Are there any new episodes to find?
If the BBCA series, yes. If the US one, I don't watch it but I think they too have started new episodes.
"whatever software update occurred in the last 2 months pretty much wrecked the box"
not having any issues with mine (can't comment on the Top Gear thing however)
Super, SUPER slow.
Have you tried a Reboot ?
I have no problem getting BBCA Top Gear programming, also available on the On Demand, of course it's not the New season your looking for as of yet.
No, how does one reboot? Unplug and power up again? If so, yes. As for BBCA, the new season did just start and everything is in the guide, its just that the HR22 doesnt ID the new episodes as first run.
The reason your DirecTV DVR isn't picking up "NEW" Top Gear episodes on BBC America is because of inaccurate guide data. The "New" Top Gear episodes already aired in England (Hence they are NOT tagged as new) the guide data is using the air date from England. Whom ever supplies the guide data needs to fix it. Apparently BBC America is delaying TOP GEAR by about 4 months.
I think it's stupid. A lot of Top Gear fans will just download the episodes instead of waiting for their airing on BBC America.
John