Life span of Replay Unit?

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> How long have people had their units? I have had my 5040 for 3 1/2 years.
> There were 2 or 3 times where it froze, and I thought it died- I did
> multiple reboots over and over, but finally it sprang back to life. It has
> been fine for the last year.
>
> Anyway, how long you think these are going to last? Is the drive likely to
> die before ReplayTV goes out of business, or vice versa?
>
You couldn't possibly have a 5K for 3.5yrs and be so totally clueless.
Bored and out trolling????

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Have two 5040 that work great!
<gfretwell@aol.com> wrote in message
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> On Fri, 17 Jun 2005 00:37:11 -0400, Tony D <nospam@nospam.com> wrote:
>
>>> How long have people had their units? I have had my 5040 for 3 1/2
>>> years.
>>> There were 2 or 3 times where it froze, and I thought it died- I did
>>> multiple reboots over and over, but finally it sprang back to life. It
>>> has
>>> been fine for the last year.
>>>
>>> Anyway, how long you think these are going to last? Is the drive likely
>>> to
>>> die before ReplayTV goes out of business, or vice versa?
>>>
>>You couldn't possibly have a 5K for 3.5yrs and be so totally clueless.
>>Bored and out trolling????
>>
> Think the same thing myself. My 4508 is only 2 1/2 years old
>
> doing fine

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On Fri, 17 Jun 2005 02:48:00 GMT, "Verizon User" <anonymous@anon.com>
wrote:

>How long have people had their units?

I've had a 5xxx for over 2 years, and an older Replay (2020) since
1999.

> I have had my 5040 for 3 1/2 years.
>There were 2 or 3 times where it froze, and I thought it died- I did
>multiple reboots over and over, but finally it sprang back to life. It has
>been fine for the last year.
>

That usually fixes it. For more complex problems, you may need to
restore the software or replace the hard disk.

>Anyway, how long you think these are going to last?

That 2020 still works.

> Is the drive likely to
>die before ReplayTV goes out of business, or vice versa?
>
>

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