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Originally Posted by JethroUK
Yes - Tivo is not yet smart enough to drop padding on consecutive recordings (unlike V+) so it uses two tuners to record the same padding twice
There are some that say this is by design, and even pretend they like it  |
By design error more like. Even Tivo V1 had a mechanism to drop padding apparently according to a post I've read from a former owner.
VM need to introduce the ability to drop padding for clashes at the next release especially when the global padding is introduced or they will be in a mess with customer complaints.
I've managed to reduce the frequency of this happening by selecting +1 channels for recordings where I can spot a time when 3 tuners might be temporarilly needed during overlaps, or to drop padding on some recordings where I am reasonably confident the channel will not run late. That said, I've had 3 cases now where recordings have missed some of the start/end of programmes so it is a gamble either way!
I've written a couple of detailed posts on the VM support forum on this and plenty of others have mentioned the isssues which happen if padding cannot be dropped like the V+ did. So I think the message is getting back to VM will wait and see what happens!