I also have the Comcast HD DVR. It's the ONLY reason I left DirecTV...wasn't willing to pay $1000 for their HD Tivo. Anyway...it's not as good as Tivo, but it's OK. There are a few annoying bugs that still have not been fixed in firmware:
1 - If you turn off the dvr and it turns itself on to record a show it applies mute on the dvr. The comcast remote is programmed so the mute button triggers your tv mute...so there is no way to un-mute the dvr box....really dumb. I have to shut the dvr off and interupt the recording. I just got a Logitech Harmony remote, so I fixed it by programming the remote the correct way.
2 - Occasionally I get no signal and must unplug it from the wall to do a hard reset. This hasn't happened in a long time.
3 - Season Pass (Tivo terminology) bug. My season pass list keeps getting messed up somehow. The number assigned to the season pass duplicates so there will be multiple season passes numbered 7 for example. When this happens I cannot re-order the list. Very annoying!!
4 - Sound volume between HD channels and SD channels is dramatically different. Very annoying to always have to adjust volume between channels. Sometimes on HD channels I have my TV volume turned almost all the way out. This seems to only be a problem for the RCA out jacks on the DVR. Using optical output through my surround receiver the difference is not that noticable.
5 - I cannot "hack" it to add a larger hard drive like I did my Tivo. But, rumors are that eventually you'll be able to ad an external firewire hard drive to increase storage....hopefully they'll enable this feature soon.
I'm willing to put up with these bugs because you simply cannot beat $9.95/month for an HD DVR. BUT, I cannot wait for my Comcast HD Tivo next year...!!
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I also have the Comcast HD DVR. It's the ONLY reason I left DirecTV...wasn't willing to pay $1000 for their HD Tivo. Anyway...it's not as good as Tivo, but it's OK. There are a few annoying bugs that still have not been fixed in firmware:
1 - If you turn off the dvr and it turns itself on to record a show it applies mute on the dvr. The comcast remote is programmed so the mute button triggers your tv mute...so there is no way to un-mute the dvr box....really dumb. I have to shut the dvr off and interupt the recording. I just got a Logitech Harmony remote, so I fixed it by programming the remote the correct way.
2 - Occasionally I get no signal and must unplug it from the wall to do a hard reset. This hasn't happened in a long time.
3 - Season Pass (Tivo terminology) bug. My season pass list keeps getting messed up somehow. The number assigned to the season pass duplicates so there will be multiple season passes numbered 7 for example. When this happens I cannot re-order the list. Very annoying!!
4 - Sound volume between HD channels and SD channels is dramatically different. Very annoying to always have to adjust volume between channels. Sometimes on HD channels I have my TV volume turned almost all the way out. This seems to only be a problem for the RCA out jacks on the DVR. Using optical output through my surround receiver the difference is not that noticable.
5 - I cannot "hack" it to add a larger hard drive like I did my Tivo. But, rumors are that eventually you'll be able to ad an external firewire hard drive to increase storage....hopefully they'll enable this feature soon.
I'm willing to put up with these bugs because you simply cannot beat $9.95/month for an HD DVR. BUT, I cannot wait for my Comcast HD Tivo next year...!!