[ARR]

Check your target version tonight/tommorow.

As was posted here earlier and a C&P from another site that references a VP's response to a subscriber regarding the upcoming code:

The new feature set, if all passes, includes the following:

- Far improved operational stability for channel tuning (far few lock-ups during channel change -- in fact, so far we have seen none from that cause)
- Far improved timer performance for DVR recording, and for PPV recordings (again, so far no failures)
- Far improved performance for playback of DVR recordings (again, so far no failures)
- New sorting criteria for recordings
- A way to jump to identified times of recordings (i.e. 1 hour in)

For the majority of us that were on A8, this is great news as we'll finaly get the long sought after features that BC delivered to a selected few hundred.

For those of us on BC just waiting for the box to die after too many reboots, this should be a life saver.

Do check out all the new features in the beginning of the BC thread.

Enjoy the improved stability that CC brings.
Have faith that while not 100%, it's the closest the box has ever been and that new and exciting stuff is in the pipe.

From my experience in the past several weeks, what was quoted appears true for the most part.

Unfortunatly my source of information that gave me a closer view than most is no longer available.

Good luck and enjoy the efforts of many.

I'll still be around to help out as best I can.

 

[manyoo99]

Hooray...finally....my box does not have to die the BC death

Someone should make this a sticky...

 

[wade]

The CSR I talked to didn't have much info on who or how many was receiving the code. Does anyone have anymore info on this.
Wade

 

[satellite]

For the majority of us that were on A8, this is great news as we'll finaly get the long sought after features that BC delivered to a selected few hundred.

Are you sure it will be any different this time? Thats not what the CSR told me.

 

[tlamm]

Good stuff. Been missing the BC code greatly since my receiver died.

Very much looking forward to this.

 

[manyoo99]

Just checked my target version...its 00.00.CC

 

[GaryE]

Yep, we all seem to be getting targeted right now.

It's too bad that *C couldn't use channel "530" to tell us about the update... it would be nice I think.

 

[bbas]

i just know all of you will "enjoy" 00.CC
One of the "beta testers" said that "he did'nt think his trip count went past 4 anymore...its all the way up to 13"...yahoo!!!!

 

[ARR]

Are you sure it will be any different this time? Thats not what the CSR told me.

A while ago, I could be sure, not so today, but what I do know is the VP quoted earlier has indicated it's going out with whatever bugs it has, the customers needs this release.

I know that BC units were dying near the end of the field test, so it was pulled days after deployment. Only about 500 got the code.

In the case of CC, no such FATAL bugs exist, so there is NO REASON to withdraw the release.

While uncertain, I would expect the deployment to be staggered over the next few days to ease the burden at the call centre.

As has been stated many times before, CSR's only see a small portion of the picture.
In the past, I was priveleged to a broader view of things, but now things are different.

At the end of the day, what does it matter?
We don't control the decisions they make directly.
Just enjoy the improvements.

 

[BCScott]

Target Version 00.00 CC... Keeping our fingers crossed!!!

 

[satdude]

Both receivers have target CC, so no more A8 and goodbye to rebooting BC every few days. I hope this is the one we have been waiting for, and they will start looking into enhanced features!

 

[ARR]

... and they will start looking into enhanced features!

The last thing I saw was new guide graphics and work on Searchable guide with many days of data.

Could be an interesting year.
Lets see what Santa brings us faithful subjects.

 

[Kevin270]

My machine has the "CC" code as target. I'm leary at this point though. I can't wait to test it to see if it really does work this time.

Unfortunately I'm going away for a week on vacation Wednesday so I won't get to actually test this code out much before I leave.

 

[Egghead]

Woot, my download just started, and I will watch it with even more excitement than a progress bar

 

[jcol]

Just got CC

Woke up at 6 am to find that my 530 had taken the CC code. I had BC code before and seemed to be having alot more lockups recently. I only had 45 minutes or so to play with CC but I wasn't able to make it crash. I did lots of pauses and jumps forward and back, while recording on the second tuner. While it is WAY to early to say if the machine is now more stable I'm pretty sure that if I had still had BC, with what I put it through, it would have locked up. Hopefully it will preform as well on a longer test. I didn't see any real difference in the guide or the interface from BC, however I'm sure there are some areas I didn't check out fully. Hopefully this is what we have been waiting for.

 

[Lazaruscomeout]

Got It!

I woke up this morning all excited like it was Christmas, hoping to find the new code under the tree. I turned on the T.V., checked the status and voila!

I'm CCing!

If all goes well, it will be nice to show the 530 to friends and family without having to explain its flakey behavior.

 

[Ouser]

Jackpot- sweeps?

So who won the sweeps we had a while ago? Did anyone get the right date? Were they in the know

Dan

Yay!

 

[gbarr14]

I got the week right.....but not the name. What does that pay??

So who won the sweeps we had a while ago? Did anyone get the right date?

 

[Kevin270]

If all goes well, it will be nice to show the 530 to friends and family without having to explain its flakey behavior.

It's funny you should mention that because I had friends over last night and we were watching a comedy show that I recorded. I pressed jump fwd twice to skip over some commercials, and the machine dropped out to the PLAY/DELETE menu. Pressing play at that point always starts the machine back and the very beginning of the recording. That was always very annoying. I had to explain to my company that there was a problem with the unit. It's definitely not good advertising for Star Choice when people who don't own the machine see this sort of thing.

This morning I woke up and my machine is now on CC too. I watched a recorded episode and it did not lock up during jumping. The pause seems to work better too. Backward slow motion works excellently, but forward slow motion seem to pixelate. The show I watched was an SD recording. HD may work differently. I can live with that if that's all that's wrong. When I get back from my trip I will be sure to fully test the machine.

 

[smp01]

New Features ?

I had BC code - had to reboot last night - I now have CC.

Since this will be the new hot thread, can someone summarize some of the new features available.

I know that in BC (not A8), while watching a recorded show, I could punch 4-5-SkipFwd and it would jump ahead 45 minutes. 1-0-SkipBack would take you back 10 mins.

And a confirmation screen before you deleted a show from the DVR list.

Anything new I can show my wife, or better yet, show my my kids before they show me. Or are they just going to forget how to reset the machine.