Anybody ever have problems with their DVR?

[Mafesto]

We have DishNetwork, and the DVR acts up from time to time.
We called customer service and replaced receiver/DVR a couple months ago.
Now the new one is doing the same thing.

Here's what's happening.....
There's never any problem with recording, however, it will sometimes erase shows on its own without a person doing it. It will sometimes not let you view your recording. Or, it will not let you fast forward to your show, but will let you view it from the beginning only.

Anyone else experience anything like this?

Thanks

 

[T-Bone]

Well, mine just burned up a few weeks ago.

 

[dragon12]

Mine made screaming noises in the middle of the night and would crash once a month. I made calls to dish to try and fix the issue but the eventual fix was switching to directv. Love the directv so far.

 

[dagmccall]

I have had problems like your having . replaced unit fixed problems. I think you just recieved a bad unit as they use rebuilt units under warrenty. I would keep after them till you get another one.If they wont and your contract is up till them your going to direct that will get them to respond.

 

[sledhed]

Go TiVo

I run a number of TiVo Series 2 units (standard def) with standard-def Dish Network receivers. Uses a IR blaster to change the channel on the Dish receiver. Until one HDD crashed after 4 years of service, never had a problem. One of the units is the Toshiba DVD burner unit, and when you want to permanently save a program it is great too. And you can put Tivo Desktop on your PC and transfer programs to PC, convert them (with a separate program) and save them to DVD there too. Or transfer the movie to a portable device, or watch it on the PC. Pause a program in one room, go to another room and start viewing it in there where you left off. Only downside is the monthly fee, but you save some on having more than one unit, and save on the DVR fee from Dish.

Bonus was, at the time TiVo was offering rebates which made these units free, with a year of free service basically. Wish they would do that again. I am not sure I watch enough TV to make it worth the fees if I had not gotten them for free but that deal is gone.

 

[niner49]

We have DishNetwork, and the DVR acts up from time to time.
We called customer service and replaced receiver/DVR a couple months ago.
Now the new one is doing the same thing.

Here's what's happening.....
There's never any problem with recording, however, it will sometimes erase shows on its own without a person doing it. It will sometimes not let you view your recording. Or, it will not let you fast forward to your show, but will let you view it from the beginning only.

Anyone else experience anything like this?

Thanks

You and I my wife are like 2 peas in a pod!

she watches the and records on the DVR in the living room (you know female stuff oprah and such) and I watch and record on the HDDVR in the TV room (male stuff football, UFC.....) anyway she hates the DVR and curses me for getting rid of the TIVO! on the DVR it says shows are recorded and not there erases one show of a season pass the same things you are talking about exactly!

Until your post I thought she was nuts! I guess I better go and apologize and keep reading this post and see what happens with yours!

thanks

 

[Extreme-One]

Never had any issues with the DVR it's self. Always recordered shows as asked. One day it decided not to turn on and I had to replace the complete unit. Once in a while it cuts out while watching a recorded show, but it usually shows up after a storm.

Over all i really like it.

 

[Mafesto]

You would think that for 12 cents an hour, these Chinese children could build more dependable equipment than this!

 

[MarcS]

Mine made screaming noises in the middle of the night and would crash once a month. I made calls to dish to try and fix the issue but the eventual fix was switching to directv. Love the directv so far.

x2! I have directv dvr and have had no poblems.......yet

 

[maddog21]

has it for three years, no problem. i have over 80 hours of record from the movies to save

 

[XP-ModMan]

My old DVR used to start recording shows on its own. Couldn't figure it out.

But I have had no problems since I switched to HDTV with DVR

 

[sledhed]

My old DVR used to start recording shows on its own. Couldn't figure it out.

But I have had no problems since I switched to HDTV with DVR

If it was a TiVo, it is supposed to do that... unless you turn it off. It decides based on what you record, or on what programs you thumbs-up. I turn that feature off though. Annoying to me. I watch what I want to watch, don't try to second-guess me...