wrote: Yes, this came up last year too. The problem is that whether the DVR will record depends totally on how the program is listed in the on-screen guide, which Spectrum buys from Gracenote, a 3rd party supplier. As others have already said, when each NASCAR race is listed as a separate event, not as a series, the DVR can't record them as a series. Similar issues exist with golf, football, and baseball.
Yes,
In order to resolve this issue as it stands currently, Gracenote would have to change it's sports listing data in the guide to reflect the ability to record sports events as series.
Here is a URL with my reasons why they don't do this that was a chosen solution to this question a while back:
It doesn't provide a solution to the problem, but explains why the listing database is the way that it is regarding sports events.
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