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I've been watching the DVR+ thread. I'm taking a wait and see position on the DVR+ like I had planned to do with the Philips until Nebraska Furniture Mart put them on sale.
I should have spent more time with it but I got so frustrated trying to watch a recorded show Thursday evening I just boxed it up. Also I was in the Kansas City area Friday so I could just return it to the store instead of shipping it back to Nebraska Furniture Mart.What I think was the source of my problem is interference (multi-path?) I get from my antenna. What shows up as quick macro-blocking with sound disruption on all my other equipment freezes the picture on the...
My 5710 went back today. The tuner just did not like what my antenna was feeding it.
Some observations and a problem on my new 5710. I'm OTA and the tuner in the 5710 seems to be a little more sensitive to what I think is probably multi-path interference. The quick signal breakups I get on all my other equipment are worse on the 5710. The recording title naming scheme really needs to be changed. The recorder will only grab the correct program name if the show has already started when the recording starts. I had one test recording that started just...
I got mine today. It's hooked up to my small TV right now for testing, if all goes well I'll move it to my main stack and replace my oldest 2160. One question I had can be answered now. The remote code 1 is the same as the Philips 3575/3576 SD recorders.
I've been going through the same decision process. My iView hasn't been reliable enough so it hasn't been used in a while. I like the DVR+ for it's dual tuners. I could free up an HDMI port with it. If it looks like CM is going to keep developing it I might buy one down the line. The lower price on the Philips got me to bite and I've got one on the way. It will replace the oldest Magnavox 2160 in my stack.
I suspect the reason you were charged when you ordered is because of Paypal and not Channel Master but they could have given a warning when you ordered. I ordered a camera online from a reputable dealer last week and used Paypal for payment. The camera dealers web site warned when I chose Paypal that my account would be immediately charged. They charge when shipped if you give them your card number and don't use Paypal.
I noticed from the review above that the US model is missing something important that the UK model has."Take a peek around the back and you'll be surprised by the number of ports EchoStar has managed to squeeze into the limited space available. There's both an RF input and output, so you can loop an aerial through to the unit's tuners and then back out to your TV's tuner."Omitting the RF output thus requiring a splitter to feed the thing was a huge mistake IMO.
Not necessarily. It depends of if power is on to the USB port at all times on the DVR+. If it's not then a USB powered 2 1/2" drive would power down and some externally powered 3 1/2" drives would too. I have a Fantom Drives 2TB Green Drive externally powered on my iView that powers down when the iView shuts down. I have a drive in a Rosewill enclosure that never shuts down unless I turn it off.
I looked through the manual and didn't see anything about manually scheduling timer recordings, VCR style. Is it guide or nothing?
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