Originally posted by: Kroffty
Got mine yesterday! Its in perfect shape.
Originally posted by: bradolson
For anyone thinking about this, some more info:
As far as networking goes, you can either connect to your network via regular ethernet cables, but if you want to connect to a wirelss network, you must either use a wireless bridge or a wireless access point connected to the network jack. The USB port is not supported yet, so you cannot use a regular USB wireless adapter.
The only downfall with using wireless is that the bandwidth will not lend itself to streaming files to other RTVs or DVArchive. I ended up just running another network cable to my 5040.
This deal is very good, especially with the fees going up in a few days. The more 5000 series owners, the better. More people to share shows with
Brad
Originally posted by: MontyBurns
You'll find that the record quality plays a much bigger role in streaming than anything else. I can barely stream "high" quality over a 100mbs wired connection. If the replay is doing ANYTHING, it gets very choppy and out of sync. I can stream "medium" quality shows just fine when the replay is turned off. (You turn the unit off, but can still access it via your computer.)
Originally posted by: Netgeek
Ok, thanks. Can you also just copy shows back and forth as needed -- using the PC as an offline storage? I'm thinking I'd just pull stuff off of the Replay before it fills up since I have the disk space to spare on the PC.
Originally posted by: iliopsoas
Got my order 39900x despite the web site saying "processing."
Originally posted by: RBC
Mine showed today after saying it was still processing this morning.
Originally posted by: tmchow
Mine showed up today as well -- order # 399xxx.
My order # 44145X was shipped Tuesday and should arrive tomorrow. But, not a word/e-mail from SonicBlue about the shipment. I need to be able to head off the UPS/Fedex guys to make sure I get it.
Question:
If I'm going to be installing another hard drive in this thing, should I wait to activate it with the new harddrive? Or does that not matter?