RCA DRD430RG DirecTV Receiver(see Terms and Conditions)
A lot of features for the price, but slow and unstable
I have had two of these receivers for about six months now.<br />The receiver does have a lot of features for the price, such as Profiles (5), Parental Locks, Favorite Channel Lists (1 per profile), Suggestions, Keyword Searches (16), Wink Interactive Feature, Event Timers (8) and more. Also, while you are in the guide or menus the current channel is displayed in a small window in the upper left corner of the screen. <br />However the unit is slow and somewhat unstable. Menus and the guide scroll at about a line per second and response time for some selections can take 30 seconds or more. Also, If you do anything more than change channels then the receiver will sometimes lock up and/or self-reset. There is no consistency to these resets, (though using the timers and changing profile settings seems to cause resets most often.) My main receiver has sometimes gone almost a month without a reset, but then at other times will self-reset 3-4 times in a two day period. (Once or twice a week seems to be the norm.)<br />The reset procedure can take several minutes as data is re-downloaded from the satellite, (which is not a good thing if it happens while you are watching something.) And it will also take the receiver 24+ hours to re-download the program guide out to the full 3-4 days. (data for the next 6-24 hours gets downloaded quickly though) <br />The receiver will also lose sound output or some of its interactive functions at times which requires a forced reset to restore those functions. Another minor problem is that the year a movie/program was made is also missing from the descriptions. <br />These problems probably can and may be fixed in a software update, but there is no guarantee that they can/will.<br />I have been very happy with the DirecTV service overall and do recommend it over Dish and cable. However, if you are considering it then I'd suggest looking at other (non RCA) brands of receivers before making your purchase. The RCA receivers probably give you the most features for the dollar, but you may wish to spend a little more to avoid the problems.