6000 Sweet and sour?
With the great news of the 6000 "deal" going on right now, the sentiments are very sweet, but when all these folks see the short comings in the current 6000 firmware, will all this joy turn sour? I don't mean to "rain on the parade" but the 6000 does have some limitations, most prevalent is the EPG which can only (for me) see out about 90 minutes without getting "Information unavailable" in the time slots.and then, going out 2-3 hours requires "downloading information from satellite." If you are not looking for a slick EPG, then the 6000 is a good (not the best) HD receiver. The only problem I have with my 6000 (2 years old) is the noise from the 8VSB fan (so I put the unit in a closable, vented cabinet) and the reboot problems when the local OTA stations monkey with their PSIP signals and the box's firmware gets confused and dies (or changes to a totally different channel after 10 or so seconds). Hopefully, we won't allow the foibles to ruin the deal...