No fault of yours at all, it's quite baffling. I still don't understand why the oldest method of receiving a TV signal needs to be activated months after release.D Love said:Ah, thanx for the info. It was driving me nuts yesterday as I thought I was missing something really simple. :lol:
I guess it makes sense it isn't easy, otherwise they would have done it prior to release.lguvenoz said:...Quite frankly this issue is not quite as simple as you would think...
I don't think this is a big hurdle as my H20 has been doing this fine for months now.lguvenoz said:The biggest issues would center around the Guide integration to incorporate your local channels that are not coming off of the satellite.
It has been said by Earl that the HR20 will only be able to record 2 channels at a time maximum. You'll have the options of recording 2 sat channels, 2 OTA channels, or 1 sat and 1 OTA channel.lguvenoz said:The other big question mark is whether or not D* is going to allow 3-4 recordings in parallel (there are two satellite tuners and it appears there are 2 OTA tuners in the box based upon pictures). Allowing for additional recording streams has to be the biggest question mark as it will place a huge load on the HDD when recording a lot of HD content.
Somebody has to say this...PoitNarf said:It has been said by Earl that the HR20 will only be able to record 2 channels at a time maximum. You'll have the options of recording 2 sat channels, 2 OTA channels, or 1 sat and 1 OTA channel.
You mean the online version of the manual?HaiChinGow said:Somebody has to say this...
That is not what the manual states. I keep checking after every update and it says the same thing. You would think that the updates would correct the manual if you keep it on top of the unit![]()
Doesn't Dish Network have (at least) one DVR that can record 3 programs at once? Earl, why would D* deny us this since it is stated in the manual? I was really looking forward to this at OTA inception, in fact I was hoping we could record three programs while viewing something on the unused 4th tuner. Any chance of this at some future time?PoitNarf said:It has been said by Earl that the HR20 will only be able to record 2 channels at a time maximum. You'll have the options of recording 2 sat channels, 2 OTA channels, or 1 sat and 1 OTA channel.
The online doc would be an immediate start. Especially for this issue.Earl Bonovich said:You mean the online version of the manual?
I know a few tech writers... and they HATE development teams... specifically for this reason...
They can't make the changes to the documents faster then the development teams can get the software changes done...
I don't see the manual being updated until the updates start to be on a less frequent schedule.
Get used to it.Slyster said:PEOPLE! PLEEZE search the forums! I can't believe how often this question keeps coming up.. even after my SPOOF question on how OFTEN THIS QUESTION COMES UP a few weeks back.
Unreal. At least check the posts from the last week or so.. or PLEASE type 'ota' in search.
this SAME question was asked.. like today I think.. or yesterday.. almost daily...
Funny, I have been participating in online forums in one form or another since 1978. Your pleas have been the same ones that I have seen since day one. In defense of new users, the search isn't always intuitive to a first time forum user. Over the years, the best ways to alleviate these oft asked issues are to create a FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions), appropriate name.Slyster said:PEOPLE! PLEEZE search the forums! I can't believe how often this question keeps coming up.. even after my SPOOF question on how OFTEN THIS QUESTION COMES UP a few weeks back.
Unreal. At least check the posts from the last week or so.. or PLEASE type 'ota' in search.
this SAME question was asked.. like today I think.. or yesterday.. almost daily...
Ah, the old 110/300 baud days....when Kermit was King and Zmodem was only a glimmer in the eye of the developer. When CP/M and TRSDOS ruled the land of desktop machines, Wordstar and Visicalc were the end-all-be-all of desktop applications....when you could hear the the buzzing of 9-pin dot matrix printers or the rat-tat-tat of the lone daisywheel printer in offices around thr country....HaiChinGow said:Funny, I have been participating in online forums in one form or another since 1978.
Damn! You must be as old as me :lol:dervari said:Ah, the old 110/300 baud days....when Kermit was King and Zmodem was only a glimmer in the eye of the developer. When CP/M and TRSDOS ruled the land of desktop machines, Wordstar and Visicalc were the end-all-be-all of desktop applications....when you could hear the the buzzing of 9-pin dot matrix printers or the rat-tat-tat of the lone daisywheel printer in offices around thr country....
I was fortunate enough to have ARPANET in the bunker where I workedStevesdigi said:Damn! You must be as old as me :lol:
I had to write my own code to start my first RCP/M BBS back in the days of 300 baud modems. I can still remember when inverse video on my green monitor was called "graphics." !rolling Or my first Seagate ST225 hard drive cost $450... Long live TurboDOS and 8-inch floppies - woo hoo!