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#1 ·
I just got my replacement receiver under the protection plan...The receivers is just BENT. Now I know what you guys talk about about when you speak on the condition of the refurbs...

I'll just stick with my funky receiver and a new 2 TB HD
 
#52 ·
rich584 said:
Except for one 21-200 and the 24-500 my other ten HRs are all replacements (I'm not gonna call them refurbished since I don't think refurbished HRs exist), but look at all the HRs it took to get ten that actually work.

Rich
Twelve (12) HD DVRs...you're an animal! :lol:

<pun with thread title intended>
 
#53 ·
Ed Campbell said:
"Quality control doesn't seem to be a factor in these slave labor countries"

So, uh, where was your TV set built?
Does anyone actually manufacture TVs in the States anymore? Vizio? I think even Zenith has theirs made in Mexico (thanx, Bubba) now. I know that Vizio is an American company, but where are they made?

Rich
 
#54 ·
rich584 said:
Except for one 21-200 and the 24-500 my other ten HRs are all replacements (I'm not gonna call them refurbished since I don't think refurbished HRs exist), but look at all the HRs it took to get ten that actually work.

Rich
Your bias would hold more weight if you actually took all of them out the box before declaring them crap and sending them back. :rolleyes:

I have seen and continue to see more refurbs than all but a handfull (single digits) of members on this board. I have yet to see the number of busted up boxes that you "claim" to have received. Yes, I have had some that have not worked or could have used another pass of a paper towel, but none have been to your extreme.

As for numbers, I'd estimate in the high 100's if not low 1000's that have passed through my hands.
 
#55 ·
hdtvfan0001 said:
Twelve (12) HD DVRs...you're an animal! :lol:

<pun with thread title intended>
I know. I gotta get rid of some of them. Trouble is, I've got so many TVs that I actually need six for the TVs. One TV has four HRs and I use them for backup. I keep trying to get rid of them and I can't. I have three with eSATAs and until the eSATAs go south, I'm not gonna get rid of the HRs, which are leased. I don't want to give up my 24-500 and I'm not giving up my six owned 20-700s...See the quandary I find myself in? Every time I try to get rid of them, I think of reasons to keep them. :)

Rich
 
#57 ·
rich584 said:
I know. I gotta get rid of some of them. Trouble is, I've got so many TVs that I actually need six for the TVs. One TV has four HRs and I use them for backup. I keep trying to get rid of them and I can't. I have three with eSATAs and until the eSATAs go south, I'm not gonna get rid of the HRs, which are leased. I don't want to give up my 24-500 and I'm not giving up my six owned 20-700s...See the quandary I find myself in? Every time I try to get rid of them, I think of reasons to keep them. :)

Rich
OCD?
 
#58 ·
Now now everyone...lets not discuss this like a bunch of animals.... :lol:

Perhaps we can agree that the refurb inventory is similar to the main population of new devices...you'll get one bad apple once in a while.

sigma1914 said:
I'd do it if I could afford it..or until some form of HD content archiving is supported.

I've seen even more used for that purpose.
 
#60 ·
sigma1914 said:
hdtvfan0001 said:
I'd do it if I could afford it..or until some form of HD content archiving is supported.

I've seen even more used for that purpose.
No offense meant, just curious if it was an OCD thing. 4 DVRs as back up is a bit extreme...IMO.
 
#64 ·
sigma1914 said:
No offense meant, just curious if it was an OCD thing. 4 DVRs as back up is a bit extreme...IMO.
You might consider that 4 DVRs is excessive. You might also go back in my posts and see how many failed HRs I've had. That said, I agree, with MRV I have found the number of HRs I have to be excessive. Now tell me how to get rid of them.

Rich
 
#66 ·
rich584 said:
You might consider that 4 DVRs is excessive. You might also go back in my posts and see how many failed HRs I've had. That said, I agree, with MRV I have found the number of HRs I have to be excessive. Now tell me how to get rid of them.

Rich
To a person with 1 HD DVR...2 HD DVRs might seem excessive...it's all relative... :D

Speaking of relatives... :eek2:
 
#71 ·
sigma1914 said:
Or 4 baskets. :eek2:
Actually I have six 20-700s that I use for back up. You might trust them, I clearly don't. And as for being able to afford them, that's not an issue.

Those six 20-700s are the 20-700s that I purchased myself and stuck at least 1.5TB HDDs in. Don't really know exactly how much they ultimately cost, but it was in excess of $2,000. When I say I'm sick of replacements that have been allegedly been refurbished, I put my money where my mouth is.

I think what D* does with replacements is unconscionable. Most of their customer's clearly have no clue that there are better HRs than the ones they have, it's only on forums such as this one that the knowledge base exists that even allows us to compare them.

Rich
 
#72 ·
rich584 said:
Actually I have six 20-700s that I use for back up. You might trust them, I clearly don't. And as for being able to afford them, that's not an issue.

Those six 20-700s are the 20-700s that I purchased myself and stuck at least 1.5TB HDDs in. Don't really know exactly how much they ultimately cost, but it was in excess of $2,000. When I say I'm sick of replacements that have been allegedly been refurbished, I put my money where my mouth is.

I think what D* does with replacements is unconscionable. Most of their customer's clearly have no clue that there are better HRs than the ones they have, it's only on forums such as this one that the knowledge base exists that even allows us to compare them.

Rich
I never questioned your ability to afford to do this, nor did I assume you couldn't. All I know is that in 4 years, our family has had 5 DVRs, 4 of which were very reliable (1 was DOA on install). No need for 6 back ups.
 
#73 ·
I'd love to have 12 HD-DVRS. I record the whole of TV-dom. But I would NOT love the cost for each DVR.
 
#74 ·
rich584 said:
Most of their customer's clearly have no clue that there are better HRs than the ones they have, it's only on forums such as this one that the knowledge base exists that even allows us to compare them.
The other option is to increase confusion across the board by telling everyone that they posess inferior "top-of-the-line" models (even though the model, "DIRECTV Plus® HD DVR", is exactly the same).

That's not going to work and it certainly isn't going to make everyone cheer. When all is said and done and most the bugs are ameliorated, I'm inclined to think that the HR24 is going to be an incremental improvement.
 
#75 ·
sigma1914 said:
I never questioned your ability to afford to do this, nor did I assume you couldn't.
I didn't mean to say that you had said anything about affording the amount of HRs I have, sorry if it came out that way.

All I know is that in 4 years, our family has had 5 DVRs, 4 of which were very reliable (1 was DOA on install). No need for 6 back ups.
Consider yourself lucky. I've had over...well you know. I missed another two that I use for backup, so the actual total is eight. They don't all have the same programs on them, they are not mirrored as far as programming goes. I did state that I clearly have too many HRs and I will be getting rid of some of them.

Rich
 
#76 ·
xmguy said:
I'd love to have 12 HD-DVRS. I record the whole of TV-dom. But I would NOT love the cost for each DVR.
If you mean the monthly cost, I think that is only $55. And, aside from the ones that I bought on eBay or CL, I didn't pay much for the rest. Several were without cost (got my 24-500 at no cost, for instance) or at a very low cost, usually $99. And I got credits for them, so...

But it's too many. I think I can get it down to 8 or 9 and will do so soon. I did get a little carried away. :)

Rich
 
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