Watching Recorded Programs Only to Find Out the End Was Cut Off

[Dan G]

Have you ever recorded a TV show, movie or sporting event, sat down to watch it and then it ends abruptly?

I recorded "Modern Romance" several weeks ago and sat down to watch it this afternoon. I had never seen it, so I'm watching and thoroughly enjoying it. All of a sudden the movie just stops. The characters were at a cabin and looked as if they were breaking up again and that's where it ended for me. Of course HDNet isn't replaying the movie, so I can't record it again.

Normally I pad my DVR for extra time, but for some reason I didn't with this movie. It recorded exactly 94 minutes, but apparently that wasn't enough time.

What have you missed?

[Fallon]

I always forget to add time to South Park. I end up missing the moral of the show!

[PapaBear]

I miss a lot of stuff when the shows follow sporting events. I also miss stuff when shows (usually on NBC) decide to run a few minutes longer than an hour, and I've already set it up to record a show that follows on another channel.

[underdog]

When I had DirecTV, the only thing I had a problem with was South Park, like Fallon does. But now that I have Comcast, I have to basically set EVERYTHING to an extra 2 minutes. I wish there was a way just to set my tivo to set the internal clock one minute ahead, because it would solve like every problem.

[Devo37]

i still use my vcr to record stuff (a vcr is an ancient device which uses cassette tapes to record tv shows). i add 5 minutes before the start time and 15 minutes after just in case. old technology can still be useful!

[Dan G]

I've noticed IFC is really bad at running movies long. I always pad extra on that channel compared to all the others.

When I used to watch wrestling, Raw would end at different times each week, so I would pad an additional 30 minutes. I remember one week where even that wasn't enough time.

[cougarjake13]

I usually add a few minutes to all shows but sometimes you cant b/c with my cable i can only record 2 shows at any one time and i ll miss the end of something


biggest problems usually come with raw or ecw since they're live and who knows when they will end, i add 10 minutes to the end of those shows

[cupcakelove]

This happens a lot with Lost. I set my DVR to go an extra 10 minutes just in case. The DVR I got from Cox would automatically adjust for each show, so I never missed anything. I was in love with that thing.

[Dan 'Hampton]

My bro was telling me he had my mom record a sox yanks game for him. Unfortunatly she recorded the re-run of the night before's game and not the one he looked for. The cut-out at the end happens to lots of Pats games too apparently. Someday i'll get Tivo.

[WhistlePig]

I hate it when I get the end of the show but it cuts off before they show the next week's teaser. Happens to me all the time on FX and HBO.

[BoondockSaint]

I always miss the money shot.

[EliSnow]

It happened to me the first time that I watched Rear Window. I was in my teens, and taping it off of a local network. I was enthralled by the movie up until the point that Grace Kelly enters Perry Mason's apartment, and Stewart sees Perry approaching his apartment.

Then the tape ran out. Damn I was pissed.

[milliehatchett]

It happened to me the first time that I watched Rear Window. I was in my teens, and taping it off of a local network. I was enthralled by the movie up until the point that Grace Kelly enters Perry Mason's apartment, and Stewart sees Perry approaching his apartment.

Then the tape ran out. Damn I was pissed.

Then let me tell you how it ends...Grace Kelly ends up marrying a prince and becomes Princess Grace and then she died in a fiery car crash. Jimmy Stewart died of old age. There...now you know how it all ends...better?

[EliSnow]

It happened to me the first time that I watched Rear Window. I was in my teens, and taping it off of a local network. I was enthralled by the movie up until the point that Grace Kelly enters Perry Mason's apartment, and Stewart sees Perry approaching his apartment.

Then the tape ran out. Damn I was pissed.

Then let me tell you how it ends...Grace Kelly ends up marrying a prince and becomes Princess Grace and then she died in a fiery car crash. Jimmy Stewart died of old age. There...now you know how it all ends...better?

:laugh:

I've since seen the ending, but thanks anyway.

[SinA]

all the big shows nowadays run wierd times, like Lost will run from 9:00 to 10:01 or some shit.

that fucks up my DVR because it thinks there is a conflict in the whole 10 o'clock hour

[JustJon]

The only two shows I ever really hit a problem is Lost and South PArk. Lost will just hit the post and leave off the stuff for next week (I really don't care about that) and SP I had to pad. I think I had to pad the Simpsons too, but I forget.

And Cartoon Network always needs an additional 2 minutes at the end.