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Originally Posted by mikester
Well...I decided to put my Tivo back into play. Compared to the Tivo, the TWC DVR is just plain hard to use. One of the biggest problems I have with it the remote doesn't work well at all. Sometimes I have to press the button a couple of times to get it to do things. It's lame.
Then I can see it trying to bring the guide up for example then the guide goes off, I have to try a couple of times to get it working.
I set up some recordings of some shows for my Mother-in-law while she was visiting and now I can't figure out how to turn those off without deleting EACH instance of the show being recorded.
It's doing some weird thing on some of my son's recordings (Curious George) where it's like describing what is happening in the show (some woman's voice) and it's just irritating as all get out. I can't figure out even what the feature is to turn it off.
I hate it.
Hooked the Tivo back up last night.
Also, DirectTV called me for an interview and I went in last week for it. Looks like I didn't make it past the first round however.
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I can second your complaints. In 2 years I have had 3 TW HD-DVR machines die. Luckily their office is a couple miles down the road so I drive over for a replacement. My biggest complaint is that compared to the Dish Network DVR we came from the TW unit is clumsy and slow. I have similar issues with series shows, the search feature is nearly useless, many of the buttons on the remote don't do anything, and the DVR menu system locks up all the time. The only fix is a reboot.
I'd go back to satellite tomorrow if -
1. I could get local (San Diego) programming
2. I could get Padres games (and they would field a winning team...)
For SoCal folks it's also important to mount the dish in a location that's somewhat shielded from the seasonal Santa Ana winds. When they gust up to the 50mph+ range it can mess up your signal requiring a visit from the tech.