[RichardCoulter]

If the metadata was improved, recording from all channels wouldn't be a problem as it would ignore programmes already recorded; in fact it would be a good thing for the reasons highlighted by others.

As it stands I have to repeatedly delete duplicate episodes of 'Nothing To Declare' that i've already seen that TiVo records because it can't differentiate between the various episodes on most channels due to a generic synopsis being provided.

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I have all my SL's set to 'Keep until I delete'. However, when the HDD starts getting full or if I haven't watched the recordings within a few days, they go into the 'Going away Soon' folder.

I then have to manually change these to 'Keep until I delete'.

Should my TiVo be doing this or is it a bug?

I would have thought that it wouldn't try to delete recordings that i've already told it to keep until further notice; or does it do this to try to maintain the ability to record new material??