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Multichoice hits Rewind on HD-PVR
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I know I will be flamed for saying this, but I do not think it is that excessive. I do not smoke, only drink every now and then, do not buy magazines and the last time I went to the movies was the end of last year. To take a family of four for a single movie these days will probably cost more than R400 when you inlude the popcorn and coke. I do not have the slightest idea what the price of cigarettes are these days, but I am quite sure that it will most probably come to more than that per month. DSTV satifies my entertainment needs at a price that I am prepared to pay. In my opinion people that complains about the number of repeats are spending way too much time in front of their TV.
marine1
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Fair enough, I just got sick of the re runs and crap all the time. I now have ADSL and YES I download whatever I want to watch.
BLIXEMPIE
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Blood agent! Multichoice agent that is.
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i have the 2p, and having issues with the rewind, jumping back to the begining of a recording,
and on the 4t uec, im having serious sound issues
and on the 4t uec, im having serious sound issues
Happy Camper
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So for entertainment value you and your family spend your best times sitting in front of the tv, gorging on what Multichoice spews at you? :wtf:
It may be cheaper but at what cost?
Red Plumstead
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Same issues and more by me after it was working sort of fine. Even more from other people that have no internet and try to log it at the call center are told it is their equipment.
Why is MC not advertising the HD-PVR 4T anymore is because they know it is c**p. Just try to use their 500GB in HD in an old XP machine and it says the HD is slow. They have used the cheapest components and this is from someone in the electronic industry. IF you can compare it with some overseas products at a lower price, including some Chinese models that perform much better overseas.
Same issues and more by me after it was working sort of fine. Even more from other people that have no internet and try to log it at the call center are told it is their equipment.
Why is MC not advertising the HD-PVR 4T anymore is because they know it is c**p. Just try to use their 500GB in HD in an old XP machine and it says the HD is slow. They have used the cheapest components and this is from someone in the electronic industry. IF you can compare it with some overseas products at a lower price, including some Chinese models that perform much better overseas.
Red Plumstead
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You want proof, come have a look at my 2 UEC's . One dismantled totally and you will see what crap is in there. The Chinese won't even use it. That is from someone that work in the industry. The Hard Drive is one of the slowest on the market, it battles running my old XP machine. The resistors and caps are rated at 10%. In new electronics you don't touch anything over 1%. You want source there is a lot.
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You want proof, come have a look at my 2 UEC's . One dismantled totally and you will see what crap is in there. The Chinese won't even use it. That is from someone that work in the industry. The Hard Drive is one of the slowest on the market, it battles running my old XP machine. The resistors and caps are rated at 10%. In new electronics you don't touch anything over 1%. You want source there is a lot.
And that crappy hardware has what to do with the fact that he was asking for the source to the topic in question i.e latest software release is buggy?
edit - oh and everything is made in china so im sure they had a hand in it
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Red Plumstead
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And that crappy hardware has what to do with the fact that he was asking for the source to the topic in question i.e latest software release is buggy?
edit - oh and everything is made in china so im sure they had a hand in it
Yes and the latest SW is even have more bugs.
Source see MC forums, Hellopeter, radio etc and even this forum.
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Whahahaha, omg, dude, are you being serious?!You want proof, come have a look at my 2 UEC's . One dismantled totally and you will see what crap is in there. The Chinese won't even use it. That is from someone that work in the industry. The Hard Drive is one of the slowest on the market, it battles running my old XP machine. The resistors and caps are rated at 10%. In new electronics you don't touch anything over 1%. You want source there is a lot.
Those are the worst 'sources' I've ever come across. Resistor and cap tolerance blah blah, slow HD, blah blah. Clearly someone who has no clue about electronics.
In engineering, a major design rule is 'don't over engineer'. If 10% tolerance resistors/caps can work, then so be it. If a 'slow' HD works, then by all means, use that. No point in using high quality components if there is no need. If they did, then you'd be crying that its too expensive.
Why I want a source, is that stuff like this actually will hurt a companies rep. And it does hurt UEC's rep regardless whether its MC's problem. If it is a firmware issue, it could by all means be a UEC problem, they could've released a buggy firmware upgrade? If so, then fair enough.
Red Plumstead
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We can agree to disagree, Not over engineering, but use better quality, to satisfy the customer that is why you get certain companies keep on going and some companies like just for example Toyota is suffering. That is why VW (although i do like them) is selling now better. That is why overseas if you had done auditing like me uses better quality products and do not stand for the stuff that is forced down our throat in SA.. We might joke, but there is even in China manufacturers that produce better quality. Great example look how Hyundai has improved over the years, that you have got a waiting list for their vehicles. This sources is the best example as you can see the trend what you customer is unhappy about. The UEC and MC software is c**p. I do not care whose fault it is, Only thing is I paid for something that does not work properly.
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LCBXX
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No "new" problems here since the upgrade. Decoder actually hasn't frozen for the longest time now...
isie
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Enlighten me
Mc forums - couldnt find anything - granted they have a way of removing posts
hellopeter - **** load of complaints but in spread across all the decoders, their call centre, billing problems etc - we are well aware of this but nothing specificaly referg to the UEC software problem
radio - never realy heard any complaints about dstv at all, granted i only listen to 5fm but hey you did not specify
and finaly this forum - 1 post this one there are hundreds of older posts bu we are refering to this one in particular claiming that the latest software relase has gone backwards.
Now i for one do not work for with or for MC or UEC and would just like to see a source of the complaint.
hell i complain about my pace decoder all the time and how sucky it is, but at least my source would be personal experiance, the person who started the thread posts it like an article hence the request for a source
Red Plumstead
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Enlighten me
Mc forums - couldnt find anything - granted they have a way of removing posts
hellopeter - **** load of complaints but in spread across all the decoders, their call centre, billing problems etc - we are well aware of this but nothing specificaly referg to the UEC software problem
radio - never realy heard any complaints about dstv at all, granted i only listen to 5fm but hey you did not specify
and finaly this forum - 1 post this one there are hundreds of older posts bu we are refering to this one in particular claiming that the latest software relase has gone backwards.
One of the complainant had even given his unit to MC in Randburg to test.
Now i for one do not work for with or for MC or UEC and would just like to see a source of the complaint.
hell i complain about my pace decoder all the time and how sucky it is, but at least my source would be personal experiance, the person who started the thread posts it like an article hence the request for a source
http://forum.dstv.com/showthread.php?p=93906#post93906 - Part of the thread on DSTV with the new UEC SW problems plus other threads. I have counted about 5 people with surround sound problems.
I will be the source as I had all the symptoms on both my UEC, except for the one which I have stripped now.
Next door neighbor all the symptoms and my brother in George.
Problem were discussed on Cape Talk.
Note this is for 3 weeks now.
Only "improvement" was after the upgrade my unit does not reset by itself all the time, but it locks up totally and then it needs a force reset. On the stripped one I improved it by replacing a few of the 10% components etc especially PSU (MC will probably lock me up for this) and it worked better and by adding a PC fan until I blew it up totally, that's why I tried to use the HD in my standby PC.
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my point still stands no reliable source for suposed article. except the suround sound problem, which i recall seeing somewhere on this thread
person who started this thread INK has not even replied, now
Red Plumstead
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Official Quote from MC:
Hi
Thank you to all our forumites who brought to our attention, problems that were being experienced with the upgrade. MultiChoice would like to re-iterate that this concern is our top priority and while we may not necessarily post feedback everyday, it does not mean we are not working on a resolution. On the contrary we are looking into all alternatives to fix the problem, and have ensured that this is also a top priority with our suppliers.
We hope to shortly advise you of the way forward and sincerely thank you for your patience- we know this is frustrating.
They have even indicated that they might rollback to the previous SW
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yes and that was for the surround sound problem what about the rest? and i checked that link you gave for the mc forum this apology is from there.
look dude I never said their wasn't a problem, IMO the HD PR's software from MC is crap
my point is the guy who started this thread put this together with a bunch of old 'fixed' problems, posted this in an article format and has not cited source, and i (and other on this forum i am guessing) can not find the source hence the educated assumption of it being fake.
reposting the 1 real problem (from the first post) will not change my mind finding the source of aid article will.
Quantum Theory
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This is the only threat that Red Plumstead has ever posted in. So, he is a troll or a pseudonym for some existing members trolling... Leave him be. He's not worth arguing with. We all know he is wrong, grasping at straws and still has not provided us with the source of the OP.
Red Plumstead
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Sorry my friend, You are wrong as this is the only thread that I am posting in as it is the only one that is applicable to me. Please do not make false accusations. I have exactly the same problems that the originator described.
Proof!!!!!!
I have posted exactly 7 Posts. I never said I have proof, Just that I am experience exactly the same problems as was stated. The only improvement I had since the last "upgrade" is that my UEC do not reset anymore by itself, but locks up and then needs a hard reset. The remote is useless as it makes the unit very unresponsive.
EPG is also not working as it should. Code 22 for recordings are appearing more.
I thought the forums is where you can get resolution/ assistance or found someone with common problems.
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