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1 edit | [TWC] Samsung H3090 DVR in NYC whats your review Since the Samsung H3090 is now Available in NYC, If you have it whats your opinion
As for Me We got the Samsung and We love it, It is Much faster in the Dvr functions, the Picture quality is great ,We have had no pixilation or Audio drop outs like we had with the SA 8300 hdc, The Only glitch we had was Caller Id on TV it was not working or in the setup Menu, but a quick call to twc had it working on the new box. also it worked great with my Logitech Harmony Remote, My Overall review is if you Have a SA-8300 HDC and can swap for the Samsung H3090 do it over all an excellent box .the best we have had from TWC in 15 years with them |
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| So far I love the box. I replaced an HDC as well and it is light years better then that box.
The DVR is a little slow on fast forward, rewind and play commands.
I also did not need to reprogram my Harmony remote. The box is also all black so it matched my entertainment stand. I highly recommend this box!!! |
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| Just for Info
Logitech does have the codes on the Harmony website for the
Samsung H3090 |
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I also have the H3090. It is really fast when switching channels, loading DVR list, and such but I notice sometimes that when I turn the DVR back on I see a huge start over button on the screen and also shows an over sized Guide on my TV screen if I press the guide button. I fix that by rebooting the box. That's the only bug I notice so far on the H3090.
PS: I use a HDMI cable to connect the DVR to the TV. |
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Everything is great with the H3090. My only complaint is that when I try to change the volume, it changes the volume of the box instead of my TV. Is there any way to switch that? |
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1 edit | That means the volume on the remote is set to control the cable box rather than the TV, what type of remote do you have?
If you have the Atlas remote from Universal Electronics try this:
1. Press and Hold in the SETUP key until the RED flashes twice
and then release the SETUP key
2. Enter in 9-9-3
3. Press and release the Device key from which you want
volume controlled. (i.e. TV) |
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| reply to pandaman1784
said by pandaman1784:Everything is great with the H3090. My only complaint is that when I try to change the volume, it changes the volume of the box instead of my TV. Is there any way to switch that? Press the cable button and the ok button for 3 seconds the cbl button will turn on
step 2- press the vol+ button
step 3 press the tv button the component button will blink twice and you should be all set |
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| still waiting for Staten Island to get them, once I have mine I will post it here , just hope its better than 3050 and 8300 HDC / 4250 HDC boxes |
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mckenna, you are a GENIUS!!! that worked. now i can control the volume the way i want to. thank you very much! |
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1 edit | said by pandaman1784:mckenna, you are a GENIUS!!! that worked. now i can control the volume the way i want to. thank you very much! you are very welcome. so how do you like the Samsung
what is your favorite thing about it |
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| how is the pq on the 3090 ? Still no boxes in SI and they don't know when they will get them in, how ironic ? |
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| said by Billy Bob80:how is the pq on the 3090 ? Still no boxes in SI and they don't know when they will get them in, how ironic ? So Far the Pq on our Samsung Is excellent and we have not had any Pixalation, picture breakups, or audio drop outs. seems like TWC treats SI like a seperate franchise from the rest of NYC |
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2 edits | reply to mckenna797
Here are some Pictures of the Samsung for those of you who have not seen it yet |
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said by mckenna797:you are very welcome. so how do you like the Samsung what is your favorite thing about it i think my fav thing so far has to be the speed of the box. my friends have the old 8300 HDC and the 3050, and one thing i didn't like about their boxes is the speed of switching channels. Their boxes seems to lag when switching from a SD channel to a HD channel and vice versa. I don't think it's their TV's as one has a Samsung and another has a Sony.
the 3090 seemlessly switches from SD to HD.
one complaint i do have is the channel jump within the PG. say i want to jump to the 700 section of the PG from the 50s section. when i press the numbers in, it displays '7' and then switches back to the current channel number and then '70' and back again and then '700'. then it actually jumps to the section. i guess this is Mystro at it's finest. I still have a 8300 for a SD tv in a diff room and it's running Passport. In that guide, it just shows the values you presses, not switching back and forth. |
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Whats the HD picture quality in comparison with the previous SA models?
Also, can you cap the shows onto your PC via firewire?
What are the bitrates on ESPN HD to name a few?
THanks. |
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1 edit | The PQ is Light years better than the SA 8300 series, the functions operate faster, I havent tried recording from the samsung to my Standalone DVD recorder yet via firewire |
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| I was more thinking about recording onto your PC's Hard Drive, so that you can edit, encode, store etc... SA was easy to record but the PQ was pretty bad.
The bottom line is, if the bitrate is the same as before, the only thing that could possibly improve the PQ is either filters or a dedicated gfx processor that does some magic.
It's really the bitrate where its at. |
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| anyone have graphics of like the IMG, Menu , settings , etc ... that they can post , like the photos of the box itself thats on here. |
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Has anyone tried to use the E-sata port? Can you add extra storage to the new DVR? |
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Tv Guide | 
DVR list | 
Info Menu | 
Ondemand channel |
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