Official SA 8000HD DVR Thread

[Todd Wiedemann]

Wow, an historic 200th post !

Let me be the first to pat you on the back for the first HD related piece of poetry I've ever seen !!

:bow: :rofl:

[Paul S.]

Originally posted by The Law
SA and Pioneer share code w/each other?  How does that work?  Would that not increase the amount of finger pointing if something goes wrong?

We're all gathering our loot
We're plonking down real soon
We're polishing our big screens
We can't wait for June
We'll be recording all summer
Giggle, titter, ha ha!
No more channel surfing
With HD DVR

Could be a Beach Boys song lmfao

[Gregg Lengling]

Yes a nice poem...but I hate to be a smartass...but I've been recording HD for almost 2 years now, of course I use my computer but it still makes a great TIVO type device.

[Detritus]

A helpful and friendly CSR told me June or July.

I know mhz40 said they were planning to use units without the optional firewire. I hope they reconsider that....

[The Law]

Speaking of posts - Gregg just hit a whopping 2500.

wow

[gparris]

Originally posted by Detritus
A helpful and friendly CSR told me June or July.

I know mhz40 said they were planning to use units without the optional firewire. I hope they reconsider that....

June or July...as in 3rd Quarter, now?

Ouch! TWC must really be having really awful software problems or not enough boxes to fill the demand from all us who signed up in that waiting list months ago...really sad.

March, then April, then May, then June, now July??

Like Gregg L. said, "I never try to anticipate when something will be released"... you are SO right.

Maybe by the end of the year TWC in SE Wisconsin will have its bugs out, more HD channels to keep up with the likes of Voom and soon, Directv...and the pigs will really fly! (sorry, their joke).

[Joseph S]

I know mhz40 said they were planning to use units without the optional firewire. I hope they
reconsider that....[/quote]

The info that came with my FW box states they don't intend to have DVR with FW and if someone requests FW they are to be told that they can't have the DVR.

Pretty stupid considering that most customers would want to use of their HD limited DVR for  5C enabled and  FW for non-5C OTA content. Would save them from getting pressured for 500GB HD DVR models.

[gb4fan92]

I have this fear that as soon as I go on vacation next week the HD-DVR's will become available and when I get back they will all be gone!!!!!!!!!!:eek: :eek: :eek:

[gparris]

Don't worry so much...as it keeps dragging on all year as Milwaukee will probably be the last TWC holdout for HD DVR because of extended beta testing and so on (the reason goes.)

I really think TWC wants it to go right the first time with the introduction and have enough units to hand out, providing it really uses the waiting list.

Tell you what: I'll not go on holiday when you do because  everything happens when I'm gone away like last time, when I visited Australia for a month.

Then you get to keep mine (I'll need 2, one for each HD set)!:blush:

Last time mhz40 wrote it sounded like it was getting closer to release, but  there was a problem with tuners(?)
I just hope it comes soon as this week, I wanted to record 2 HD programmes at the same time (like I do with the SD version), but these were both only on HD channels-only and realized we still are unable to do this due to lack of box delivery.
The DVR genre and alpha listings show the HD channels as if you could record them, but of course you can't (yet) :rolleyes:

Gregg: Are you able to record two programmes at the same time and watch a third like the HD Tivo and TWC HD-DVR?

[Gregg Lengling]

Originally posted by gparris


Gregg: Are you able to record two programmes at the same time and watch a third like the HD Tivo and TWC HD-DVR?

I can only record one program as I only have the one card in the PC and it's a single tuner card...of course I can record on that one and watch on either of the other 2 receivers.

[kjnorman]

Well it is July 1 is the HD PVR any closer yet?

[gparris]

Originally posted by kjnorman
Well it is July 1 is the HD PVR any closer yet?

You're right, Kerry, It IS the Third Quarter (July) and no HD DVR from Time Warner Cable in Milwaukeeland.

July, maybe it will be August or September...after a wait of half a year, now?

If dig thru all the threads...first they have 'em and their testing with a few employees...

Then we have a Pioneer platform and SA product...

Then the tuners don't tune it right at first

Then the sound doesn't work (good), but we 'em stocked
but we don't want any problems with release...

Okay...any news at all besides (the above?):rolleyes:

Kerry,  didn't you want a Directv HD Tivo for your birthday (from your last post)?

[kjnorman]

Originally posted by gparris
Kerry,  didn't you want a Directv HD Tivo for your birthday (from your last post)?

Yes I do, but $1000 is a lot of money so I am trying to think about this logically, and I would be willing to rehook up cable and try the TWC PVR for a while until the HD Tivo came down in price or something better came along.

However, this thing needs to be out soon.

Otherwise I am try to get some credits out of Directv to reduce the cost based on the fact that TWC has a HD PVR for (I read somewhere) something like $22 / month.

Kerry

[mhz40]

No new news, gparris...

[gparris]

Thanks for the update...mhz40...but no news is not good news, anymore.

HD DVRs delivery in not your fault, so I am not blaming the messenger, but it is becoming sort of a bad joke in Milwaukeeland.

So...how about cheering us up with some more HD channel additions or at least ones that TWC may be thinking of adding for us HD box renters, even if we cannot record HD.
It still would be great to know we have a close possiblity of more HD channels...at least to watch!
I know I keep subscribing to Cinemax, TMC and Starz that hoping their HD channels will make it to TWC without buying into Voom:)

I can dream, like I do about HD DVRs, can't I?:cool: