DIRECTV R15 Receiver/Digital Video Recorder--Up to 100 Hours- may require 2 YEAR extension of contract,monthly fees will apply by DirectTV, may also require to be activated as a "Leased Receiver" as per DirecTV policy change"
bug-ridden software
The software running this unit is not up at \\"appliance\\" standard at all. The user interface locks up fairly easily (deadlocked threads?) and it fails to work as expected for situations just slightly off the straight and narrow. For example, recording a game off an MLB Extra Innings channel is likely to fail -- something about the feed to these channels being switched on and off causes the box to misbehave and delete the recorded game. (A workaround with about a 70% chance of success is to \\"stop & keep\\" the recording before the feed cuts out, then go to the list, select the game, and tell it to keep it again. You are out of luck until the end of the six hour game time slot if you want to watch TV after the game is over and the feed has already cut out -- anything you do will cause it to delete the recording.) <br /> <br />I have purchased an R10 (TiVo-based) unit and will send the R15 one back ASAP.