i have dishnetwork. i really love the recording function it has. they call it a dvr, but it is increasingly becoming known as tivo. tivo actually does more than my dvr does.
i need the tivo. stations are starting to mees with times their shows start and finish. just a little and not all of the time. just when i want to record.
case in point. f’n local san anotnio pre-empted the amazing race 9 last night for a pre-game to a spurs clippers game. who cares about basketball? i mean, go spurs go! but i have no idea how they’re even doing. i care that much. it pissed me off that my show got preempted, but not that much. i just thumbed through the browser and found TAR9 at 2 in the morning. same channel. so i set it to record.
this morning i try to watch it. it started 10 minutes late. 10 minutes into the timeslot i set it to record. so i didn’t get to see the last ten minutes of the show.
that pissed me off.
fx does this too, almost every week with ‘the shield’. i knew it and adjusted the time recorder accordingly.
why are tv stations messing with me? because ya know, they’re only doing it to me.