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Rich G · 06-10-2006, 10:45 PM

I was doing the exact same thing about 6 months ago. The salesman at the High-end tv store I bought my DLP 1080i Mitsubishi at said I'd be a fool to buy a DVR. Rent one form the cable company ($9.95/mo)
and if anything goes wrong, they come out and replace it for free.
Well My AS 8300 has been replaced 3 times, 2 for DVR failures. That is since January. If it had been mine, I'd be screwed, waiting, God only knows how long, for a factory replacement to arrive via Fed-X.
Wait till the technology settles down and gets cheaper.
I'd prefer to use the cable companies receiver/dvr and buy a Blue-Ray DVD recorder when they come out.
Good luck

06-10-2006, 10:45 PM	#6
Rich G Which is better? Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: So Cal Desert Posts: 10	I'd wait I was doing the exact same thing about 6 months ago. The salesman at the High-end tv store I bought my DLP 1080i Mitsubishi at said I'd be a fool to buy a DVR. Rent one form the cable company ($9.95/mo) and if anything goes wrong, they come out and replace it for free. Well My AS 8300 has been replaced 3 times, 2 for DVR failures. That is since January. If it had been mine, I'd be screwed, waiting, God only knows how long, for a factory replacement to arrive via Fed-X. Wait till the technology settles down and gets cheaper. I'd prefer to use the cable companies receiver/dvr and buy a Blue-Ray DVD recorder when they come out. Good luck