Be prepared, some AM21/HR24 users tend to have several blanks per week. There is a bug with the HR24 and OTA recording, but live works fine.
When recording 20 hours or so a week, I was getting at least 3 blanks, so I've since moved it to the bedroom and use the HR22 and AM21 to record OTA.
I haven't had one blank with mine...
I know, and Jimbo will say it's perfect next. It's more reported at the "other" site, even confirmed by RAD who's a beta tester.
The guy justs need to know he might drop $40 on something that has a 50/50 chance of working.
If it's prefab'd, I've never taken those apart (I usually use the prefab'd WD DVR Expanders). You could sell it on eBay and pickup a 1TB eSata WD.
CE testers are reporting that the newest SW for the HR24 has NOT fixed the bug, I know because I've asked a few.
Time to proofread Jimbo, I said "50/50" and "some users", not "definitely. Instead of always replying "no problems here", you could report the truth, which is some users are having OTA issues to potential AM21 users, so they at least know.
I'm tracking the issue, and who's having it, not sticking my head in the sand like you ("can't see it from my house"). BTW, about my setup, lets see. Weeks HR24 is installed with AM21, blank recordings. Week HR24 is gone and HR22 is back on duty, NO blank recordings. Others have reported the bug, when doing certain things, while the box is on an OTA channel, it causes a tuner freeze. It can be fixed by changing channels, but that does not help you when you are not at home.
It's our duty to let new folks know that, we cannot take the "I'm not having any problems so there are no problems" approach, it won't help him if he wastes $40. I'm not telling him not to buy, but to be prepared.
And BTW, it is a confirmed problem by CE and trusted Beta Testers, so I don't care what you think, and I'll continue to warn folks, because I'm not going to let them go in unaware of a potential problem.
I've been around here long enough, I do my research.
BTW, the molding comment was horrible. This would be more like "this model year toyota engine is know to sludge", and YES, I'd like to be told before buying the car...
Another reason it's only me here, is let's face it, there aint many us here. You are about as bad as another unnamed party who, who every time someone says an HR 21/22 is slow, they say "mine works just fine"![]()
Be prepared, some AM21/HR24 users tend to have several blanks per week. There is a bug with the HR24 and OTA recording, but live works fine.
When recording 20 hours or so a week, I was getting at least 3 blanks, so I've since moved it to the bedroom and use the HR22 and AM21 to record OTA.
I have a question. Do you use cutting edge software? I had two recordings that wouldn't play right after I got my AM21, so I figured maybe DirecTV was working on a fix because the HR24 is so new, and I tried a cutting edge release a few weeks ago and everything has been perfect since then.
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