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My boxes have been sporadically experiencing these weird anomalies for almost two weeks. It is getting really annoying.

How I got a "Free" HR20-700 :upHow I got a "Free" HR20-700-> OK, so I have been a D* for several years. I currently have 5 STBs in use: (1) HR20-700 (1) D*Tivo R10 (3) D10 My 1.5yo HR20-700 started acting weird about a month back, and it seemed to be dying (see my "Is My HR20-700...

UPDATE - While waiting for my replacement, I tried a "fix" I had read about on the web: Delete ALL recordings and reboot. Sure enough, it worked perfectly afterward; not a single problem at all! So much so, that the replacement is still sitting in the box for a week now It is strange...

Well, I guess you guys are right. I called, and the CSR said it is a lease. So, on the upside I will receive a replacement in 2 days (for only the cost of shipping). I still am perplexed at how a company makes you buy an STB, and then charges a lease fee for it. Weird. BTW: the CSR said he...

Heyyyyyy, this isn't The Pit! Are you pulling my leg here? Seriously, I am naive about this stuff sometimes. I didn't even ask, I needed it installed for the NFL playoffs; so I was like "OK $300, whatever..."

What was the $299 for, the 5-LNB dish?

OK, thanks for the tip. I'll see what they can do for me. When I got it ~18 months ago they charged me $299, so I figured I would try to fix it for less $$$; but if I can get it for a "commitment", then that would work too!

Thanks for the input Bogy! Yep, I am figuring the HDD is toast; since the problem seems to be getting worse each day. I see that people are adding an external drive no-problem, but I am not sure if that will work if the internal-hdd is dead? Hopefully someone can shed some light here.:(...

Hi All, I need some opinions, on whether my ~18 month old HR20-700 is dying. I have been noticing a strange malfunction lately: Sometimes when recording a show, the DVR seems to freeze the video portion. Usually, the video looks like I hit pause; but the audio keeps going, and this usually...

When the heck am I gonna get CW in HD for Boston area? Watching Samllville in SD is depressing...

Yes, I am quite sure that two programs were recording at the same time. I had programmed the DVR to record the football game; but when I turned on the STB ~30 min after start, the golf game was running. I was in a panic, when I turned on the guide it showed BOTH programs recording. So I...

Hi All, I have the HR20-700, and this weekend I experienced something new to me: Even though I have only one cable running to the DVR, it let me record on 2 different channels. My understanding was that I need 2 cables? For the year+ I have had this DVR it has NEVER let me record a second...

Problem Solved UPDATE: Problem Solved. There was something funky going on with the box or tv, maybe caused by me adding an HDMI line last night for the HD-DVD. The CSR told me to disconnect the HDMI cables while the power was unplugged. Fired right up after reconnection. GO PATS!!!

HELP! My HR20-700 will not power up! Something very weird is going on with HR20-700. I was putting a new component in my HT, and I accidentally unplugged the HR20. When I plugged it back in, it started to fire up but all that happened is the "HD-DVR" splash page came up and the screen went...

Hi Icee!!! Bah... I guess this means I won't be getting my PBS-HD and CW-HD locals any time soon...

Hmm... it seems to have been another "temporary" glitch, and it seems to have been "fixed" by rebooting. I am not seeing it again when playing the same recording. Does microsoft write the DVR code:eek:?

Hi All, Suddenly my HR20-700 is having a strange audio-video sync problem. I am trying to watch a recorded show; but anytime I FF through commericals, the audio track gets WAY out of sync (like 2-3 seconds). If I pause it, and then play, the problem goes away until the next time I FF. I am...

There could also be some problem with your house's wiring. I had a bad ground in one room that was frying receivers. The tricky part is that if you have multiple recvievers, it could be any reciever sending a surge through the coax (so you would have to check each room). Also, you will need...

hmm After this weekend, I am going to check out what my options are. I have a HR20-700, so I will have to research what will work best with it (can I even DVR the OTA stuff?). If they make decent cheap ones, then I will go for it. The in-laws cottage is in RI, which usually has crappy...

great... I guess I really jumped the gun, when I upgraded to HD D* equipment back in December. This weekend I saw my in-laws new LCD-HD, and thier OTA-HD looks just as good as D*. And since I don't watch sports much, nor use the current exclusive HD lineup frequently, they actually get MORE...

Beware... Beware of D* subcontractors, most of them are barely qaulified to ask "would you like fries with that" (nevermind install complicated equipment). A few years back, my first D* install was a nightmare. My system was just a basic old fashioned SD 4 room NON-DVR setup. I had the techs...

Cool! (no pun intended) Cool! (no pun intended) This is a good idea, I will keep it in mind if I ever get cramped for space. But for the poster's application, that is making the assumption that whatever he is putting on top of it leaves an adequate "gap" between the components. If there...

What??? I thought the extremely obvious perforations on top were so we could hear the hard drive making it's lovely whirring noises. Now I question my theory; maybe, just maybe, they are cooling vents - and should not be covered up??? :eek: (Sorry for the sarcastic post, I couldn't help...

hmmm I have gotten used to the 15 seconds of commercials. What drives me nuts, is the "randomness" of the whole problem. Even only set to "2" the FF can, for apparently NO reason at all, suddenly shoot at least 1 minute or so past the beggining of the show. And even that I get used to...

When I use FF on the HR-20 (700), my DVR seems to have an unpredictable "delay" effect on the video; it seems to randomly overshoot what it is showing. My D*TiVo was way easier and accurate, in fact if I was in the "Two Arrow" FF mode it would flash a clip of the show while still on the...