Originally Posted by jcsager:
“The polarisation of opinion here does surprise me. I suppose some people are never satisfied.
I got mine early on (Christmas Eve 2008 when it arrived!), and I have generally been satisfied with its performance. I've had several lockups, which is highly irritating, and several no-records or faulty records (Film4 was bad for this for a while). Like any bit of tech kit, I've got used to its UI quirks, and I've also successfully upgraded it with a 1TB disk (WD10EVDS). On balance it has met my requirements and I'm very satisfied. If the forthcoming software update eliminates the lockups then I shall be a very happy bunny.”
“The polarisation of opinion here does surprise me. I suppose some people are never satisfied.
I got mine early on (Christmas Eve 2008 when it arrived!), and I have generally been satisfied with its performance. I've had several lockups, which is highly irritating, and several no-records or faulty records (Film4 was bad for this for a while). Like any bit of tech kit, I've got used to its UI quirks, and I've also successfully upgraded it with a 1TB disk (WD10EVDS). On balance it has met my requirements and I'm very satisfied. If the forthcoming software update eliminates the lockups then I shall be a very happy bunny.”
As the main purpose of a PVR is to record programs how can you be "very satisfied" if you suffer from missed/faulty recordings. It quite clearly isn't meeting its main requirement.
Just out of interest, since upgrading the hard disk have the occurrences of the lock-ups, no records or faulty records reduced, increased or disappeared completely.





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. Most of them are pretty minor to me but I guess thats's mostly down to how I use the box.