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11-09-2009, 01:44 PM
|  | SatelliteGuys Regular | | Join Date: Jul 11th, 2009 Location: Columbus, Ohio
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| | Get a Logitech Harmony One and you can program any button to do anything including emulating your beloved Direct TV receiver.
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11-09-2009, 01:54 PM
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I think the largest part of the problem is that ex-DirecTV users do not know, that on Dish receivers, select now does what they used to do with record.
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11-09-2009, 02:18 PM
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I've never used a DirecTV DVR or have had their service. So you are saying if I go to the guide and press select once it will record a show once and if I press it twice it will record that show and all new episodes in the series? I don't know why you guys don't like the idea. It reduces a click or two. It's not like we are taking anything away...
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11-09-2009, 03:15 PM
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Originally Posted by bookworm370  Get a Logitech Harmony One and you can program any button to do anything including emulating your beloved Direct TV receiver. | Gosh, you guys are touchy.
Who cares if D* does it now or not - if it's a good idea, it's a good idea, if it's not (or there's already another way to do it), just say so.
Saying "Dish is perfect, I'd never change a thing, especially if DirecTV does it" is myopic (I could use a different word, but I'm trying to be nice).
Some of us are capable of seeing two different ways of doing things and trying to pull the best practices from each.
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11-09-2009, 03:21 PM
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Originally Posted by skyviewmark Having both DirecTV HR units and Dish Vip DVR's in my house, it is my personal opinion that Dish should in no way try to copy anything that DirecTV does when it comes to their DVR. Not unless they want to turn the worlds greatest DVR into a POS! | I have both systems...The one thing I love most about dish is their VIP series..
622\722- State of the art units.
While direc does add some neat features on their machines..they are way behind.
I would think that direc should examine dishes dvrs and copy them asap.
Direc dvrs are behind the times. I only have direc for sports..
Its time for a needed interface\ facelift for direcs dvrs..
They are painfully slow.
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11-09-2009, 03:30 PM
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Originally Posted by lern4483 I have both systems...The one thing I love most about dish is their VIP series..
622\722- State of the art units.
While direc does add some neat features on their machines..they are way behind.
I would think that direc should examine dishes dvrs and copy them asap.
Direc dvrs are behind the times. I only have direc for sports..
Its time for a needed interface\ facelift for direcs dvrs..
They are painfully slow. | I completely agree, which is one of the main reasons I just switched to Dish. That being said, though, that doesn't mean there aren't any features that Dish could "learn" from the other guys...
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11-09-2009, 03:42 PM
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I like the screen that comes up when you pick a show to record. No explaining stuff to others in the family. They won't remember push it once, push it twice or whatever. They get the screen and it is plain English of what they are doing.
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11-09-2009, 03:53 PM
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Originally Posted by HDRoberts Making "new" the default for series might be nice, but I like the way it is now. I want to have the option of just an episode or all episodes ready and waiting. | You mean the "awesome, Best ever", DISH DVR can't change the default settings for series recordings?
Damn, even the "clunky" D* DVR's can.
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11-09-2009, 05:07 PM
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Let's not
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11-09-2009, 05:19 PM
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Originally Posted by Curtis0620 You mean the "awesome, Best ever", DISH DVR can't change the default settings for series recordings?
Damn, even the "clunky" D* DVR's can. | I know who cares if it's on DirecTV. So an advanced screen is easier than press record once to record once or twice to record all new shows in the series, OK.
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