I think the "they can only offer 1 buffer because it's 90 minutes" & "one longer buffer is better than 2 shorter ones" arguments are absurd. These things have enough hard drive space that we could (and should?) have two 90 minute buffers. This thing can store hundreds of hours of SD programming and quite a bit of HD as well - even more now that MPEG 4 is being used.
So I really don't buy hard drive space/buffer length as a valid excuse.
They made a choice, either purposely or naively - neither of which is justifiable, to only give us one live buffer. (Many people assume it was so one tuner would always be free for on-demand ppv recording.) Hopefully they will listen to their customers and change it - but even if they do, I have a feeling it's pretty far down their list of priorities right now.
Now that my ranting is over, I must admit that I am pretty happy with the rest of the HR20. Give me dual live buffers and I will be pretty much content - I haven't had many problems with actual operation at all. Knock on wood.....
So I really don't buy hard drive space/buffer length as a valid excuse.
They made a choice, either purposely or naively - neither of which is justifiable, to only give us one live buffer. (Many people assume it was so one tuner would always be free for on-demand ppv recording.) Hopefully they will listen to their customers and change it - but even if they do, I have a feeling it's pretty far down their list of priorities right now.
Now that my ranting is over, I must admit that I am pretty happy with the rest of the HR20. Give me dual live buffers and I will be pretty much content - I haven't had many problems with actual operation at all. Knock on wood.....