RBR vs. reboot from Menu

[NYHeel]

I always hear the term RBR (red button reboot) here, however my Hr20 is not in an easily accesible area (not impossible just annoying). Therefore I use the Menu to restart the recorder. Is there any difference? If I try to force the new Elvis software will it work fine if I reboot from the menu?

[btmoore]

I always hear the term RBR (red button reboot) here, however my Hr20 is not in an easily accesible area (not impossible just annoying). Therefore I use the Menu to restart the recorder. Is there any difference? If I try to force the new Elvis software will it work fine if I reboot from the menu?

They do the same thing, but if the HR20 has crashed, hung, locked up or frozen you will have to physically hit the red button. I am in the same situation, my HR20 is in a central AV closet, whenever it locks up I have to go hoofing it, annoying when it happens.

[Cyrus]

If you have access to the Menu, then a Menu restart (soft reboot) is better than RBR. It does the same thing but it's less likely to damage the file system/hard disk as it allows the OS to sync the file system before reboot.

[linuxworks]

If you have access to the Menu, then a Menu restart (soft reboot) is better than RBR. It does the same thing but it's less likely to damage the file system/hard disk as it allows the OS to sync the file system before reboot.

I would agree with that. a controlled shutdown on an always-writing filesystem is better than an uncontrolled interrupt (button reset).

if the red button is a true reset button, that's really a button of VERY last resort. otoh, if the button is just a key that is scanned like any other (a user key, a maskable-interrupt if you will) then it equates to the menu based reset.

I would only power-cycle the box if it did not respond to the UI at all.

[veryoldschool]

I would agree with that. a controlled shutdown on an always-writing file system is better than an uncontrolled interrupt (button reset).
if the red button is a true reset button, that's really a button of VERY last resort. OTOH, if the button is just a key that is scanned like any other (a user key, a mask able-interrupt if you will) then it equates to the menu based reset.
I would only power-cycle the box if it did not respond to the II at all.
From what I see, this would be just like your computer. The menu is a "soft" reboot, the red button is a "hard" reboot, and pulling the power cord a "crashing hard disk" reboot.