Should I get a DCT or a DCH? (Motorola)

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6/23/07 at 10:43am

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I have been meaning to get a second DVR, and I was wondering if I should get the DCT-3416 or wait for the new DCH-3416, the latter being CableCard.

Besides CC, are there any other differences in the DCH, as there typically are when a new 'phase' of a box is produced?

Might the CC be problematic at first?

Do I have a better chance of getting a new box (DCT or DCH) now or 1 July?

Obviously, I would have to schedule the DVR appt very soon to get a new DCT in June, if they even have any.

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6/23/07 at 11:09am

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After July 1 the only box you could get is the DCH. If they have it in stock the cable company would be trying to unload the DCT boxes now.

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6/24/07 at 1:04pm

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Originally Posted by PaulGo

After July 1 the only box you could get is the DCH. If they have it in stock the cable company would be trying to unload the DCT boxes now.

I am aware of that.

Any opinion if I should get a box now or 1 July?

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6/24/07 at 4:48pm

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If DCH has firewire, there's no reason not to get it.

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6/24/07 at 5:40pm

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Originally Posted by QZ1

I am aware of that.

Any opinion if I should get a box now or 1 July?

I may have been incorrect in my statement. From what I have just read on another board Comcast cannot issue a new (unused) DCT box after July 1, but they can reissue a DCT box that has been used before July 1. So any new box issued has to be a DCH but the used boxes will be either a DCT or DCH. I would go with the newest technology (DCH) since in the long run it would have features that Comcast would support after the DCTs are eliminated.

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6/25/07 at 3:38am

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PaulGo is correct, that the cable companies can continue to reissue used DCT- series boxes, as long as they wish. They simply cannot issue brand-new ones after July 1.

Personally, if it is my first DVR, I would choose a DCT-3416. The DCH's are brand-new. You'll be subject to infant mortality as well as early-adopter problems if you go with the DCH's.

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6/25/07 at 1:51pm

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I was also aware they can re-issue boxes.
This would be my second DVR, but since it will have higher capacity, it will become my primary DVR.
(I have a 6412, that I will trade in, when I can move all of my scheduled series recordings and movies to the new DVR, and watch whatever can't be re-scheduled.)

So, there is a difference in opinion.
I am leaning toward waiting, as there might be features or performance increases in the new boxes.
Of course, there could indeed be initial problems, but I can always wait to read about them here, before I decide to get a DVR, in case they issue a new phase.
If I do request a DCH-3416, you know they might show up with a DCT-3416.