Directv

One of our DirecTivo R10 units quit booting up this past week. It is actually most likely the hard drive, just new in December 2008. Why is it that which I think it is? The Q, 2, nearly 3, was shaking and banging the DVR apparently, enough that it damaged the hard drive.

I can’t get the hard drive to be recognized in anything. It’s there, but won’t “show up” … so getting it to be scanned … ah forget it. I’ve had it. My desktop computer on which I have to get it connected to use InstantCake on it is just too difficult to utilize for this anymore. I have one Eide cable input for my DVD and CD drives. There is another Eide input, but pins are bent, it’s in a really weird place and to use it I’d need to take the computer out of it’s case, it’s that badly placed.

(I use SATA drives not just for them being better, but absolutely since the Eide situation is so bad on my motherboard.)

So because of all that, not wanting to buy a new hard drive and have to take my computer apart to get the InstantCake baked, we got a new box from Best Buy, the DirecTv Plus HD DVR HR22 … not that we have an updated dish from DirecTv, no, we still have what they installed in late 1997.

It’s a weird system, but I’m becoming accustomed to it. There are some things I like better than the DirecTivo, but there are things I miss, or just things I can’t easily find, or just … whatever. The transition from DirecTivo to Directv DVR is frustrating, but doable. We were waiting for TIVO & Directv to come out with a new HD box, but just couldn’t wait any longer. As for the HD part I’m hoping we can get the lines run how we want them, then get the system upgraded. I want to to use Single-Wire to 4 dual tuners. We only have 1 box for that right now, but will get 1 for free with the upgrade, at least. We only have 2 tv’s right now, but will have 3 or 4 eventually. 1 in bedroom, 1 in livingroom, 1 in kitchen, 1 in basement.