For me...No.
I came from having a Directivo that I thought was amazing. It worked well, was easy to use, and faithfully served me for years....but I love my HR21 now as well!
The HR21 is clearly a more modern device that shows many of the sides of the Tivos that were aging and new features that should have been implemented (RF Remote, Network Functions, eSata expansion, etc.). There also were some very duh things enabled that I always felt were lacking...my favorite example is how the HR2x DVRs ask you what to cancel when there is a conflict (like too many recordings or when you change the channel with both tuners in use) vs. the Tivo that just picked one and stopped it recording. That feature alone has saved countless hours of shows that would have been stopped recording because someone else in the house decided they wanted to watch something else!
Overall there have been a few bugs with the HR2x, and some software releases are a bit annoying, but they are frequent enough and improving enough that it is the best option out there IMO. Remember Tivo is no one to amaze either though in its earlier days (and even now), in the early days menus were HORRIBLY slow and the guide was like watching paint dry to get it to show up. Even now when too many season passes and other things are lined up, the Tivos can really get bogged down.
I do not really care for the layout of Dish's DVRs and the only other DVR I really can say holds anything up to the Directv boxes are the standalone HD tivos...but they are not an option anyways! The Directv DVRs are easy to navigate and figure out how to do things on, and they have been an awesome addition to my home theater.
I came from having a Directivo that I thought was amazing. It worked well, was easy to use, and faithfully served me for years....but I love my HR21 now as well!
The HR21 is clearly a more modern device that shows many of the sides of the Tivos that were aging and new features that should have been implemented (RF Remote, Network Functions, eSata expansion, etc.). There also were some very duh things enabled that I always felt were lacking...my favorite example is how the HR2x DVRs ask you what to cancel when there is a conflict (like too many recordings or when you change the channel with both tuners in use) vs. the Tivo that just picked one and stopped it recording. That feature alone has saved countless hours of shows that would have been stopped recording because someone else in the house decided they wanted to watch something else!
Overall there have been a few bugs with the HR2x, and some software releases are a bit annoying, but they are frequent enough and improving enough that it is the best option out there IMO. Remember Tivo is no one to amaze either though in its earlier days (and even now), in the early days menus were HORRIBLY slow and the guide was like watching paint dry to get it to show up. Even now when too many season passes and other things are lined up, the Tivos can really get bogged down.
I do not really care for the layout of Dish's DVRs and the only other DVR I really can say holds anything up to the Directv boxes are the standalone HD tivos...but they are not an option anyways! The Directv DVRs are easy to navigate and figure out how to do things on, and they have been an awesome addition to my home theater.
