Also, if you go to the guide listings a few minutes before the hour, the guide will display the upcoming shows (admittedly handy) but since the show hasn't started TiVo will prompt to record the future show (admittedly frustrating)
Maybe in a future update, TiVo could default to just simply changing channels in the guide list when it is a few minutes from starting, instead of prompting to record (since we already have so many other ways to skin this cat)
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The original poster did spawn an idea out of me though. It does seem like a terrible strain on the hard drive to constantly record a 30 min buffer for two channels for 24 hours. I know I only surf for a couple of hours a day. Maybe set up some user defined options to not run a buffer between X time and Y time, or to stop running the buffer if say... I haven't changed the channel in four hours (or six or whatever) indicating that my TV is off, but my cable box is still on, but kick back on after pushing a button on the remote, etc. (maybe give us the option to change the buffer length?)
sorry for the excessive commas
