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[raysacr]

I have a V2, and using a WD 640GB Green Power HDD inside an Antec MX-1. Works fine. And I must agree with the comments about this being a bad PVR...it freaking blows! I had a Dish PVR625 and that thing was great. What I absolutely HATE most is the rewind/fast forward is only 4X!! I might as well watch the **** commercials, cuz its so slow to FF. And labeling of the recordings also sucks pretty bad. Hopefully there will be software update to fix that.

[enrigonz]

Originally Posted by raysacr

I have a V2, and using a WD 640GB Green Power HDD inside an Antec MX-1. Works fine. And I must agree with the comments about this being a bad PVR...it freaking blows! I had a Dish PVR625 and that thing was great. What I absolutely HATE most is the rewind/fast forward is only 4X!! I might as well watch the **** commercials, cuz its so slow to FF. And labeling of the recordings also sucks pretty bad. Hopefully there will be software update to fix that.

One thing I found out about through just pure coincidence was that the channel up or down button does a "jump ahead" feature similar to that one found on the dish receiver. You skip about a minute or so a a time forward and about 30 seconds backwards. So usually I completely skip commercials by pressing it about 3 times.

[lzolnier]

Originally Posted by raysacr

I have a V2, and using a WD 640GB Green Power HDD inside an Antec MX-1. Works fine. And I must agree with the comments about this being a bad PVR...it freaking blows! I had a Dish PVR625 and that thing was great. What I absolutely HATE most is the rewind/fast forward is only 4X!! I might as well watch the **** commercials, cuz its so slow to FF. And labeling of the recordings also sucks pretty bad. Hopefully there will be software update to fix that.

After pressing the OK button to show the red progress bar, press the volume buttons on your remote to fast forward or rewind much faster. Doing this I can fast forward a two hour recording until the end, in about 30 seconds. You will get through those commercials in 2 or 3 seconds using these buttons.

[jeffultra]

SV HD8000 PVR is fragile with many problems, but works sometimes. Here are the missing features and bugs.

Missing Feature #1
No auto buffer for time shifting. Can't rewind unless you first have it on Pause for some duration to save up video.

Missing Feature #2
Can't watch an old recording at the same time while recording something new.

Missing Feature #3
Can't "Start over" and watch a partially recorded event and time shift it while it's still recording.

Bug #1
Machine freaks out if you have an event set for a channel that is not included in the FAV list you're currently watching. When the event tries to start recording it can't find the channel and locks up. Especially a problem for recurring schedule events, where who knows what FAV list the machine might be on when the event tries to start.

Bug #2
When recording DTV if the signal is lost for more than a second the whole system locks up. Guess it can't recover the data stream or something and corrupts the file. Have to shut down everything and do a USB scan to get the drive back.

In summary the PVR functions are too basic, and very fragile. The FAV bug I mentioned above is the one I encounter the most. Hope that can get fixed. Have it automatically switch to the "All Channel" list when recording or something.

PVR aside, I still think the SV HD8000 is a great machine.