Bill.Satellite wrote:
Does anyone really record 16 channels at the same time? If so, when the heck would you have time to watch all of that stuff! I have a hard time EVER finding 5 channels to record simultaneously with my Genie. To call the Genie "inferior" is just nonsense. The chips inside do not allow me to watch a show and faster so it's really not important.
I like the hopper 3 because of so many tuners. Many times when recording a few minute overlap in programs ties up two tuners at once. If recording two programs and then two more record and overlap 4-5 tuners can be used up for a few minutes and make watching another channel impossible. This especially happens with sporting events which our hopper automatically adds one hour recording time to, making conflicts more likely.
I used to record as many programs as I could overnite just to avoid this problem. Now it is no problem and I never have to think about conflicts.