http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/21/directv-dvr-software-update-hits-the-stage-again-now-with-sligh/ Engadget Comments for DirecTV DVR software update hits the stage again, now with slightly less fail http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/21/directv-dvr-software-update-hits-the-stage-again-now-with-sligh/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/21/directv-dvr-software-update-hits-the-stage-again-now-with-sligh/Oct 21st 2008 9:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/21/directv-dvr-software-update-hits-the-stage-again-now-with-sligh/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/21/directv-dvr-software-update-hits-the-stage-again-now-with-sligh/
It waited 5 minutes, then just went to town, and now I get to wait for the show to go online tomorrow as I missed over 20 minutes worth of it.

Fan-friggen-tastic.

We'll see how this software works, but if it basically increases the amount of 'ignore what the user just told us not to do' I'll be throwing my HR21 at the next D* van I see driving down the street.]]>Oct 21st 2008 9:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/21/directv-dvr-software-update-hits-the-stage-again-now-with-sligh/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/21/directv-dvr-software-update-hits-the-stage-again-now-with-sligh/
Common sense would tell you dolts not to run an update with something recording / set to record. ]]>Oct 21st 2008 10:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/21/directv-dvr-software-update-hits-the-stage-again-now-with-sligh/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/21/directv-dvr-software-update-hits-the-stage-again-now-with-sligh/Oct 22nd 2008 3:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/21/directv-dvr-software-update-hits-the-stage-again-now-with-sligh/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/21/directv-dvr-software-update-hits-the-stage-again-now-with-sligh/
I'm using it now as I write this....it was worth the minor hassle to get the required update to support Directv2pc!! :-)]]>Oct 21st 2008 10:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/21/directv-dvr-software-update-hits-the-stage-again-now-with-sligh/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/21/directv-dvr-software-update-hits-the-stage-again-now-with-sligh/Oct 21st 2008 11:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/21/directv-dvr-software-update-hits-the-stage-again-now-with-sligh/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/21/directv-dvr-software-update-hits-the-stage-again-now-with-sligh/Oct 21st 2008 11:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/21/directv-dvr-software-update-hits-the-stage-again-now-with-sligh/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/21/directv-dvr-software-update-hits-the-stage-again-now-with-sligh/Oct 21st 2008 11:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/21/directv-dvr-software-update-hits-the-stage-again-now-with-sligh/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/21/directv-dvr-software-update-hits-the-stage-again-now-with-sligh/
It looks like they made a quick download at about 4 PM ish Mountain Time today, and the series record and playback appears to work.

Needless to say, I'm asking for compensation. I hope many other subscribers do as well. They wiped out three weeks of my recordings, and I want a credit for three weeks of service. If enough people insist on it, maybe they'll actually beta test this stuff before they wipe out our DVRs with another stroke of genius.

Maybe we should start calling them ACME DirecTV. Wylie E Coyote must be coordinating this stuff somewhere.]]>Oct 22nd 2008 12:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/21/directv-dvr-software-update-hits-the-stage-again-now-with-sligh/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/21/directv-dvr-software-update-hits-the-stage-again-now-with-sligh/Oct 22nd 2008 1:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/21/directv-dvr-software-update-hits-the-stage-again-now-with-sligh/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/21/directv-dvr-software-update-hits-the-stage-again-now-with-sligh/]]>Oct 22nd 2008 1:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/21/directv-dvr-software-update-hits-the-stage-again-now-with-sligh/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/21/directv-dvr-software-update-hits-the-stage-again-now-with-sligh/Oct 22nd 2008 9:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/21/directv-dvr-software-update-hits-the-stage-again-now-with-sligh/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/21/directv-dvr-software-update-hits-the-stage-again-now-with-sligh/Oct 22nd 2008 10:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/21/directv-dvr-software-update-hits-the-stage-again-now-with-sligh/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/21/directv-dvr-software-update-hits-the-stage-again-now-with-sligh/Oct 22nd 2008 10:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/21/directv-dvr-software-update-hits-the-stage-again-now-with-sligh/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/21/directv-dvr-software-update-hits-the-stage-again-now-with-sligh/few standard channels. Local on the 8's works on the Weather Channel in standard def on one receiver.
Channel guide is faster. I'm sure a fix is in the works but it's a little frustrating.]]>Oct 22nd 2008 10:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/21/directv-dvr-software-update-hits-the-stage-again-now-with-sligh/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/21/directv-dvr-software-update-hits-the-stage-again-now-with-sligh/
Not sure about this 1080p VOD stuff though. My DVR is not connected to the internet so I really don't care too much about VOD. When they can get it to download through the dish itself, I'll pass on VOD. ]]>Oct 22nd 2008 11:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/21/directv-dvr-software-update-hits-the-stage-again-now-with-sligh/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/21/directv-dvr-software-update-hits-the-stage-again-now-with-sligh/
Then I started to watch some previous recordings and every 20 minutes or so, I got a "Data download ready, Proceed?" popup. Default response was "Yes" and I assume a timeout would start the download. Annoying as hell. They are REALLY supposed to do this at 3AM, not 8PM.

By and by, I let the download happen (it went ahead on the other box, of course). Now at 0x290, with no apparent difference.

Maybe this will stop the weekly lockups that the last update caused. While the HR2x boxes are MUCH MUCH MUCH better than they were 2 years ago, their updates have a severe trial-and-error flavor to them.
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Thanks]]>Oct 23rd 2008 10:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/21/directv-dvr-software-update-hits-the-stage-again-now-with-sligh/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/21/directv-dvr-software-update-hits-the-stage-again-now-with-sligh/Oct 24th 2008 3:18PM