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GreyGhost00

01-09-2007, 02:17 PM

I have my unit unplugged from the phone line, and it's going to stay that way until someone can convince me that there's a reason I should let it upgrade.

With 3.1.5f the HR10-250 is rock-solid.
* It doesn't miss recordings.
* It doesn't shorten recordings.
* There are no DD audio dropouts.
* It reboots only very, very rarely (months, not days).
* It receives OTA well with no problems.

I don't have folders and the guide and related features are slow on occasion. But it works and does what a Tivo should. And probably will until either the HD fails (which has happened 2x thus far), or something else fries the unit.

I'm having a hard time understanding why folks (if they are technically capable) don't simply not upgrade, or IC back to 3.1.5f.

StarsHockey

01-09-2007, 03:37 PM

Only reason would be folders, but I wish I had stayed at 3.1. I just had to have what everyone else had and now think I regret it.

Lije Baley

01-09-2007, 03:43 PM

Our bedroom has 6.3b. It's rebooted itself because the thirty-second skip has disappeared.
So far no other problems. I'm with the OP on my main unit. It's not broken with 3.1.5f, so finally, I don't think I'll "fix" it.

NatasNJ

01-09-2007, 04:12 PM

I am in same boat as OP. Keeping it unplugged for awhile longer. :)

No rush to just get folders..

bpratt

01-09-2007, 04:26 PM

I went back to 3.1.5f on both my units last week. 6.3b was missing recordings, rebooting and hanging up. Its great to have a stable HD Tivo again.

Mags

01-09-2007, 05:24 PM

go back? I'd love to have the 3.1. or whatever it's called again.

I'm at the breaking point - I'm ready to toss the HD Tivo out the window...

litzdog911

01-09-2007, 06:15 PM

go back? I'd love to have the 3.1. or whatever it's called again.

I'm at the breaking point - I'm ready to toss the HD Tivo out the window...

http://www.dvrupgrade.com/dvr/stores/1/instantcake.cfm

newsposter

01-09-2007, 08:37 PM

i kept original stock 3.1 machine for my fox SP's and do love 6.1 for speed and folders on the other. Except now when i even go to a show in the NP list it takes about 15 seconds to get to the descriptions. now if I could just surf past the first 2 or 3 screens of ToDo without it resetting to the first page i'd be thrilled.

also 6.1 means superfast reorder of SP, which i do a lot. I have over 100 and they are still fast to reorder. And recording 2 things while on 2 HD stations is still fast.

ctromp

01-09-2007, 10:09 PM

No reason to upgrade for me. I'm staying with 3.1.5f because everything works. I've never had any audio dropouts, missed recording, failed recordings, shortened recordings etc. Yes the menu system might be slower than a 6.3 machine... but the speed is similar to my old Dish Network box I had before switching to DTV.

So I'm content.

KungFuCow

01-09-2007, 10:33 PM

If I had to do it again, I probably wouldnt have upgraded. I never had the OTA problems, in fact, 6.3a was fine for me. 6.3b was a nightmare and I actually canceled my service with DTV today because of it.

Constant reboots.. seemed like it happened once a day and the empty To Do list was the final straw. I was missing recording after recording and oblivious to the "To Do" list problem until I came here and did some investigating.

ctromp

01-09-2007, 10:54 PM

So maybe I just don't get it.... but why can't Tivo fix the problems? I mean, everything seems fine for users of 3.1.5f. So what all is different that is causing all the problems? My understanding is that the 6.3b update was supposed to address the issues of 6.3a. But it really hasn't.

Redux

01-10-2007, 02:36 AM

rcbray

01-10-2007, 08:31 AM

fasTLane

01-10-2007, 07:31 PM

Running 3.1.5f with zero complaints. :)

captenblack

01-11-2007, 05:44 AM

After trying 6.3a a month or 2 ago, I got dropouts and reboots and I decided to upgrade the drive and revert back to 3.1.5f with the phone line unplugged. I really want to upgrade again, but I'm just too nervous after reading people's experiences on here. If I do upgrade, I may wait until summer when all the big shows are over... unless there's a large stamp of approval from everybody on here.

ctromp

01-11-2007, 10:19 AM

unless there's a large stamp of approval from everybody on here.

Based on the results of this thread I don't think you're seeing a "large stamp of approval" from users on this board. However, there are far more people with 6.3b than those on this site. But there's enough concern here alone to cause me to wait it out... or not upgrade at all.

For me, if I can't watch shows without hang-ups, audio issues, pictures issues etc. than the core reason I'm paying for satellite TV and DVR service is void. I can live without folders and faster guides.

bwaldron

01-11-2007, 01:16 PM

Based on the results of this thread I don't think you're seeing a "large stamp of approval" from users on this board. However, there are far more people with 6.3b than those on this site. But there's enough concern here alone to cause me to wait it out... or not upgrade at all.

For me, if I can't watch shows without hang-ups, audio issues, pictures issues etc. than the core reason I'm paying for satellite TV and DVR service is void. I can live without folders and faster guides.

I re-imaged to 3.1.5 because of the OTA dropouts with 6.3a. I have been running 6.3b for three weeks or so now without any problems other than the guide data issues (that aren't specific to the 6.3b release; they are also occurring on my SD DirecTivo).

On the other hand, if folders and speedup aren't critical to you, staying at 3.1.5f is a reasonable strategy.

Budget_HT

01-11-2007, 02:59 PM

If I plug my phone line back in, is there any chance that I would move directly from 3.1 to 6.3b without stopping at 6.3a?

I have one unit that already suffered through 6.3a for weeks before the 6.3b upgrade. I would like to avoid the pain on my other unit.

bwaldron

01-11-2007, 06:12 PM

If I plug my phone line back in, is there any chance that I would move directly from 3.1 to 6.3b without stopping at 6.3a?

If your unit is authorized to receive 6.3b, you'll move directly to 6.3b. If not, you'll get a LONG download of 6.3a via the phone line.

I would think that most units would be authorized for 6.3b by now (though there are apparently some folks around here who still haven't gotten it)...so your chances are very good, but not guaranteed.

StarsHockey

01-11-2007, 08:29 PM

i have stopped at A for over a week now.

TomF

01-11-2007, 10:31 PM

I was at 6.3a for more than a month, maybe two, with constant audio dropouts on CBS and Fox. I went ahead and bought a new hard drive and downloaded IC and was all ready to go back to 3.1.5f. Being the procrastinator that I am, I hadn't gotten around to it and on Monday I was upgraded to 6.3b. The audio dropouts disappeared and fortunately, I haven't experienced the frequent reboots that others have.

So it's a crap shoot whether you'll get a or b, but b solved my problems.

The bad news is that on Monday my HR20 also got the latest release and the dropouts on that are WAY worse than the HR10. For awhile, the HR20 was more reliable than my HR10, sad to say.

Yog-Sothoth

01-12-2007, 09:45 AM

In addition to the stated folders and faster menus, HMO is a reason to update to 6.3(b), if it's a hacked unit.

GreyGhost00

01-12-2007, 10:57 AM

HMO is a reason to update to 6.3(b), if it's a hacked unit.
Now that would be a reason for me - can you point me to details on how to "enable" HMO.

divedude

01-13-2007, 10:17 PM

For everyone still on 3.1.5f, disconnect your phone line from the unit, cut it into pieces and mail it back to DirecTV. ;)

I am still on 3.1.5f on both of my units and plan to stay there. I like to know that my recordings will happen as scheduled without problems. The only little problem I have to deal with is the daily removal of the mail notice about the phone call.