The Official AVS Dish DTVPal DVR Topic! - Page 338

Originally Posted by frank70

The DTVPal DVR gets 8 days of listings from Rovi. It chooses to save and/or display only from the current time on the 1st day (today) up to the current time on the 8th day, a duration of 7 days. My other TVGOS device shows the listings for the entire 8th day.

If you have listings out to the 8th day and a TVGOS logo displayed, then both the names and info about a show come from the TVGOS. Some shows simply have no info to display, things like news, talk shows, entertainment shows, etc. My DTVPal DVR and my other TVGOS device are consistent on which shows they display info for, and which they do not. OTOH, if you're getting no info across the board, especially for prime-time episodes and/or movies, something is wrong.

If you are seeing SOME channels that do not go out to 8 days, but are limited to about a day, those are still coming from PSIP even though you have a TVGOS logo showing. This may be due to the station not being supported by Rovi, or by the DTVPal DVR bug that causes some stations to fail to show TVGOS listings even though they are supported by Rovi. With PSIP listings you get about as much program info as the person at the station feels like typing in.

Originally Posted by trp2525

If anyone reading this thread is in the Lakewood, NY area there is a new DTVPal DVR available for $87.93 at the Sears retail store in Lakewood. According to the Sears Outlet website it is "New" and the Sears store details where it is located are as follows:


LAKEWOOD - Sears Retail Store
Store # 2584
Rt 394 & Hunt Blvd
Lakewood, NY 14750-0000

Phone: 716-456-3200

Good luck and let us know if you are lucky enough to grab this one. It has to be one of the last ones remaining in the Sears retail stores seeing that Sears started getting rid of these with incremental price reductions that started in April ($299 to $199 to $149 to $124 to $87 to ???). It sure beats the $350-$400 currently being charged for the Channel Master version of the same DVR!

Originally Posted by keyboard21

No it is TVGUIDE with 7 days of info for EVERY CHANNEL. Some channels no show Description. Only NAmE of show. IT was the same when it was just PSIP. Only with 12 hours to 3 days of info

In other words the channels that did not have show descriptions when we had PSIP. Still do now have it. Even though the TVGUIDE logo is displayed. And some are major stations like fox ect. Not sure what is going on?

We had a Dishpal NON- DVR. So that is why I know about the PSIP info

I read if you try pushing the SYS info button that it should clear it up. Also if you get it working make sure you have the newest Firmware 108

Originally Posted by P Smith

Other place selling it for $69.93
Store # 1427
6909 N Loop 1604 E
San Antonio, TX 78247-5317

Originally Posted by P Smith

Other place selling it for $69.93
Store # 1427
6909 N Loop 1604 E
San Antonio, TX 78247-5317

Originally Posted by sivartk

The stock must change constantly, when I checked last night, the closest one to Austin, TX was in New York state.

Originally Posted by trp2525

What's truly amazing to me is that Sears is blowing the last remaining DTVPal DVRs out the door right now for $69 and $87 while Kmart is still selling them for $249.99. Does the left hand of that corporation know what the right hand is doing???

Originally Posted by keyboard21

I am sure I asked this question before and forgot the answer.

The Dishpal DVR: Does it add/delete stations as it gets/loses signal? Just like the dishpal NON dvr

Originally Posted by sivartk

It will add stations that come in when weather conditions change, but I've never had it autmatically delete any stations.

Originally Posted by sivartk

The stock must change constantly, when I checked last night, the closest one to Austin, TX was in New York state.

Originally Posted by keyboard21

No it is TVGUIDE with 7 days of info for EVERY CHANNEL.

Originally Posted by keyboard21

I think he was telling you to try a Factory default option. It is in the menu. Re-read his post.

Originally Posted by James_in_Utah

I tried the factory default option, still not TVGOS. I think something must have changed on our repeater or maybe the TVGOS box at the local CBS station has quit working.

Originally Posted by keyboard21

What state again??

Originally Posted by James_in_Utah

Checked this morning. Three days after doing the factory default option regular TVGOS logo was back and I now have extended guide for all the channels that used to have it. Either the factory defualt reset worked, or the box at the station started working again. Thanks for the help!

Originally Posted by James_in_Utah

For the record, I do live in Utah. I live in Eden, which is fairly remote and and we get our signal from a repeater. The signal is repeated 3 times before it gets to us. This means during winter, or in bad weather, if any of those repeaters have problems, I get bad signals.

This reminds me to ask if anything can be done to get some of my channels extende guide. Currently I get about 7 days for these channels: 4.1(ABC), 4.2, 5.1(NBC), 5.3(Wx), 7.1(PBS), 7.2(PBS), 7.3(PBS), 13.1(FOX SD).

I only get PSIP for these channels: 2.1(CBS), 2.2, 11.1(PBS), 11.2(PBS), 11.3(PBS), 11.4(PBS), 13.2(FOX HD).

I get no guide info at all for 14.1(WB) or 30.1(CW).

I called the engineers at the CBS affiliate, and he thought the problem was with my DVR. He said that when he looks at his OTA TV, he gets 8 days of guide for every channel. Any suggestions on how to approach get this fixed?
Thanks,
James
Eden Utah

Originally Posted by visualsensation

I wish this thing gave you an option of using TVGOS or PSIP for specific stations. In my local market, some of the independant stations provide only program titles to TVGOS while PSIP has detailed descriptions too.

Originally Posted by Kelson

Do you honestly think they are going to put any more resources into a dead product line which offers them no possibility of further profit? It's not like it is an older model they might want to support so people would continue to buy the newer models. The whole product line is dead and erased from their memory. F-208 is it. Enjoy the Dish DVR for what it is, it will never be anything more.

Originally Posted by keyboard21

Morally they owe the people...