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Arris 4k TV box questions.

Zman2k2
Ambassador

Hi all,

 

Had the Technicolor boxes, 2 sets, and they were nothing but problems.  They would reinitialize 7 or 8 times a day.  All of them, not just one.  And that was both sets of boxes with a modem change.  They also ran really hot, all of them, again, both sets.

 

So, I'd like 4k, and was wondering if anyone's used the Arris box (model # starts with VIP) with a couple, or one, 1080p box, and had success.

 

Comments are welcome.

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vishwa
Leader

I had the Arris VIP5662 4k PVR and it worked well except the HDCP error.  So, when the technicolor UIW8001 was released, I thought it might work with my Denon receiver but it didn't make any difference.  Now I miss the Arris box as it never had any trouble working with the Harmony hub.  The technicolor box on the average misses 1 in 2 commands.  I am tempted to ask for the Arris box from Telus but feel guilty as I asked for the newer box myself.  The next time when a Telus Tech has a visit for any other reason, I am going to change that.

However, I have never had any other symptom such as rebooting, losing the recording etc.  

bigscreenbob
Organizer

had mine switched out to the older VIP boxes and all my problems went away. Highly recommend.