Full rant list on suddenlink DVR:
Remote:
Colors used for labeling buttons render many unreadable.
Too easy to press the wrong button with catastrophic result. e.g. fast forward and live are right by each other.
Overall:
My iPhone has a much faster processor than this DVR. E.V.E.R.Y.T.H.I.N.G. is slow.
DVR must be powered off to turn on or turn off closed captions.
DVR can’t be powered off during a recording like most DVRs (but scheduled recordings seem to record when powered off).
Channel Guides:
Close to 20% of guide space vertically is used up by banner advertisements.
Can’t create a custom list of channels, so all of the pornography channels, premium channels, ppv, etc. that I NEVER watch are in the guide. (actually, you can create a custom guide, you just can’t apply it and have it be indefinitely on).
Playback:
Fast forward or rewind doesn’t anticipate where you are trying to stop, so if fast forwarding at 3x or 4x, you will always over/under shoot where you want to resume.
Pausing a live program for 5 or 10 minutes will usually cause the DVR to enable ratings lock, even if the paused program is acceptable to the ratings level set.
Turning the volume up and down sometimes causes live TV to blank the screen and won’t resume unless the channel is changed.
These are the most annoying gripes for me and the way I use this thing. I could go on ...
Thanks for letting me share =)
Jeff