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OT: I hate RCN's DVR



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Gordon Marx wrote:
> Hi all,
> I know this is OT, but this DVR is killing me. It's a Motorola DCT3416 from
> RCN. I had the same DVR with Comcast and had no problems, but the RCN DVR
> software seems to be much worse. The main issue is that it records multiples
> of the same episodes of shows with the same descriptions, which fills up the
> DVR and causes the DVR box to throw out higher-priority recordings. Oy. Does
> anyone have any suggestions? (other than "suck it up")
> 

On my particular box, there are several options which can cut this down:

First Run vs First Run and repeats
This Channel Only vs All Channels
This Time Only vs All Showings

 -Don
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