time as one of my timers except on another day of the week. I haven't been able to discern any pattern for when it will do this, and I am not using the minute early option on these programs.

It's annoying, but reading about some people here missing recordings, I'm content that I'm only gaining unwanted recordings. My feeling is that sure, it shouldn't be acting like this, but it'll eventually get fixed, and the 721 and its dual tuners is miles above my old Replay unit and 501.

Originally posted by Bill Mullin
I record the Sopranos twice every Sunday night, at 9:00 and 12:00, with the second just for insurance in case the first is fubar'd. Each program is set for weekly, 1 minute early, 30 extra minutes at the end. Everything works fine Sunday night and I get 2 programs. But Monday night I get another recording that says it's the Sopranos, but is actually whatever was on HBOW from 11:59 pm Monday night until 1:30 am Tuesday morning. Rebooting doesn't solve the problem nor does deleting and replacing the program. Next week I'm testing NOT using the extra minute at the beginning of the HBOW program.

This is a very minor problem, but has anyone else been "bugged" by this?

- Bill