I'm confused..you mean record a episode you already recorded?
But there is a downside to that....I have both D* and E*. On my E* 211k I record TMZ (yeah I know...). Its on at 6 at night, 10:35 at night and 1PM the next day. With the playoffs on Fox the guide kept saying it would record at 10:35 but with the games running long it records wrong. So if I set a timer for 1:00 the next day it shows as skipped and I have to force it to record. Even if I delete the timer for tonight at 10:35 (like I did) and set it for tomorrow it shows skipped and says "duplicate recording". Takes more steps to unskip it
That is the one big advantage of setting a recording on Directv
one push of record for one time
two for series
With Dish ANY timer it kicks you to a second screen where you have to select what type of recording it is (all, new, one time, weekly, etc). This really sucks for one time recordings.