Was discussing this in the CE forum but I no longer think its a CE issue as I am back on the national release and I figured more people might see it here. Box boots up fine, gets to 100% on the acquiring info from satellite screen and either just goes gray or stays on the Directv splash screen. I've rebooted several times, let it sit unplugged for well over an hour and nothing. Going to call D* in a bit but I'm open to suggestions. I have a feeling its a bad box though.
Did one more download of the national release and it seems to be working now.
