New HD GUI

[cypherstream]

I'm pretty sure there's more than one guy that programs for directv. A separate apps team could have done pandora vs. the core system guys.

Plus there's only so much you can do to polish these turds. I think it would be a different story if the recievers had dual core Tegra 2 or even apple's A4, A5 or an intel CE4100. Huge oversight using limited less than half a GHz single core processors. Well not an oversight for accounting... Oversight in the eyes of the developers. They can only do so much. I'm sure they'd love a robust multi-core 1.5 GHz platform to develop on, but accounting must of said no way!

[Jimbo]

I'm pretty sure there's more than one guy that programs for directv. A separate apps team could have done pandora vs. the core system guys.

Plus there's only so much you can do to polish these turds. I think it would be a different story if the recievers had dual core Tegra 2 or even apple's A4, A5 or an intel CE4100. Huge oversight using limited less than half a GHz single core processors. Well not an oversight for accounting... Oversight in the eyes of the developers. They can only do so much. I'm sure they'd love a robust multi-core 1.5 GHz platform to develop on, but accounting must of said no way!

We were told that the HR24's had a NEW and much faster chip than the old HR20 platform.

Is that not so ?

[cypherstream]

We were told that the HR24's had a NEW and much faster chip than the old HR20 platform.

Is that not so ?

Oh yeah it's faster than the HR20, but I think it's only a single core CPU at something like 500 MHz. Even a dual core snapdragon CPU at 1 Ghz would of been a better choice. Still I think intel's CE4100 will be the next CPU in the set top world. Dual core, low power, integrated SoC, basically everything STB manufacturers are looking for. It powers the Pace box that Comcast is trailing their "Spectrum" DVR GUI on. That does Apple like animations and super fast response throughout the entire GUI. Maybe even a TiVo series 5 in the future would have this chip.

[Jimbo]

Oh yeah it's faster than the HR20, but I think it's only a single core CPU at something like 500 MHz. Even a dual core snapdragon CPU at 1 Ghz would of been a better choice. Still I think intel's CE4100 will be the next CPU in the set top world. Dual core, low power, integrated SoC, basically everything STB manufacturers are looking for. It powers the Pace box that Comcast is trailing their "Spectrum" DVR GUI on. That does Apple like animations and super fast response throughout the entire GUI. Maybe even a TiVo series 5 in the future would have this chip.

I wonder what they used in the HR34, seeing the 24 and the 34 are not really units that came out at the same time.
Wonder if they used a better one for the 34.

[lparsons21]

I wonder what they used in the HR34, seeing the 24 and the 34 are not really units that came out at the same time.
Wonder if they used a better one for the 34.

Given the reported slowness of the HR34 I doubt they made any better cpu choices with it than it seems they did with the rest of the HRs.

Frankly the only saving grace is that even though the HDGUI is a bit of a slug on my HR24s, it isn't nearly as bad as the HR21 I had a number of years ago. If it was, regardless of ETF, I'd be out of the D* subs.

[Tom Bombadil]

My aging HR21 is much faster with the new HDGUI than it was with the SDGUI. It was like getting about a 3X processor bump-up.

And maybe by about 5X on Smart Search. I can't believe how much faster it is now.

[Bogy]

And sometimes it just ignores the remote for a few seconds.

My HR24 responds much faster to my Harmony 680 than the Directv remote.

[lparsons21]

My HR24 responds much faster to my Harmony 680 than the Directv remote.

And my HR24 responds to IR better too. But with 2 HRs in the same spot, I can't seem to make them both work IR.

[Shadyrest59]

I'm using and HR-21 700 and I'm having an issue with the new HD GUI, in the Guide.

Sometimes just randomly, it will not properly line up with the channel I am currently on. I will scroll through the guide, and the highlighter will be on the channel that I scrolled to, but the description part will be on a different channel or won't change at all. I RBR'ed it twice and I'm currently doing it now. That helps, but eventually it messes up again.

Is there any way to fix this permanently?

[averagejoe78]

I had the new GUI on my HR-21. Just upgraded to a new HR-24. It's now hooked up to the internet. Will it automatically upgrade to the new GUI, or do I have to do something to update it? It's currently still showing the old guide setup.