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Originally Posted by Jay
With the market being smaller for the DTVPal DVR, there's probably not as much room for profit and even less for warranty. Just a guess though, but 90 days for DTVPal DVR is pretty anemic.
Things that excite me about this box?
150 hours record time
Pause live TV for up to 60 minutes
Skip recorded commercials with exclusive 30-second skip button
Instant Replay
and of course the dual tuner...
I'm going to have to think about getting one for review here.  |
Most if not all CECBs come with a 90 day warranty. Most electronics with a manufacturer defect will fail within the first 90 days. I believe all Credit Card company's double the Manufacturers warranty and some even extend it for 1 year.
Here's more to excite you. With the addition of a 1T HDD you increase the storage capacity to over
542 hours SD record time
142 hours
HD record time
And don't forget if you were busy and missed the beginning of your program you can go into the menu and start from the beginning( up to 90 minutes earlier).
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Originally Posted by 98clru
My understanding is with the DTVpal dvr the program guide goes out for a week at a time but still to review the schedule you can't watch programming at the same time, just like my DTVpal converter. Don't know if you can cache and watch after reviewing the guide (my guess is you can) but when you get spoiled by better DVR's it would be a step down.
Something I never considered until this week is where I've gone. Tivo hd with 2 over the air HD tuners is $300 (I got one on clearance in box for $148). Lifetime program guide that blows the cable dvr's out of the water =$400 and is better than my dishnet dvr (granted Dishnet dvr tech is now at least 4 years old but wasn't hd either). |
Most people don't start scanning the program guide for something to watch while they are watching a show they're already interested in, but if they did it's as simple as hitting the back button and watching what ever it was they had missed while the guide was viewed.
There's currently only 1 other option for a
DVR and I don't see how going with a Dish Network
DVR would be a step down? For $700.00 you can purchase almost 3 of the Dish Network DTVPal DVRs for the price of 1 TiVo with Lifetime service. Even if you use the closeout price of $550.00 you could purchase 2 Dish Network DVRPal DVRs. It is very unlikely you would ever have 3 DVRs fail or even 2, therefore you're beyond the 1 year warranty you would get with a TiVo. I have much I could say about TiVo, but I don't want to high jack a good thread on the Dish Network DTVPal
DVR from Solid Signal.
