I have had the same problem with basketball games. The first airing on ESPN or ESPN2 is skipped. The second showing on ESPNU is scheduled for recording. I got caught once. Since then I check the scheduled recordings and restore the original airing. And I do not have all 16 tuners in use.I'm a little annoyed that Seek timers sometimes choose to record a repeat broadcast later in the day rather than the first available episode. I can't imagine I'm doing it wrong, but welcome any advice.