Aha, I have noticed a few of my SBS recordings since the latest update don't have pre-padding, with the show starting immediately (a good thing :-)). But if I set pre-padding, I want it, there are times the networks decide to pull a swifty and start early, so I really would prefer this to be working. Mind you, the media centre is the 3rd device I have in a bunch of PVRs, so not all that important for me, but I can see how some would be annoyed right now!