I'm frustrated to report that I have finally decided to go back to the HR10. I haven't given up completely on the HR20; in fact, I'm sure once OTA and stability/usability are addressed, I'll go back to the HR20.
Here are the things that finalized my decision:
- I finally received the 6.3 update on my 2 HR10s. While it's not as fast as the HR20, it's not as maddeningly slow as it used to be. Folders are also huge.
- I prefer the simplicity of the TiVO
- The whole point of the HR20 is HD but D* isn't broadcasting HD locals in my area (Las Vegas). Well, to be accurate, they are broadcasting ABC and FOX, but not very well. The audio is warbly and today the video was horribly choppy. I don't know how it is now because the HR20 is disconnected. I suspect this is a D* broadcast issue and not an HR20 issue, but there's not point in using the HR20 (for me) until this gets addressed. So for me, there is more HD content available in the HR10 (and the overlapped stuff is either the same quality or better quality).
- Stability of the unit was poor. I only had one or two lockups, but frequently had to FF/Rewind recordings to play them. This was stupid.
- Inability to diplex into the HR20 lines. This isn't that important if D* is producing quality local HD, but since they are not, I can use the lines that are in the wall instead of running lines along the floorboard.
- Better trick play. Although I may be the only human who likes the concept of 30s slip, it is a tad too slow, and more importantly, the HR20's skip-to-tick feature is not very good and hard to use. HR10 is much better in this department.
- Consistent lip-sync with HR10. Although every programming source has unique lip sync issues, the HR10 does a more consistent job with lip sync to the point where one delay setting on my a/v receiver handles everything well. With the HR20 I am constantly changing lip sync settings to avoid the kung fu movie effect.
I'm going to keep on monitoring this forum to track when I should switch back to the HR20. I appreciate all the hard work all the brave souls here are doing. I wish I had the time to do it myself!
Finally, there are definitely things I will miss about the HR20, including the aforementioned speed of the unit. I will miss the ability to take advantage of the active content on NFLST. I will sorely miss the PIP while using guide and other menus.
Best of luck and from time to time I might chime in with questions about how features or going for you guys.
And I'll also be eagerly awaiting the launch of the D* Vista PC card forum....maybe in January or so?
Jedster
Here are the things that finalized my decision:
- I finally received the 6.3 update on my 2 HR10s. While it's not as fast as the HR20, it's not as maddeningly slow as it used to be. Folders are also huge.
- I prefer the simplicity of the TiVO
- The whole point of the HR20 is HD but D* isn't broadcasting HD locals in my area (Las Vegas). Well, to be accurate, they are broadcasting ABC and FOX, but not very well. The audio is warbly and today the video was horribly choppy. I don't know how it is now because the HR20 is disconnected. I suspect this is a D* broadcast issue and not an HR20 issue, but there's not point in using the HR20 (for me) until this gets addressed. So for me, there is more HD content available in the HR10 (and the overlapped stuff is either the same quality or better quality).
- Stability of the unit was poor. I only had one or two lockups, but frequently had to FF/Rewind recordings to play them. This was stupid.
- Inability to diplex into the HR20 lines. This isn't that important if D* is producing quality local HD, but since they are not, I can use the lines that are in the wall instead of running lines along the floorboard.
- Better trick play. Although I may be the only human who likes the concept of 30s slip, it is a tad too slow, and more importantly, the HR20's skip-to-tick feature is not very good and hard to use. HR10 is much better in this department.
- Consistent lip-sync with HR10. Although every programming source has unique lip sync issues, the HR10 does a more consistent job with lip sync to the point where one delay setting on my a/v receiver handles everything well. With the HR20 I am constantly changing lip sync settings to avoid the kung fu movie effect.
I'm going to keep on monitoring this forum to track when I should switch back to the HR20. I appreciate all the hard work all the brave souls here are doing. I wish I had the time to do it myself!
Finally, there are definitely things I will miss about the HR20, including the aforementioned speed of the unit. I will miss the ability to take advantage of the active content on NFLST. I will sorely miss the PIP while using guide and other menus.
Best of luck and from time to time I might chime in with questions about how features or going for you guys.
And I'll also be eagerly awaiting the launch of the D* Vista PC card forum....maybe in January or so?
Jedster
