I have the reciever now almost 6 months in operation and up to the last software update it ran without problems, apart from the fact that you have to set the output to 720p to coils in the photographs. Operation of the device is very simple and the creation of the channel list is also not very complicated. But since the last update that thing has become almost unusable as a recorder. For about 50% of attempted shots the unit hangs up and must be restarted via the button in the front panel. The time-shifting did not work anymore, you only get a slide show. Both errors occur with different USB hard drives. I have used for testing a USB stick, which made no problems, but a stick in a usable size is so expensive, because you can buy a same Receiver with built-in disk ..... what I have done.
I forgive only 2 stars because the device is not PVR-Ready is currently and thus only is an expensive satellite Reciever