[BlueSnake]

Earl,

I was just wondering if we are ever going to see the Active features on the H20? If so what kind of time frame are we looking at?

Isn't this the only option for getting an HD box from D* right now other than the HR20? If so it just seems rediculous that we still don't have Active features.

Personally I think it's getting to the point that D* should be embarrased by the state of all their current STBs. Especially since they are always bragging about their capabilities and State of the Art equipment and features on every press release or update I see put out by them.

 

[Earl Bonovich]

No updates...

All I know is that they have software updates in testing, but I have not received any updated information on where they are in that process.

 

[BlueSnake]

Haven't the updates been in testing for quite some time now?

 

[JLucPicard]

Better they test them in a test environment (however long that takes) instead of pushing them out the door to let us test them!

 

[Earl Bonovich]

Haven't the updates been in testing for quite some time now?

Yes, they have been.

 

[Jeremy W]

This is worse than OTA on the HR20!

 

[RAD]

The last update my H20 got was back on 7/19. Since then the HR20's been release and getting updates every couple of weeks, even the R15's been getting updates. But the good old H20 looks like it will go another NFL-SF season without having the active feature enabled. Is D* making the H20 a LOW priority box hoping that folks will go with the HR20 since they feel that having a DVR is a selling point for keeping customers?

 

[Jeremy W]

Is D* making the H20 a LOW priority box hoping that folks will go with the HR20 since they feel that having a DVR is a selling point for keeping customers?

I'm sure that has something to do with it. There's just no excuse for it taking this long.

 

[bobnielsen]

I'm sure that has something to do with it. There's just no excuse for it taking this long.

I suspect that the real issues (HDMI on the -100, overheating/rebooting on the -600) aren't easily solved in software, since they also involve the hardware. These problems should (and probably do) have a higher priority than the active feature.

 

[RAD]

I suspect that the real issues (HDMI on the -100, overheating/rebooting on the -600) aren't easily solved in software, since they also involve the hardware. These problems should (and probably do) have a higher priority than the active feature.

But then again, it doesn't look like they're doing anything about those either, no updates since 7/19 for the 600 doesn't sound like they're making those fixes a high priority either.

 

[Jeremy W]

Exactly. If they were actually rolling out regular updates that were fixing other problems, that would be acceptable. But they're doing nothing.

 

[rirwin1983]

It's a joke, All these outher "low-end" IRD have it, and yet the ones that not only cost more, but are also attracting high end subs via HD and HD Pak fees are getting ignored.

 

[canekid]

I contacted DTV about serial control on the H20, and they said sometime in '07. There may be a whole bunch of owrk planned for the H20... Just wait and see.

 

[Jeremy W]

The H20 can already be controlled through the USB port...