Does Tivo behave this way also?

Y'know, I can't really tell you. I've never told TiVo to start recording a program early -- the TV stations in my town can't even get their programs started on time -- much less earlier than scheduled.

[rant]In case anybody is curiious as to why (and how) this can be... the TV stations in Alaska do not air network programming directly off the satellite. Remember, we are an hour earlier than West Coast time, so if we did that, our prime time scheduling would start at 6pm. Instead, they record the network shows off the East Coast feed (four hours earlier than Alaska) and then play them whenever they damn well please. This means that they can play a few extra minutes of commercials in each show, so as the evening goes on, they become further and further behind. It is not unusual on Sunday nights for the local ABC affiliate to be nine minutes late when 11 pm rolls around. The only TV station in town with the slightest bit of professionalism is the local PBS station.[/rant]

tanstaafl.