Title: Steep learning curve - program guide confusing.....
Product review: Unfortunately - in the 8 months I have had the HX-900 it has never workedwith my Motorola digi cable box - making the TV-Guide funtion useless. It workswell when manually programmed to record a specific program at a specific time ona specific channel but requires your cable box to be left on at all times. Also - I find myself disconnecting the DVR and running my cable around it so I can see HD channels - which will not go through the DVR. The hard disk has many nice options for quality and has 160G of storage. The dubbing feature (to the built-in DVD recorder) is pretty easy - and tells you how much space you need, how big the program is, etc. The title keyboard is ridiculous. You have to scroll everywhich way to name the programon your DVD (a function of the TV Guide info not getting through).Disappointing considering the unit cost over $1000 - and I only hook it up when I need to record a show. Get a TiVo and a DVDR!!!
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