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<blockquote data-quote="marc44" data-source="post: 1145517" data-attributes="member: 153752">Hi BeitieWhat you want is a Media Portal Light. It would go way back to the VCR times. No guide, no gimmick, just basic recording. Look in the Sunday paper for the free weekly TV-Guide (does not exist anymore either), See the show in the guide you like to record eg Tuesday at 10:30 PM to 11 PM, Thursday 0900 PM to 10 PM.Open MP(L) (Light), highlight the time, click &quot;Record&quot; and you are done with it. Maybe you can tell with a button to record a couple minutes sooner and later, that's it. VCR did that too, at least the one I had. If there was a football game before your schedule you are scr #&amp;*@$, they notoriously run over their time and you have to record the next 30 mins too otherwise you miss half the show. Wait a minute!!, same happens in MP2 with OTA TV. It does not know that the game before run over the officially allotted time. Don't know if it will record correctly for cable.KIS(S)My dream program too, but, as always, very soon somebody wants this and that added onto it and before you know you are back at MP2.<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />Besides, I searched high and low on the Internet for something like that. I guess way to simple and not worth the time for somebody to write a simple trivial demeaning program like that. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite5" alt=":confused:" title="Confused&nbsp; &nbsp; :confused:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":confused:" /> (Any 5 year old can do it). Hmmmmm Hmmmmmm, Hmmmmmm<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />Wonder how many people would download a &quot;&quot;&quot;&quot;&quot;simple&quot;&quot;&quot;&quot;&quot; program like that and stick with it or switch over to the &quot;RollsRoyce&quot; MP2.Thanks Marc</blockquote>

[QUOTE="marc44, post: 1145517, member: 153752"] Hi Beitie What you want is a Media Portal[B] Light[/B]. It would go way back to the VCR times. No guide, no gimmick, just basic recording. Look in the Sunday paper for the free weekly TV-Guide (does not exist anymore either), See the show in the guide you like to record eg Tuesday at 10:30 PM to 11 PM, Thursday 0900 PM to 10 PM. Open MP([B]L[/B]) (Light), highlight the time, click "Record" and you are done with it. Maybe you can tell with a button to record a couple minutes sooner and later, that's it. VCR did that too, at least the one I had. If there was a football game before your schedule you are scr #&*@$, they notoriously run over their time and you have to record the next 30 mins too otherwise you miss half the show. Wait a minute!!, same happens in MP2 with OTA TV. It does not know that the game before run over the officially allotted time. Don't know if it will record correctly for cable. [B]KIS(S)[/B] [B]My dream program too[/B], but, as always, very soon somebody wants this and that added onto it and before you know you are back at MP2.:) Besides, I searched high and low on the Internet for something like that. I guess way to simple and not worth the time for somebody to write a simple trivial demeaning program like that. :confused: (Any 5 year old can do it). Hmmmmm Hmmmmmm, Hmmmmmm:) Wonder how many people would download a """""simple""""" program like that and stick with it or switch over to the "RollsRoyce" MP2. Thanks Marc [/QUOTE]

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