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HR20 - The Review Discussion Thread
This thread is for discussion of the HR20-Review thread.
http://www.dbstalk.com/showthread.php?t=61862
Stuff not related to the review thread... please open a new one.
Where the Review was attempted to be as objective as possible (with in reason)... this thread is bound to be very subjective......
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08-12-06, 07:12 PM
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Okay... two first comments..
1) I can EASILY see myself replacing my R15's for the HR20... even if that TV isn't HD.. It is that good.
2) Picture Quality.... The PQ on this box is as good as the H20's... I don't know if it is the connections or what (I had component on HR10), but the PQ is better then the HR10.
Heck it even made Stargate look good the other night.
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08-16-06, 12:03 PM
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Great review!!
Did you try the external SATA connection? Does it need a specially formatted drive from Directv?
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08-16-06, 12:06 PM
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Great review!!
Did you try the external SATA connection? Does it need a specially formatted drive from Directv?
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I didn't try it, because I don't have an eSATA device yet.
But from what I was told, it is not active yet...
They talked to me a bit about some of their ideas on how to use it...
And if they go the route they where talking about it....
The eSATA device will be put to pretty good use by most people.
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08-16-06, 12:08 PM
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No ATSC tuners active on day one is a bummer. Even though I'll get the big 4 via Mpeg4 out here is Los Angeles there are some other stations most notably KCET that I watch via OTA that I will not get form D*. Lets hope this gets activated soon as promised.
Great review Earl
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08-16-06, 12:10 PM
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Very good review, Earl.
About the network port: Can that be used instead of the phone line to 'phone home' to D*?
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08-16-06, 12:10 PM
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Do any of the menus acknowledge the existence of the ATSC tuners and such options are just disabled, or is it more like the ATSC tuners simply don't exist at all as far as the software version running now is concerned?
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Do you have a screen shot of the saved programs screen?
Just wondering how the interface for the "Now Playing" equivalent looks. Most importantly, does it have folders?
Great review also.
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08-16-06, 12:11 PM
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Very good review, Earl.
About the network port: Can that be used instead of the phone line to 'phone home' to D*?
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As far as I know... no reall information is going over the network port.
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08-16-06, 12:12 PM
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Do any of the menus acknowledge the existence of the ATSC tuners and such options are just disabled, or is it more like the ATSC tuners simply don't exist at all as far as the software version running now is concerned?
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Hey Doug...
They are actually on the screens, just greyed out
I'll pull those screen shots tonight
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Do you have a screen shot of the saved programs screen?
Just wondering how the interface for the "Now Playing" equivalent looks. Most importantly, does it have folders?
Great review also.
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I can pull the screen... but it is the same as the R15's.
Yes, it has folders.
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Earl, are there any changes in the Search function, compared to the r15?
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08-16-06, 12:14 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Earl Bonovich
IThey talked to me a bit about some of their ideas on how to use it...
And if they go the route they where talking about it....
The eSATA device will be put to pretty good use by most people.
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Will sneaker net be available?
ie, the ability to record a show on the eSATA and then take the drive to the bedroom to watch the show? |
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08-16-06, 12:15 PM
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Earl, are there any changes in the Search function, compared to the r15?
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Right now, it appears to be very similar to that of the R15..
But I didn't put it through "Wollf's" latest test scenerios...
Currently it still only has a 25 limit on "Recent Searchs"
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Thanks for the info Earl, great job.
My one and only gripe seems to be it having only a single live buffer.
Any possibility of there ever being two?
It's a key to my Sunday Football viewing.
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08-16-06, 12:16 PM
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Will sneaker net be available?
ie, the ability to record a show on the eSATA and then take the drive to the bedroom to watch the show?
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I brought that up, but they didn't have an answer.
Hopefully... but time will tell.
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Quote:
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Thanks for the info Earl, great job.
My one and only gripe seems to be it having only a single live buffer.
Any possibility of there ever being two?
It's a key to my Sunday Football viewing.
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I will never say never... but....
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Thanks for the review.
On the SAT1 connection it also says (FTM) next to it, what does that mean???
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Quote:
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Thanks for the info Earl, great job.
My one and only gripe seems to be it having only a single live buffer.
Any possibility of there ever being two?
It's a key to my Sunday Football viewing.
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I agree...what's so hard about having two live buffers? Why leave that out? I use the two buffers a lot too.... |
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08-16-06, 12:23 PM
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Thanks for the review.
On the SAT1 connection it also says (FTM) next to it, what does that mean???
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Hmm... no idea.. didn't even notice it the first time.
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Hey Earl,
I'm curious how I could have the HR20 record all the games for a particular team. With the HR10, I would use a keyword wishlist with the keyword being the team name and a show type of Event.
Any idea how it would work on the HR20?
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08-16-06, 12:26 PM
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I agree...what's so hard about having two live buffers? Why leave that out? I use the two buffers a lot too....
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Earl, great review as usual...
You say the unit has an RF remote? Not IR? That would make my Harmony 880 incompatible. Are you sure?
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Hey Earl,
I'm curious how I could have the HR20 record all the games for a particular team. With the HR10, I would use a keyword wishlist with the keyword being the team name and a show type of Event.
Any idea how it would work on the HR20?
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IIRC... it would work similar...
I will try it in the next few days.
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