Wow! Here's what I remember about DISH. I always record NASCAR on Sunday. IT was an automatic recording I set once and that was that. Now if the race was scheduled for say from 1-5 pm and if there were a bunch of cautions and red flag periods, the race wouldn't be over until 6 pm. My Recorder somehow knew to keep recording until the end of the telecast. It knew if the race had messed up the other Sunday programs to somehow still record the other show I had set to automatic record even though it started 1 hour later. I promise I ain't making this up. My son even has made mention of it. Hey, I'm sticking with Direct. I can't go back to continuously messed up bills trying to work it out with someone who doesn't speak SouthWest VA Dialect (?).
I'm gonna change my preferences like you guys say. It just seems goofy to record all our programs for an hour longer. 2 hours of Office, 2 hours of Heroes, 1.5 hours for a 30 minute show, etc.
Merry Christmas!