Phoenix86
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The router takes just a minute or two, the boxes with the TVs take like 7-8 minutes.
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Dominato3r
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destrekor said:
forever and a day.
and then a nearly unimaginable amount of time until guide data is restored
this sh*t is ridiculous. cable needs some serious reinventing. FCC has not played nice with Cable Labs, that is for sure. Well, the whole Vendor, Manufacturer, Standards, and Government circle jerk thing, at the least, has screwed over us end-users.
I wouldn't be surprised if the next gen consoles could somehow double as cable boxes. They've already got some networks on board in the US with Verizon etc.
Plus I remember Charlie Rose interviewing Bill Gates and he said one of their biggest blunders was not reinventing the way we watch TV along with missing search and tablets being terrible. The Xbox is probably their gateway into that.
T_Yamamoto
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Too long
Doppel
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Very long time, these devices are running on old sh*t hardware, is also the reason the menus are pathetically slow and they don't feel fast. Directv isn't too bad. My old cable boxes (e.g. scientific atlanta) were stunningly slow.
KLin
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OP talking about the Lakers?
sdifox
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a few min inc guide download. It's a rebranded dish network 6131 hd receiver with pvr fuction but no internal hdd.
FoBoT
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- May 15, 2012
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5-10 minutes depending on if it has to 'update the guide'
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Matthiasa
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It takes about maybe 1 minutes to reset with Charter like 5ish with Time Warner Cable.
Time Warner Cable has much better services though.
Whats with the damn freezing and losing info that charter likes doing every so often...
Leymenaide
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Verizon FIOS
less then 2 minutes
Linflas
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Leymenaide said:
Verizon FIOS
less then 2 minutes
Yep my FIOS DVR boots up very quickly, my DirecTV DVR takes a ridiculously long time (5-10 minutes) to reboot.
MotionMan
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DesiPower said:
damn, mine take like 10 minutes, no kidding. There's a thunderstorm in my area and power went out for like 30 seconds, exactly at 9:30 PM, it finished rebooting around 9:38. I was trying to watch f*ckin Kobe and his monkeys f*cking sh*t their f*ckin pants... missed f*ckin 10 mins of action...
How long does your take? It's a 6 year old non DVR Scientific Atlanta or some sh*t like that... are there faster ones now? should I swap for a newer? will it help?
As I re-read this thread this morning, I am reminded of the following joke:
"We now live in a society where we stand in front of the microwave and say, 'Come on already!!!'"
MotionMan
destrekor
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MotionMan said:
As I re-read this thread this morning, I am reminded of the following joke:
"We now live in a society where we stand in front of the microwave and say, 'Come on already!!!'"
MotionMan
NUH UH!
I did no such thing!
:sneaky:
Too true in the gist of things though.
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tooriski
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15 mins scientific atlanta 8240hdc
OutHouse
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directv and it takes like 15-20 min. it sits at a diagnostic self test screen forever then sits at "acquiring" satellite signal forever....
totally unacceptable.
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Mixolydian
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- May 15, 2012
- #40
Less than 2 minutes, though it can take the channel guide data several hours to refresh.
Brovane
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I have a Cisco DVR box that is also the base receiver unit since I have whole house DVR from my cable company. It can take over 15mins some times to go through a full reboot after I pull the plug on the unit to completely reset it.
sdifox
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OutHouse said:
directv and it takes like 15-20 min. it sits at a diagnostic self test screen forever then sits at "acquiring" satellite signal forever....
totally unacceptable.
you may need to aim that dish
Krazy4Real
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My cable box doesn't take long to boot up, but I have no guide information for like 15 - 30 minutes. I have a UPS backing up my Tv, cable box, and PS3 now, so when there is a storm and the power goes out for a minute or so, I don't have to worry.
Wyndru
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Leymenaide said:
Verizon FIOS
less then 2 minutes
This.
My time warner box was usually 5-8 minutes.
OutHouse
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sdifox said:
you may need to aim that dish
98% signal. It the newer reciever that can get its signan from more than one satellite so it cycles for each one it finds.
lupi
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I've got a multiroom cisco setup that easily goes 10 minutes. Aboutt 2 minutes for the hardware and the rest for syncing and getting the guide info. Way too damn long.
MotionMan
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lupi said:
I've got a multiroom cisco setup that easily goes 10 minutes. Aboutt 2 minutes for the hardware and the rest for syncing and getting the guide info. Way too damn long.
DING!!! Your Burrito is FINALLY done!
MotionMan
crab
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My Directv DVRs seem to take like 8-10 minutes.
Don Vito Corleone
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I have a Scientific Atlanta 8300HDC, and it takes probably 3-5 minutes to reboot.
ultimatebob
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I have an old Scientific Atlanta 8300 HD. It takes about 3 minutes to the point where I can power it on, and another 3 minutes before the channel guide and DVR functionality works right.
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