Manage Your Recorded TV Programs

Once you have recorded a few television programs, you may start running into a few issues you hadn’t considered. Maybe your recordings are starting 30 seconds after a program begins or you’re running out of space on your hard disk. The following are some tips to help you manage your recorded TV programs so you don’t miss a critical moment or even an entire episode because of recording issues.

Delete, Delete, Delete!

Get rid of the programs you have recorded but haven’t found time to watch. You know which ones these are—you’ve recorded 32 episodes of Friends in three weeks but have watched only six. Or maybe you no longer need that Oprah segment about dieting since you’ve already lost ten pounds. Whatever—just delete ...

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