I've been with Dish since its inception. Over the past 3 years, however, we have had repetitive problems with several 510 DVRs. We probably experience
1. It will occasionally record a 1 or 2 hours show for 7 or 8 hours.
2. It will appear to be recording (red light on) but the TV screen is blank and there was nothing recorded.
3. During the Olympics this summer, several of the 6 to 8 hour broadcasts we recorded locked up if you tried to FF past commercials or events. You could watch in real time but hitting FF or the jump ahead froze the program and all you could do was start over from the beginning.
4. I will set up a timer to record a show and it will take no action.
We pay the insurance and are now on our 4th or 5th (I've lost count) 510. It's hard to believe that this is a problem that only I am having and it's pretty consistent across all the 510's we've had. Is this just a terribly buggy unit? If I upgrade to a better model, would these issues lessen? Thanks.
Tom K
1. It will occasionally record a 1 or 2 hours show for 7 or 8 hours.
2. It will appear to be recording (red light on) but the TV screen is blank and there was nothing recorded.
3. During the Olympics this summer, several of the 6 to 8 hour broadcasts we recorded locked up if you tried to FF past commercials or events. You could watch in real time but hitting FF or the jump ahead froze the program and all you could do was start over from the beginning.
4. I will set up a timer to record a show and it will take no action.
We pay the insurance and are now on our 4th or 5th (I've lost count) 510. It's hard to believe that this is a problem that only I am having and it's pretty consistent across all the 510's we've had. Is this just a terribly buggy unit? If I upgrade to a better model, would these issues lessen? Thanks.
Tom K