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Originally Posted by HHGTTG  Surely, as in my Pioneer's Guideplus+ EPG, you can highlight the LH tile which includes the, to be recorded programme's title and then press 'edit' (green button) and thereby add time to the start of the programme and also the end - this is how I use mine, anyway. |
Yes, you could, but if you're going to do that then you may as well just set the recorder manually using the "Timer" button rather than the GUIDE Plus+ EPG, the amount of button presses will probably be the same
Usually, in my experience anyway, it's only BBC1, BBC2, ITV1, CH4 and FIVE that need to be padded out in case they start early or finish late and you can get round that by using VPS/PDC. I know some people consider that it's unreliable but in all honesty, I've probably only had about a dozen failed recordings due to PDC failure in as many years. I'm in the Granada area with transmissions from Winter Hill and here, PDC is very good. PDC isn't available on any Sky channels, but then neither do the start early or run late - they're always bang on time.