When the new 8642 PVR is available for swapping..rental that is would a sata hard drive in a esata hard drive enclosure including esata cable would work connected to this new terminal box? Would anyone know or have to wait and see?
I'd say you'll have to wait a lot longer to be able to swap a rental unit for one of these, than to wait for someone to figure out how to add an external drive.
Can anyone explain why there are still *new* PVRs being produced, with HD capabilities, and only a 160 GB drive? That just makes absolutely no sense at all.
Someone mentioned recently that it is because they buy large quantities of drives at very cheap prices. They probably bought thousands of those drives for a few dollars each and will keep using them as long as they have them.
I agree, it makes no sense to put that size of a drive in an HD box. The minimum should be 360 with 500 or 1 TB options.
The product guide indicates you can purchase the SARA software for 1, 2 or 3 year license terms. I wonder if that is for Rogers or if that applies to customers? That would not be good if you had to buy a license extension later on.
The product guide indicates you can purchase the SARA software for 1, 2 or 3 year license terms. I wonder if that is for Rogers or if that applies to customers?
Does anyone have any screenshots of this new PVR's GUI? There's nothing in the marketing materials. I have the current generation 8300 and the GUI is like circa 1985 - absolutely horrible. Nothing like buying a new 52" HD LCD panel only to be using a menu you could drive a bus between the pixels on.
If this new one has at least a full wide-screen interface and a relatively contemporary menu layout I'd drop this POS 8300 onto Craig's list in a heartbeat.
Rogers_Richard says: Thanks for your feedback. We are currently working on updates to our IPG, with plans to roll out both enhancements and technology upgrades later this year.
Yeah, I was thinking the same thing. Let me turn on my Rogers to English translator.....
"We are currently working on updates to our IPG, with plans to roll out both enhancements and technology upgrades later this year." =====> Quick Start Guide.
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1080p/24 or 1080p/30 output formats are available on HDMI, if those formats are presented to the set-top box at its input. Incoming video formats will not be converted to either of these for output. Output of these formats is under software control.
Since no one has one, I doubt anyone has an answer to this yet. But, the writeup indicates that this supports home networking. Since I see a network interface on there, I assume cat5e - and I assume then that means these won't be able to network with the older boxes. But - wondering what functionality it provides. I assume you can watch any recorded show on either box.
I'd love to try this - but $1K to take the plunge. I'd really rather rent these. I know I've spent $900 over the past 3 years renting the 8300, but I've been through 5 of those so I think I'm still ahead of the game.
initial thoughts on the new 8642 - was using the old SD PVR for the last 4 years
current max res 1080i
in store buy - 5 minutes in out (had plenty on display)
on phone activation 5 minutes
waiting for system to initalize 10minutes maybe
HD is SATA and look relativity easy to change.
On screen guide - one button press to get in, still only showing 90 minutes at one time. and using the classic format still looks sharper comparied to my old PVR
quick look around setting and menu I haven't seen option for media sharing, might look in the manual for this
That's interesting, I wonder if Rogers has decided to change the default setting for the QSG back to the program guide or if this was just an oversight on the first batch of 8642 units. If they change the default back to the program guide, nobody will ever seek out the QSG and thus usage of it will be abysmal. But if they leave the default on the QSG, very few new customers will figure out how to change the default to the program guide.
That's my bet too. It doesn't matter what the box specs are it's what Rogers supports that counts, & I guess what SARA supports. You can run things other then SARA which may support streaming but it doesn't mean SARA does.
Interesting.. Best Buy is advertising them with the feature 'share and manage video throughout your home'... if I bought one and that part wasn't working I'd be pretty angry!
No networking?! Typical. I wish I worked in a development environment where you basically have a monopoly on cable. If Rogers was in the US, they'd be out of business. DTV has had these networking options for years.
if you can get into the systems infomation pages(37 pages of stuff) you can see a section for eithernet ip addresses.
Component info
image file 1.9.0.602
OS 8.4.22.1
SARA 1.92.11.1
MIPS NetProcs 1.4.0.4
MIPS Diag 1.0.19.1
NVM Library 1.0.5.1
HAL Driver-p 2.5.27.120
DOCSOS CM bin 10.10.52.2
PkeyEMB-DVR 4.0.10.20
Firebus 4.11.100708.1
Linux 1.2.23.1 Date(12/31/95)
Setup
Display: SyncMaster T240 HD (1080P or 1920x1200)
Chanel: MXSHD 316 (currently playing The Pantom) and HDNBC 524 (NHL Hockey)
Output: 1080I and 720P (having issues forcing 1080P)
The test
one press of the guide button
display switches to 4:3 ratio, exit out it switches back to 16:9
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