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Originally Posted by passingbat
I hadn't realised that tivo had to have priorities set, but thinking about it, it's the only way if it's going to chop things, including padding.
I've never set a priority on V+ because if it highlighted a clash, I sorted it out with a repeat or +1 channel, and it automatically dropped padding where needed.
It's good to know the tivo team know that people have requested the V+ system, but I do fear they may let the tivo system prevail and just add a global option to add padding.
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I think you are getting too hung up on this padding thing. Remember it's TiVo and although VM are working with TiVo on this it's primarily their system that we are using so although they will add some features that VM want, they probably will not want to edit their system too much, changing the core functionality.
Until you have used it and also until the third tuner is active I would not pass judgement. Yes the V+ let's you set priority for series links or one off recordings. However TiVo let's you choose priority over which series link in more important.
For me this has been much better, due to the 3 or 4 really important links being at the top of my list and stuff I want to record but am not as bothered abo ut go at the bottom. I have never missed any of the shows. Yes sometimes the recordings start right at the beginning of the show but I have never missed more than 30 seconds of a show.
As for actual clashes, TiVo will smartly try to record the next showing of an episode if it can't record due to a clash.
I usually set a padding of 2 mins at the start and end of a series link and for some one off shows I tend not to add padding at all.