Recent content by Danbo

My HD-Tivo unit has FINALLY been installed. All I can say is "WOW!". The quality is amazing. It's a major change from using a 721, that's for sure. The guide is slow, and it's still a pain in the butt trying to figure out the best way to get to shows I want to record (that are on other then...

While I'm switching from E* to D*, the switch hasn't been going well. 2/5/2005 install date: No one arrives between 8 and 12 to install. Call retailer, who tells me I have to speak with D* directly. Call D*, they say they tried to contact me on 2/4 to reschedule due to equipment not...

721 is still buggy I haven't posted in quite a while, but it's because I've been too busy with work. However, since you're asking, the 721 is still as quirky as ever. 1) Still on occasion I'll get a black screen, with sound from the show airing on it, when changing channels. Not often, but...

And keep calling Dish Support, asking for Advanced Tech Support, until you actually get someone that knows what they're talking about. It's somewhat of a roulette game with them. At least half the time or more you get someone who makes you jump hoops for no reason as they've no clue themselves...

When people build software these days, one of the most important things, sometimes even before added "features", is ease of use. Ease of use WAS the ability to pad the timer to whatever value, up to 99, you wished. Having to go back and edit the timer to do the padding, now that the pad is...

New features? Knowledgable tech support would be first on my list.

I'm waiting for a dual tuner HD DVR or Tivo, plain and simple. Will I go with the 921 when it comes out? Doubtful. With the way Dish is handling the 721, and using the same code base for the 921, it really worries me that the 921 will suffer the same fate, being a piece of crap. Don't get...

Does it make a difference? Let's just say that, if DTivo had a dual tuner receiver out when I was looking at the 721, I'd not have purchased the 721. Especially after having dealt with one return already, and countless hours of what can only be explained as "extremely poor and inept...