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8 out of 9 people found this review helpful
1.5 stars
Pros: Screen Saver
Cons: Lockups, Software Problems, Crappy Guide, Very slow Menus, Only one live TV buffer and many others
Summary: I have had TIVO for years and now DirecTV has... read more
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5 out of 5 people found this review helpful
0.5 stars
"Horrific! Guaranteed to frustrate anyone with minimal expectations"
Pros: Recording Capacity Meter; Able to program while still listening to programming & watching p.i.p.
Cons: Tons of Bugs or as DTV calls them "Known Issues"; Constantly being tested; Using paying customers as guinea pigs (no joke)
Summary: On paper this is a great unit, however after ... read more
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5 out of 7 people found this review helpful
4.5 stars
"Excellent, Better than Direct TV's "old" TIVO"
Pros: full features including one touch recording, sort features, mutliple ways to search/record programs
Cons: no dual buffer, remote is over designed
Summary: I upgraded from Direct TV's "standard" defini... read more
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2 out of 2 people found this review helpful
0.5 stars
Pros: ZERO ZERO ZERO
Cons: THE entire thing. Slow, NO OTA,still reboots, Slow,and more slow
Summary: This is worse then the HR-20 at least the HR ... read more
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2 out of 2 people found this review helpful
0.5 stars
"I am all for automation, but ..."
Pros: Live TV - works great. Beautiful picture on my Samsung 63" Plasma. One touch record, two touch series record is great. Hit the blue button, and you can continue to watch your program while scrolling through the guide at the bottom of the screen.
Cons: Try to watch a recorded show, or dare to press pause on your DVR, and you may get a picture, you may not. This is my 6th box....different prob each time. Sometimes no recording, sometimes audio/video out of sync. Problems, problems, problems!
Summary: I am all for automation, but ...I would prefe... read more
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