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<blockquote data-quote="WileECoyote" data-source="post: 736469" data-attributes="member: 83474">Hey texaschnagas,I had two HD-PVRs that worked great with DirectTV, TWC and AT&amp;T Uverse. I recently switched to Dish Network and it didnt work well with the HD-PVRs, but works great with the Colossus. I have recently sold both my HD-PVR's and replaced them with two Colossus cards. I replaced them mainly because they are internal....The Colossus is internal and starts and stops faster than the HD-PVR (at least playing directly with the graphs it is much quicker.) After 3-4 weeks of use, the Colossus cards have not failed on a recording and have been working great.The HD-PVR is external, so if you dont have many (or any) PCIe slots this would be the choice. Be aware though, many people have had to reboot the HD-PVR occasionally due to lockups (this very rarely happened to me.) One other thing to keep in mind is mm has recently refactored the HD-PVR code which may assist with the stability.Overall it may still be too early to declare a 'winner' as to which is better. Hopefully with the changes mm has made both will be good choices, it just a preference of internal vs external. Time will tell...Just my 2 cents <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" />Wile E.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="WileECoyote, post: 736469, member: 83474"] Hey texaschnagas, I had two HD-PVRs that worked great with DirectTV, TWC and AT&T Uverse. I recently switched to Dish Network and it didnt work well with the HD-PVRs, but works great with the Colossus. I have recently sold both my HD-PVR's and replaced them with two Colossus cards. I replaced them mainly because they are internal.... The Colossus is internal and starts and stops faster than the HD-PVR (at least playing directly with the graphs it is much quicker.) After 3-4 weeks of use, the Colossus cards have not failed on a recording and have been working great. The HD-PVR is external, so if you dont have many (or any) PCIe slots this would be the choice. Be aware though, many people have had to reboot the HD-PVR occasionally due to lockups (this very rarely happened to me.) One other thing to keep in mind is mm has recently refactored the HD-PVR code which may assist with the stability. Overall it may still be too early to declare a 'winner' as to which is better. Hopefully with the changes mm has made both will be good choices, it just a preference of internal vs external. Time will tell... Just my 2 cents ;) Wile E. [/QUOTE]

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