anyone have experience with the "freevo"?
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You cannot access digital cable stations with these homemade solutions. You will only access standard non encrypted cable and over the air broadcasts. You could possibly receive over the air HD broadcasts provided you purchased the right cards. However, by the time you buy the 3 video processing cards that would equal the dual tuners (and one for play back), you are looking at several hundred dollards already. The you have to factor in the rest of the computer, the harddrive space, etc.
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Agree with Scott. The free stuff is enough for me. You do need to set up an account on their website, enter your contact info for email or SMS, verify email or SMS, and assign your system to it for everything to work. This is a fantastic product and I highly recommend it!
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Yes they do. The company is in Asia, so the update process isnt always clear due to the language issue. Not all updates work well also, even if installed properly. The hardware on the Finevu Id say is quite good. The software I feel is substandard by PC standards, but possibly on par for the dashcam/ DVR market. Either way my CR-500 bricked for no discernible reason. And Im out my entire purchase price. So I just dont run a dashcam anymore. Its a risk, but Ill wait for something cheaper or more reliable. Dashcam use is quite rare in the US.
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My unit has trouble working with any of our Windows machines here (Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008, Windows 7, etc.) It will take about a minute to create a directory, about a minute to rename it, cannot do a findfirst, cannot display files in any requested order (date, size). I see that other reviewers had no problem with theirs, so my troubles are possibly with my unit. But none of us trust the drive, and no one is using it.
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Apparently, so has mine. A failure after 14 years of service. This unit was initiated by Audiovox, and then apparently kicked around by several other companies / distribuitors way after Audiovox went away (with the unit still I.D'd."Audiovox"). It'd surprise me if there's ANY support on this cruise unit. It hasn't changed since I put mine on 14 years ago. I'm prepared to buy the complete unit after I complete a thorough diagnosis. As an aside, these are noisy. The instructions advise against mounting on the firewall for this reason. Sadly, I was obliged to mount mine in the center console. Rattly clack clack when it was working quite loud. It still rattles but now won't activate the vacuum pot. Apparently, so has mine. A failure after 14 years of service. This unit was initiated by Audiovox, and then apparently kicked around by several other companies / distribuitors way after Audiovox went away (with the unit still I.D'd."Audiovox"). It'd surprise me if there's ANY support on this cruise unit. It hasn't changed since I put mine on 14 years ago. I'm prepared to buy the complete unit after I complete a thorough diagnosis. As an aside, these are noisy. The instructions advise against mounting on the firewall for this reason. Sadly, I was obliged to mount mine in the center... » Read More Apparently, so has mine. A failure after 14 years of service. This unit was initiated by Audiovox, and then apparently kicked around by several other companies / distribuitors way after Audiovox went away (with the unit still I.D'd."Audiovox"). It'd surprise me if there's ANY support on this cruise unit. It hasn't changed since I put mine on 14 years ago. I'm prepared to buy the complete unit after I complete a thorough diagnosis. As an aside, these are noisy. The instructions advise against mounting on the firewall for this reason. Sadly, I was obliged to mount mine in the center console. Rattly clack clack when it was working quite loud. It still rattles but now won't activate the vacuum pot. « Show Less
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I rec'd my WDTV a couple of days ago and have been playing with it a lot. I have 2 different hard drives connected (400gb western digital passport and 500gb freeagent portable). I had the same problem...hard drives wouldn't shut off even when ejected and turning off the WDTV. I updated the firmware this morning and now, my seagate freeagent portable turns off when ejected. The western digital passport however, didn't shut off. I will be exchanging the passport for another freeagent portable drive for that reason.
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Since it is eSATA, I would say it's worth a shot. I have the WD MyBook DVR expander hooked to my HR24. It has been working GREAT for over 2 years. Bonus with having external HDD, if the DVR fails, you haven't lost your shows (and we all know the DVR WILL fail DirecTV). This Fantom drive does not specifically mention that it is optimized for AV playback. The file system (NTFS, FAT32) means nothing since the HR24 will reformat when it first detects the drive. If it doesn't work well with the HR24, then you always have a 2TB backup for your computer.
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Your best bet is to check out the forums at the independent Tivo Community web site http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/
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No, its garbage. Don't buy it. It stopped working a little while after I got it. Get one from VM Innovations. They're the same price. And way nicer.
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I was JUST reading through some of the reviews and one of the folks seemed to list this exact problem - though they were using a Tivo. It seems too similar an issue to be an anomaly: sadly the reviewer determined that after unplugging the drive and starting his DVR back up again, all of the problems vanished, leading him to the conclusion that it was the drive and NOT the DVR. Your best bet is to do the same - remove the drive and see if the DVR functions normally. If so, then you know the drive is faulty. Good luck!
65192
Don't bet on it. The newer the TiVo the less functionality you get with no subscription. Some models may let you view recorded shows but some claim this is bunk.
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Yes, you'll need to use it in conjunction with VCDS-lite. There is a freeware version and a paid version.
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I haven't. I had to return it to Amazon as I could not get either the camera or the microphone to work. I have replaced it with another camera/microphone which works perfectly. I do not know if it was a defect in that particular unit or an incompatibility with my system software or hardware. My business is Data Processing consulting and I know a lot about the hardware and software on my PC and could not get it to work at all, so after many different trials, I gave up and purchased a similar but different unit and it worked the first time. No trouble at all.
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I have been using it for a Direct TV DVR! It has worked fine until it reached just over 1TB of recording at the remote TV location. This location apparently can not support much beyond this point. It shows the latest recordings & older ones, but not the entire recordings. At the main TV location, the receiver/DVR does seem to support additional content, but everything is slower. ie: switching between channels & programming. The current DVR is 1TB, so that may explain the problem. If the Zmodo recording ability is less than 3 TB there may be a problem of support for additional storage.
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Thanks for the response. I received the unit yesterday and am anxious to try it.
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Yes, I got onevof this. I had an issue related to power device, and I proceed to claim and very prompt I replace it for a new one, not charge even in handling or other.Actually Lenovo performance has exceeded expectations, very good tool
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I have one I bought from Amazon, but I have not been able to function. I have hired technicians Directv. Nor. The archive, return it because it costs more money to buy another of a different brand