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bassist · March 1st, 2009

Personally, I would be real happy the release includes being able to run it cardless for DN for a week or so.

Of course this is "Monday Morning QBing": I think if they'd have marketed this as a box that upgrades easily via a network so you don't HAVE to use a usb drive or 232 cable to load new firmware and then had established & maintained a rep for bins being released in a timely manner, then this machine would be looked upon as a "best buy" even at around $200. I am really hoping that the rumored impending release works well, but I am also very skeptical.

No matter what the historical revisionists say, this stb WAS heavily marketed as an IKS, little down time receiver. Otherwise, I wouldn't have bought it. I do love it when it's up, but its uptime has NOT been competitive with the cardless competition. Again, for the revisionists, this box WAS marketed as being a competitor to the nFusion in terms of reliability. This is fact!!

March 1st, 2009	#6 (permalink)
bassist Platinum Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 814 Credits: 892.10 Thanks: 189 Thanked 132 Times in 87 Posts	Re: new HIKS bin tomorrow Personally, I would be real happy the release includes being able to run it cardless for DN for a week or so. Of course this is "Monday Morning QBing": I think if they'd have marketed this as a box that upgrades easily via a network so you don't HAVE to use a usb drive or 232 cable to load new firmware and then had established & maintained a rep for bins being released in a timely manner, then this machine would be looked upon as a "best buy" even at around $200. I am really hoping that the rumored impending release works well, but I am also very skeptical. No matter what the historical revisionists say, this stb WAS heavily marketed as an IKS, little down time receiver. Otherwise, I wouldn't have bought it. I do love it when it's up, but its uptime has NOT been competitive with the cardless competition. Again, for the revisionists, this box WAS marketed as being a competitor to the nFusion in terms of reliability. This is fact!!