RCA DS4290RE DIRECTV/UltimateTV Satellite System with Built-In 35-Hour Digital Video Recorder and Free Pro-Installationsee Terms and Conditions)
Does not work...
We purchased this unit in September. We loved all of the features and quite frankly became addicted to watching what we wanted when we wanted. During the first week of January we began losing reception of a few channels. \\"Searching for satellite signal\\" is all it would display. After a few days we called their tech support. They had us unplug the unit to reset it. Now, instead of missing just a few channels we had no reception, period. After several calls over a period of a week we decided to pull out our 7 year old RCA receiver and reactivate that. Since then the UltimateTV has been collecting dust. Apparently UltimateTV requires that all the DirecTV transponders be functioning in order to \\"set up\\" and receive a signal. Three or more transponders are down so new UltimateTVs and ones that hve been rebooted will not work. DirecTV said it will be a month before this problem is resolved. That was three weeks ago and that is also what they said today. Unless you want an expensive paper weight do not buy this product. What amazes me is that there has been no press on this and that they are still selling these worthless units.