I think I understand what the OP wants - if I am correct, I would also prefer a change in how episodes are listed. My 80 year-old mother and I watch the same show series, but watch them at different times (in the same household). I set series recordings, and many times the episodes accumulate before they are watched. For some reason, my mother cannot understand that the first show she should watch (in order for her to see the series episodes in their intended order) is at the BOTTOM of the list, not the top. I'm not sure why this is too hard for her to understand, but she often asks me what is going on in the series, not knowing she has missed several intervening episodes, or that I may not have gotten there yet.
It does make more sense (to me) that the older episodes of a show series should be the first available on the list. It would even be helpful to have older recordings first on the list. One of the "silver contributors" on these posts seems to take issue with several posters who are upgrading their DVRs (or have already done so) who want to keep their recorded shows through the transition. I completely understand their position - that is one reason we have not upgraded ours. We have recorded shows that often pile up, but we also have a tendency to forget the older shows we recorded because we don't see them on the list all the time, as they are at the bottom. I don't think the posters who want to keep their recordings want to keep them forever, only long enough to be able to actually watch them. At least it might make customers watch their recorded shows, instead of keeping them "forever".
