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Originally Posted by carlwaring
Other than reminders, I can't think of one other thing that the V+ did better than Tivo 
Subjective. Some say it's better; some say it's not.
Global padding may be nice but its not absolutely required.
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For me, the only real thing is the way V+ handled padding (PQ is probably a Cisco box issue).
V+ dropped padding when two shows on different channels recorded back to back on the same tuner.
Tivo doesn't do that. it records the end padding on the highest priority show and you miss the first part of the lower priority show following.
I used to set a standard 5 minutes before and after on V+ which covered pretty much all over runs. I could do this because V+ would drop padding for the scenario described above.
With Tivo, I would loose 5 minutes of the second show. Given this situation, I can see why Tivo doesn't have a global setting for padding, as you really need to set pading depending on what other shows are being recorded around the same time and which tuners will be available.
If Tivo handled padding like the V+, then a global padding option, like that on the V+ could be applied with no resulting problems.