This piece of gross misinformation clearly sounds like it was written by a disgruntled postal worker. It is blatently one-sided and litered with inaccuracies. It is also not based on fact.
For the vast majority of HR20 users, we know better. I can account for a total of 22 units alone in my circle of user associates, none of which has had any problems scheduling, recording, or playing back programming. The HR20 has been solid for most users since it came out last September. A small minority of users have experienced some hiccups, but even some of those have proven to be self-inflicted based on user error, poor equipment connections, and poor cabling. In other cases, they tried to hook up the HR20 to an HDTV which was known to have HDMI problems with any device, and yet the HR20 got blamed.
I've had the HR20 for several months now as an upgrade from multiple series1 and Series2 D-TiVos, along with a standard Samsung HD tuner. True, it IS more stable now compared to the initial version I picked up at BestBuy, and I am pleased that the OTA tuners were finally activated, but this is still a frustrating piece of hardware.
I have it connected to a Panny projector via. component and it's most common problem is where the picture is solid black, although the menus continue to function normally. Granted, it only happens about once every 2 weeks, but that's far too often for me. Aside from that, the other main problem is how it doesn't maintain a stable digital audio signal during commercial transitions resulting in lots of audible pops & clicks with each break.
I like the fast menus and "normal operation" is generally pretty good, but adding & managing scheduled recordings is a pain compared to my original Tivo units. I find that pretty sad considering how old Tivo is now.... is it really that hard to replicate that kind of usability!?
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This is yellow journalism at its worst.
This piece of gross misinformation clearly sounds like it was written by a disgruntled postal worker. It is blatently one-sided and litered with inaccuracies. It is also not based on fact.
For the vast majority of HR20 users, we know better. I can account for a total of 22 units alone in my circle of user associates, none of which has had any problems scheduling, recording, or playing back programming. The HR20 has been solid for most users since it came out last September. A small minority of users have experienced some hiccups, but even some of those have proven to be self-inflicted based on user error, poor equipment connections, and poor cabling. In other cases, they tried to hook up the HR20 to an HDTV which was known to have HDMI problems with any device, and yet the HR20 got blamed.
Speak for yourself Charley..
I've had the HR20 for several months now as an upgrade from multiple series1 and Series2 D-TiVos, along with a standard Samsung HD tuner. True, it IS more stable now compared to the initial version I picked up at BestBuy, and I am pleased that the OTA tuners were finally activated, but this is still a frustrating piece of hardware.
I have it connected to a Panny projector via. component and it's most common problem is where the picture is solid black, although the menus continue to function normally. Granted, it only happens about once every 2 weeks, but that's far too often for me. Aside from that, the other main problem is how it doesn't maintain a stable digital audio signal during commercial transitions resulting in lots of audible pops & clicks with each break.
I like the fast menus and "normal operation" is generally pretty good, but adding & managing scheduled recordings is a pain compared to my original Tivo units. I find that pretty sad considering how old Tivo is now.... is it really that hard to replicate that kind of usability!?