I want to DVR 24 Sunday the 14th and Monday the 22nd. The DVR I have from CableVision allows me to record shows that I like, but you cannot do that, unless the show is currently on the channel guide. A show that has not aired yet, won't be on the channel guide. So you can schedule a manual recording for shows that are not on the channel guide, but you cannot go past two weeks in the future, which is kinda dumb. I can set the DVR to record all shows on Monday at a certain time - which is what I will have to do, but I can't tell the DVR to record Monday, January 22nd and 9pm at this time, which is what I want it to do.

If I had the TiVO series 3 then maybe I could schedule the recording from my trip and wouldn't have to go at it backwards.