Hello All,
Just wanted to give my two cents on the July 14 CE on H20-600 (0x2024). I've been using it for the last month or so, and it's been a very positive experience. As FYI, I'm running this receiver on a 42" Phillips Plasma, with a generic HDMI cable from Newegg.
This is my first CE upgrade since the current national release, dating back to July 4th, 2006 (but unsure of date). This CE upgrade has gone really well... the random restarts and crashes on HD channels are gone (thus far, knock on wood). I also like the enabled use of scrolling on the mix channels and the "what's hot" feature (that also has gone w/out crashes thus far).
A few changes that i didn't like from the original, national release:
- manually changing the channel by typing it in cannot use the select key to force an instant change (you either have to use a 4 digit channel # or wait a few sec after typing in the 3 digits)... a nuisance that i'm sure can be an easy fix
- channel changing and overall menu responsiveness is still VERY slow. i haven't noticed a change in responsiveness (either direction) from the national release... i would call it about the same, but it's still annoying. Even moving around on the system menu and guide is slow.
- there's been a clear change in the font on the GUI menus... this new font seems more "Courier-like" (more blocky) than the font in my original update (the current national release)
- no "improved, white GUI" that everyone on here is raving about. I haven't seen this GUI, but with all of the positive comments, why hasn't the h20-600 seen it yet?
Other than above, i'm really happy with this CE update.
Thanks!
PS Kudos to the site... it's been a great resource!