Comments on: Microsoft’s Stand-Alone DVR Drops

By: Dave Zatz

Dave Zatz — Sun, 29 Jan 2006 13:21:57 +0000

Wow, that’s interesting news that needs to be reported. Thanks for the tip, Rob!

By: rob

rob — Sun, 29 Jan 2006 08:17:24 +0000

i saw this device yesterday at best buy. talking to the bestbuy rep. he told me the subscription fee will disappear on Feb. 1st. No more $249.00 fee or any fees. The bestbuy guy said that an LG rep was there earlier in the day and told the bestbuy workers that the fee would go away. The box itself will stay at $599.00 though.

By: sincebaugh

sincebaugh — Fri, 20 Jan 2006 04:09:58 +0000

Buyer Beware. I bought a LRM-519 for xmas and paid the one time subscription fee of $249. I spent hours with customer service trying to get it setup, only to find out I had a defective unit. I brought it back to best buy and exchanged it for another. Problem is, the $249 fee IS NOT TRANSFERRABLE, and microsoft has a no refund policy. Therefore, at the time of this writing I am out $249 and have another unit with no subscription service!

By: Manny

Manny — Sun, 27 Nov 2005 23:01:14 +0000

Is Microsoft Program Guide service a guide for cable programming or will it also do DirectV or dish programming.
Can i hook up a cable box and directv box to it ???
thanks

By: lj

lj — Wed, 23 Nov 2005 23:28:45 +0000

Can I use this with DISH network?

By: MegaZone

MegaZone — Wed, 23 Nov 2005 19:59:20 +0000

Kevin, no, it isn’t Hi-Def.

By: Ian

Ian — Wed, 23 Nov 2005 19:35:34 +0000

If you buy a $500 MCE Desktop machine, the guide data is free, no additional charges. Why is the guide data on this box $249? An OEM copy of MCE is only $110…

By: Brian

Brian — Wed, 23 Nov 2005 19:30:18 +0000

What is a “One-Time” subscription?

A One-Time subscription is charged only once and the subscription is active for the operational life of your Recorder.