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kiwipearls

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#296386 13-Jun-2022 10:41

DishTV I bought back in 2017 seems to be having issues - it won't stop recording, it recorded Taskmaster for over 92 hours. Notifications do not go off the screen, so if I turn volume up on dish tv, the volume thingy wont disappear.

Other hinky things happen, like ff and then all of a sudden an error happens and we are back to the beginning.

I have updated lastest firware, so it is all up todate and I have reset it and reupdated - still having the issue, so I am thinking it is a bit old now.

I am looking for recommendations for a better PVR solution. It is not really for me, but for my BF who is still oldschool and likes to record normal TV. I stream everything.

So it needs to be easy to use. (or easy for me to teach him to use, and he don't like change lol)

Look forward to your recommendations.

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#2925953 13-Jun-2022 11:16

I would have thought if you have to teach him a PVR, would teaching him ondemand be about the same effort? When you say you stream everything, is that on a laptop, or do you have a media streamer with a remote (Apple TV, Chromecast remote, sheidl tv etc).

And is it correct that everything he records is also ondemand (TVNZ and/or media works?). If he's after shows on prime, then you'll have to continue with plan a (PVR)

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#2925972 13-Jun-2022 11:49

I just bought a Panasonic DMR-HWT260 https://www.panasonic.com/nz/consumer/home-entertainment/recorders-dvd-and-bd-player/dmr-hwt260.html

Seems pretty good. There are some on TM or ~$400 new.

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#2925973 13-Jun-2022 11:50

NextPVR ? :)

Just set it up at home, been working well so far.

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#2925991 13-Jun-2022 12:23

Find someone with a Tivo for sale. Ours is still boxing on after all these years.

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#2926004 13-Jun-2022 12:55

kiwipearls:

DishTV I bought back in 2017 seems to be having issues - it won't stop recording, it recorded Taskmaster for over 92 hours. Notifications do not go off the screen, so if I turn volume up on dish tv, the volume thingy wont disappear.

Is it the T2200? Have you tried rebooting it?

I've had this happen a couple of times - coincidentally one of those was an episode of Taskmaster that recorded for several days and was quite sluggish. A reboot seems to resolve it then runs fine for months. I try to remember to reboot it every three months just as a bit of housekeeping.

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#2926153 13-Jun-2022 17:39

davidcole:

I would have thought if you have to teach him a PVR, would teaching him ondemand be about the same effort? When you say you stream everything, is that on a laptop, or do you have a media streamer with a remote (Apple TV, Chromecast remote, sheidl tv etc).

And is it correct that everything he records is also ondemand (TVNZ and/or media works?). If he's after shows on prime, then you'll have to continue with plan a (PVR)

I have moved in with my Android Smart TV - so all the streaming apps are there (except Prime on my Toshiba) but have all on the Android Smart TV in bedroom.

Plus I still have the chromecasts connected (as he gets flustered with the tv, which I find easier than fiddling with my phone)

But he still has some channels he likes to record, like there is a new auto one with a lot of car shows he likes to watch.

When I met him, he was still usng a video recorder lol - and I gave him my old Dishtv as I was not using it.

He is oldschool 50 year old :p

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#2926154 13-Jun-2022 17:42

Groucho:

kiwipearls:

DishTV I bought back in 2017 seems to be having issues - it won't stop recording, it recorded Taskmaster for over 92 hours. Notifications do not go off the screen, so if I turn volume up on dish tv, the volume thingy wont disappear.

Is it the T2200? Have you tried rebooting it?

I've had this happen a couple of times - coincidentally one of those was an episode of Taskmaster that recorded for several days and was quite sluggish. A reboot seems to resolve it then runs fine for months. I try to remember to reboot it every three months just as a bit of housekeeping.

Mines the s8200

REbooting all the time, hard reboot. And reset. Tried as much as I can - wasting so much time troubleshooting

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#2926160 13-Jun-2022 17:59

Yea he may be old at 50, but mum (at 70) is using tvnz Ondemand etc via Apple TV rather than recording on her mysky.

she does use that as well but mostly for sky content.

actually a mysky might be another option. But comes with a subscription cost.

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#2926173 13-Jun-2022 18:57

If anyone wants a Tivo, drop me a message, I have a stack of them already modded and ready to go

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#2926354 14-Jun-2022 11:04

davidcole:

Yea he may be old at 50, but mum (at 70) is using tvnz Ondemand etc via Apple TV rather than recording on her mysky.

she does use that as well but mostly for sky content.

actually a mysky might be another option. But comes with a subscription cost.

I did away with Mysky in 2017 when I moved to the DishTV. So doing that would be going backwrds.

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#2926368 14-Jun-2022 11:53

kiwipearls:

davidcole:

Yea he may be old at 50, but mum (at 70) is using tvnz Ondemand etc via Apple TV rather than recording on her mysky.

she does use that as well but mostly for sky content.

actually a mysky might be another option. But comes with a subscription cost.

I did away with Mysky in 2017 when I moved to the DishTV. So doing that would be going backwrds.

Only for the way you do things.....but for his way, it might be an advancement if he's unwilling to move to streaming.