# Lost Scheduled 8:00-9:01 to screw the TiVoers?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-scheduled-8-00-9-01-to-screw-the-tivoers/271767>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [October 29, 2004, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-scheduled-8-00-9-01-to-screw-the-tivoers/271767 "2004-10-29T00:59:25Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2004, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-scheduled-8-00-9-01-to-screw-the-tivoers/271767/21 "2004-10-29T19:04:07Z")

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> [@Jurph](#):
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> That’s interesting, because the version I have (a TiVo’ed copy burned to VCD with the ads edited out) was 42 minutes long, without the “next week on LOST” segment. Most previous episodes have been 40 or 41 minutes, including the preview segment.

They probably did add a minute of content. I checked the Tivo recording clock when the credits started rolling, and it was at 1:00 – so it might have gone to 1:01 by the time it was done.

But if one’s recording shut off at 9:00 one definitely would not have missed anything.

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**Author:** ![GraceTX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c4cdca/32.png) [@GraceTX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GraceTX)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2004, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-scheduled-8-00-9-01-to-screw-the-tivoers/271767/22 "2004-10-29T23:31:11Z")

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> [@adam yax](#):
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> I just want to say that my Dish Network DVR would have no trouble recording both Lost and West Wing. In fact I have recorded two seperate shows at the same time. The DVR allows recording through the main input and through the PIP input as well.

My Direct TV DVR is a Tivo and it’ll record two shows even if there’s a time overlap. The only time it won’t do this is if I add a third show to the mix.

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**Author:** ![Rubystreak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Rubystreak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rubystreak)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2004, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-scheduled-8-00-9-01-to-screw-the-tivoers/271767/23 "2004-10-30T00:39:33Z")

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> [@Grace](#):
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> My Direct TV DVR is a Tivo and it’ll record two shows even if there’s a time overlap. The only time it won’t do this is if I add a third show to the mix.

The problem comes in when I try to record _Jack & Bobby_, which just switched to Wednesdays at 9. What a pain in the ass.

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**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2004, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-scheduled-8-00-9-01-to-screw-the-tivoers/271767/24 "2004-10-30T00:45:39Z")

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You could always, um, just skip them.

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