I'm feeling pretty low. Yesterday, I came home to my month-old Costco ReplayTV 5060 which my wife and I have fallen in love with and found it had succumbed to the constant reboot problem. No amount of unplugging from power or the network would bring it back. A few days ago, I also had a program that gave me the "Unable to play" error, which seems to be a sign of trouble to come, from what others have also seen.
I signed up for lifetime service on 03/20, so I'm still within my 30-day refund window and just contacted SonicBlue to cancel the service. I'm going to return the unit to Costco tonight. It's a sign of how much I've grown attached to RTV that I'm having trouble parting with the thing even though it's dead and the company is in bankrupcy.
I've become attached enough to DVR tech that I'm probably going to buy a Tivo, but I feel like I'm taking a step down after the neat features of the RTV, not to mention the higher cost of the Tivo. But I'm willing to pay a bit more for a stable product. If I can get through the pain of having to use a VCR again, I might hold out to see what happens with the buyout. But, even then, the risk of getting another RTV that will likely suffer the same fate is daunting. Maybe if a software upgrade is forthcoming in the next few weeks that cures the problem, I might bite.
Anyway, thanks for listening to my rant. Here's hoping for a miracle for RTV in the next couple months!
I signed up for lifetime service on 03/20, so I'm still within my 30-day refund window and just contacted SonicBlue to cancel the service. I'm going to return the unit to Costco tonight. It's a sign of how much I've grown attached to RTV that I'm having trouble parting with the thing even though it's dead and the company is in bankrupcy.
I've become attached enough to DVR tech that I'm probably going to buy a Tivo, but I feel like I'm taking a step down after the neat features of the RTV, not to mention the higher cost of the Tivo. But I'm willing to pay a bit more for a stable product. If I can get through the pain of having to use a VCR again, I might hold out to see what happens with the buyout. But, even then, the risk of getting another RTV that will likely suffer the same fate is daunting. Maybe if a software upgrade is forthcoming in the next few weeks that cures the problem, I might bite.
Anyway, thanks for listening to my rant. Here's hoping for a miracle for RTV in the next couple months!