V+ box + TV oddities

I've had a Virgin plus box for about 3 months now, and generally I really do like it.

Major point in its favour is series record, just means all I really need to do is notice when a series starts and tell it to record it. Of course, that does throw up some occasional problems, such as telling it to record the new series of Flash Gordon on Sci-Fi, and finding it had recorded the movie as well.
Going to be interesting to see if it automatically catches the fact there is an additional showing of Torchwood on Good Friday.

The box is not perfect though, I have noticed some strange quirks on the software. Most annoying is the fact that the sound occasionally blips out for a second on recorded programs, mostly on stuff off Living, but sometimes on other channels, but never on the main 5. Asking around friends and family who have a box, they also get the same problems.

Had a different sort of bug this morning; yesterday I left it with about 47 hours free, it recorded 2 hours worth last night. This morning it says 55 hours free (nothing seems to have suddenly vanished). I watch one of last nights programs, deleted it, and the box then says 54 hours free! I watch and delete another hour, and it goes to 55 hours free.
Not a major problem in itself, just a bit worrying what will happen if I get to around the 5 hour free mark.

I notice a new series of House starts this week, on a Thursday, the same night I am trying to record Terminator:Sarah Connor Chronicles, Boston Legal and The Big Bang Theory.
Although the box has the ability to record 2 things at once, taking into account the 2 minutes added onto the time (to allow for over runs), this does mean at a couple of times I am trying to record 3 things at once.
Now, it is not that hard to get around (The Big Bang Theory can either get moved to the Ch 4 plus 1 showing, or I get it on E4 the day before), but this does lead to a rather annoying thing I have noticed in the past, the fact that if a new series starts that I want to watch, it has at least a 50% chance it will be on, on a Thursday.
Not sure why, obviously series start on every day of the week, just the ones I watch are more inclined towards Thursday. A certain percent can be covered by the fact that they are new series of existing shows, which were on a Thursday before, but that still does not cover why that day in the start.

I noticed this week that Michelle Ryan is over here touting her Bionic Woman series. I assume she must be under contract to do this, as it has been canceled in the States (or if not officially, most people seem 99.999999% sure it will be). Must be hard on her, trying to build up something that has failed, and taken her best chance at Global stardom with it; in hindsight, I should have watched the interview to see if that was mentioned.
I did catch the first 2 episodes on a download site, nothing really wrong with it, but nothing that made me want to catch any more.