Death to my PVR

Cosmo Dude · 22-02-2011, 09:04 PM

Long story short... my PVR would stop audio on SD chanels and never re-start. Tonight I had enough, once the remote failed to function I took my vengeance.

I'll send it back under warranty but something makes me feel they won't honor it

Mad Mat · 22-02-2011, 09:23 PM

Hahaha just say it was faulty from factory.

Rupewrecht · 22-02-2011, 10:12 PM

Needs more tyre tracks

rodhog · 22-02-2011, 10:12 PM

Yes well I've had in my house 3 or 4 now.
the 4th is panasonic and everynoe and then it plays up.

the two sonys and I think another panasonic before it.

Let me just say this We only payed ONCE. bought this thing from Bang less. Just for recording B&B - my mother is massive fan.
I have IQ HD for for the good stuff.

I think the sony had 4 HDD go into and out of it.
the Panasonic they just swapped over - So we lost about 2 weeks worth of B&B.
But the current one had ther DVD as well as it was new and blah blah and you know compensation for such crappy equipment.

but I have to say I've found 80% of the PVR have issues. the IQ's ain't perfect either but my HD no issue Yet. I think it's the tunners in them.

but I will say this I wish I could have done that to any number of them.

mikey_something · 23-02-2011, 10:29 AM

I've had a Topfield, which worked great until it didn't. A bank of capacitors commonly blow disabling the harddrive, giving you a PVR minus the R.
Next (and currently) we own a TiVo.
No complaints whatsoever. Does what we want, and even stuff we didn't want or didn't know we wanted (TiVo suggestions).
Huge storage space, annoying menu navigation sound.

22-02-2011, 09:04 PM	#1
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22-02-2011, 09:23 PM	#2
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22-02-2011, 10:12 PM	#3
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23-02-2011, 10:29 AM	#5
mikey_something Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: NSW Car: 1998 Toyota Supra 3.0L Twin Turbo Posts: 1,413 View Photos By: mikey_something	I've had a Topfield, which worked great until it didn't. A bank of capacitors commonly blow disabling the harddrive, giving you a PVR minus the R. Next (and currently) we own a TiVo. No complaints whatsoever. Does what we want, and even stuff we didn't want or didn't know we wanted (TiVo suggestions). Huge storage space, annoying menu navigation sound. __________________ 1996 Mazda 323 Astina BA Hatch 1.8L - No Longer Mine

22-02-2011, 10:12 PM	#4
rodhog Senior Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Sydney Lakemba Car: mx-6 626 Gs300 Maz2 was 95 KF BA-HT Posts: 2,024 View Photos By: rodhog	Yes well I've had in my house 3 or 4 now. the 4th is panasonic and everynoe and then it plays up. the two sonys and I think another panasonic before it. Let me just say this We only payed ONCE. bought this thing from Bang less. Just for recording B&B - my mother is massive fan. I have IQ HD for for the good stuff. I think the sony had 4 HDD go into and out of it. the Panasonic they just swapped over - So we lost about 2 weeks worth of B&B. But the current one had ther DVD as well as it was new and blah blah and you know compensation for such crappy equipment. but I have to say I've found 80% of the PVR have issues. the IQ's ain't perfect either but my HD no issue Yet. I think it's the tunners in them. but I will say this I wish I could have done that to any number of them.