Software on the 721 ?

**DishDave** · 03-06-2006 09:27 PM

How is the software on the 721 running? I am sending back my 942 and dropping down to the 180 only. I am still very upset over the treatment on the 942 deal. So i am going to sit back and see what i want to do. I have in my closet the the 508 and the 721 just not sure which one to put back into use. The dual tuner is not that big of a deal for me.

**Kaydigi** · 03-06-2006 11:27 PM

Originally Posted by DishDave

How is the software on the 721 running? I am sending back my 942 and dropping down to the 180 only. I am still very upset over the treatment on the 942 deal. So i am going to sit back and see what i want to do. I have in my closet the the 508 and the 721 just not sure which one to put back into use. The dual tuner is not that big of a deal for me.

It's stable again, except the long load times if you need to reset the box. The longest i've seen it take was 9 minutes from a front panel reset.

Don't forget no NBR on the 508 and 721.

**DishDave** · 03-07-2006 05:36 AM

I know the 721 and 508 have no NBR. But don't worry Charlie promised it on the 508. So it must be true.

**Widescreen** · 03-07-2006 02:56 PM

721 seems pretty stable right now. Can't speak to the 508.

**LER** · 03-07-2006 03:12 PM

I still need to reboot my 721's once a week or so if I've been mucking with the remote a lot.

LER

**Cold Irons** · 03-08-2006 08:03 AM

My 721 (in the bedroom), and my 501 for that matter, have been rock-solid lately.

Maybe that's the good side of very infrequent s/w updates......

**navychop** · 03-09-2006 01:30 PM

I think it's been over a year since I had to reboot my 721. And I don't recall EVER rebooting my 508, but then, I don't use the 508 much.

**jrbdmb** · 03-13-2006 10:34 AM

I have been having spontaneous reboots on my 721 recently, but it is almost always when recording with both tuners and doing a bunch of (FF - REW - PAUSE) while viewing a 3rd recorded program at the same time. For normal viewing, no problems.