I have seen a number of people asking if they should purchase the SA 8000hd or 8300hd. While it might seem tempting to avoid the $25 rental fee per month, I am just offering my opinion that you should think twice about doing it.
I have rented 8 different boxes and they have all broken. I rented the 8000hd when it first came out, and the first 3 boxes that i rented were broken as soon as I plugged them in (ie they didn't work right off the bat). I obviously was able to exchange and "try again", but someone who purchases maynot be able to do this. I then rented another 8000hd, which broke after a month or two (with of course saved recordings on the Hard drive that i couldn't retrieve). This happened 1 more time before i moved to the 8300hd (this time I had previous recordings of 24 on it that I hadn't watched and couldn't retrieve - therefore, I lost those recordings!). Now, I am on my third 8300hd, and it wasn't working again this morning (after only having it since last Friday). This morning, the display, instead of displaying the clock, had numbers that were counting.
I'm not sure what happens upon purchasing it, but if you can't simply exchange the item at Rogers and have to go through some warranty BS, I would think twice.
Paul
I have rented 8 different boxes and they have all broken. I rented the 8000hd when it first came out, and the first 3 boxes that i rented were broken as soon as I plugged them in (ie they didn't work right off the bat). I obviously was able to exchange and "try again", but someone who purchases maynot be able to do this. I then rented another 8000hd, which broke after a month or two (with of course saved recordings on the Hard drive that i couldn't retrieve). This happened 1 more time before i moved to the 8300hd (this time I had previous recordings of 24 on it that I hadn't watched and couldn't retrieve - therefore, I lost those recordings!). Now, I am on my third 8300hd, and it wasn't working again this morning (after only having it since last Friday). This morning, the display, instead of displaying the clock, had numbers that were counting.
I'm not sure what happens upon purchasing it, but if you can't simply exchange the item at Rogers and have to go through some warranty BS, I would think twice.
Paul