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Recently I did something I'd been promising to do for a while: I cancelled my Time Warner cable TV service. I'd been thinking about it for a long time, finally came to the conclusion that while I do really like TV, I just wasn't watching enough of it anymore to justify the $100 I was spending for cable each month (I subscribed to the basic service plus HD channels and also paid a monthly fee to rent an HD-DVR). Like a lot of other people who have cut the cord, I've turned to the internet -- Hulu...
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1TB drive earlier. Over the past few weeks I'd thought about springing for a TiVo Premiere -- the UI on my Scientific Atlanta box is just awful -- but for an investment of just $65 I was able increase my DVR's recording capacity ten fold. And since actually watching a TV show will be the same whatever box I use, it seemed like this was a better value for my money than any other option right now.
I got tired of running out of space -- the DVR has about 10 hours of HD recording capacity on its own -- so I finally broke down and bought this external eSata drive and was pleasantly surprised out easy it was to install. Just unplug the DVR, connect and power up the drive, plug the DVR back in, and then once it reboots it asks to format the drive. That takes about two minutes, and then you're set! Now I have about 90 hours of HD recording capacity, and am looking forward to not having to...
Any recommendations out there? The Western Digital DVR expander line seems easy enough, but reviews I've seen bring into question their reliability. Wouldn't mind building my own with an enclosure, etc...also. Looking forward to the recommendations. Thx
Hi All, I just wanted to know if anybody managed to figure any of this out or how we can check diagnostics screen etc.. FirmwareOS? Exporting Content? USB? Watchable on comp? Assuming cable manufacturer doesn't interfer?
My 8300 has a quirk that is bugging me. It occasionally (less than once an hour) blanks out the screen for 2-3 seconds. I'm not sure if it is really the 8300's fault of if it could be my TV or possibly my cable connection. I will say that the sound does NOT cut out when the video does. Here is something that is interesting: sometimes it happens during DVR playback. Anybody else have this problem? If so, any reasonable solution? Yes, I could trade it in for a new one at my cable company,...
why do dvr's suck so much? worst box ever. no discreet power, terrible terrible software (all versions). i love my directv dvr, and wish tivo dvr's were more of an option.
