There's NO doctor in the Last night's House!

fred2 · 09-20-2006, 05:42 PM

So I checked last night and saw that I had NCIS and House both scheduled against each other. I cancelled the NCIS Season Pass figuring I would watch that one "live" and record House.

When I checked the House season pass last night, it said something to the effect that I had TWO recording to go.

Well, last night's House is missing in action. This curmudgeon wants that curmudgeon. When checking, I see the season pass now says something like ONE recording to go and shows next week's episode time for recording.

What happened to last night's?

Did I remove Ncis too late - it was close to recording time but nothing was recording.

I see no messages about missing a show or anything like that.

And I apologize if this should go elsewhere and not in general TV discussion.

Thanks in advance.

Amnesia · 09-20-2006, 05:49 PM

What shows up when you look at the to-do list's history?

fred2 · 09-20-2006, 05:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Amnesia

What shows up when you look at the to-do list's history?

Thanks. Well, I had to find "to-do" and when I did. Yup, NCIS was NOT recorded because someone in my "house"hold (me) cancelled it. And HOUSE was not recorded because something with higher priority (ncis) was there. A bit circular but I guess I waited too long to cancel ncis.

And thanks for the quick reply.

BriGuy20 · 09-20-2006, 06:03 PM

Sounds like you need a 2 tuner TiVo!

TAsunder · 09-20-2006, 06:15 PM

Sounds like a gen-u-ine mystery. I have those once in a while. Like when a show on HBO is going to air 30 times in the next week but tivo still thinks it has to record the first showing and bump something else that is only showing once.

rickertk · 09-21-2006, 06:58 AM

If this occurs again, rather than cancel NCIS, specifically tell it to record that episode of House (as an explicit, single-check recording). That will cancel NCIS, and take effect immediately. If you cancel NCIS, it won't realize it's ok to record House until sometime later when it re-checks the To-Do list, and as you found out, that might not be soon enough.
Keith

fred2 · 09-21-2006, 09:47 AM

Thanks for the explicit directions for avoiding this next time. The other idea mentioned would be solved by a mere $800.00 investment in dual recording - not at that price!

wmcbrine · 09-21-2006, 01:13 PM

You don't need a Series 3 to get dual tuning.