What can be expected in 2025 for the P6

[sts41]

So far the biggest mistake I have made was selling my Buzz 4500 before getting a chance to use the P6. I ordered mine the very first week, and It has brought no extra functionality, but has brought along a long list of bugs. Now it may be my provider, but I have never had all these issues with the 4500. If a Mod wants to know what provider I am using, please private message me, it is a stalker only provider.

I know you will not let us know what provider you are testing on, so it will be hard to measure Apples to Apples... but here are my gripes:
PVR never worked well on the 4500 (Buzz4 or Buzz5) but it is no better on P6 (Buzz5 or Buzz6)

lacking PVR, my next best way to watch shows in the past is catchup.

That worked 95% of the time with the 4500, I am lucky if it works once in a week on the P6. Always getting stream error. I regularly talk to the guy I sold my 4500 to and another friend with the same 4500, and all three of us are on same provider.... And only the P6 is having all these issues

I never get buffering on either of the units (4500 or P6), and I have pure fiber internet, and I am running through a dedicated VPN.

I am seriously considering an older Buzz that may be a bit more mature. Maybe a Series 5 or even an older 4500, and wait a few years for the P6.

 

I know you guys are working hard on this, but for the price... It has been a very frustrating experience.

 

Thanks Steve

[nbs.]

Only the dev can answer your question regarding the p6

I haven't done any recording on the p6 yet but plan to test it 

You don't provide any info on your recording.

I only recorded a little on the 4500 and had no issues doing any recording from epg

I've done lots of recording on the classic ,x5 x5ss and it's been flawless

I'm sure the p6 will join them

 

 

 

[allaboutbuzz]

1 hour ago, sts41 said:

So far the biggest mistake I have made was selling my Buzz 4500 before getting a chance to use the P6. I ordered mine the very first week, and It has brought no extra functionality, but has brought along a long list of bugs. Now it may be my provider, but I have never had all these issues with the 4500. If a Mod wants to know what provider I am using, please private message me, it is a stalker only provider.

I know you will not let us know what provider you are testing on, so it will be hard to measure Apples to Apples... but here are my gripes:
PVR never worked well on the 4500 (Buzz4 or Buzz5) but it is no better on P6 (Buzz5 or Buzz6)

lacking PVR, my next best way to watch shows in the past is catchup.

That worked 95% of the time with the 4500, I am lucky if it works once in a week on the P6. Always getting stream error. I regularly talk to the guy I sold my 4500 to and another friend with the same 4500, and all three of us are on same provider.... And only the P6 is having all these issues

I never get buffering on either of the units (4500 or P6), and I have pure fiber internet, and I am running through a dedicated VPN.

I am seriously considering an older Buzz that may be a bit more mature. Maybe a Series 5 or even an older 4500, and wait a few years for the P6.

 

I know you guys are working hard on this, but for the price... It has been a very frustrating experience.

 

Thanks Steve

How are you trying to record exactly?

As MAC Servers only have one connection, so you can basically only record what you're watching.

[sts41]

to record, I set the time... scheduled several hours after I go to bed, I rarely shutdown the buzz. 

So it may need to change channel,, but it is on.

it is a multiday recording, same time everyday.

Add a couple of minutes before and after

normally I get from 5 minutes to 20 minutes of recording

 

If I just wait for show and press record, that works

 

hence the need for catch-up.

NBS,

glad to hear about X5.... I will order one, and hope it works as well as 4500 as far as catch-up is concerned. I will store away the P6 and hope for a better future.

 

thanks steve

[Emporium]

The Classic and one of my 4900 are my recorder and they just work.  The Classic it is the box I always recommend to friends who are looking to get a buzz. Still the best bang for the buck in my opinion.  It's also the box I tend to lend to friends when they want to try a buzz box before they buy one, and they typically get hooked right away and always end up ordering one.  But X5 or Classic, you can't go wrong.

However having said that, recording from MAC server can be tricky.  If the app is still running in the background and it is still has a stream open, then it may fail because it will try to fork another stream, which MAC server only supports a single stream and can get disconnected.  I don't know all the logic for the recording stream, but if it is always going to be recording the same channel, you "may" increase the odds of success if you change to that channel that will be recorded before exiting.  

 

 

 

 

[allaboutbuzz]

11 hours ago, sts41 said:

to record, I set the time... scheduled several hours after I go to bed, I rarely shutdown the buzz. 

So it may need to change channel,, but it is on.

it is a multiday recording, same time everyday.

Add a couple of minutes before and after

normally I get from 5 minutes to 20 minutes of recording

 

If I just wait for show and press record, that works

 

hence the need for catch-up.

NBS,

glad to hear about X5.... I will order one, and hope it works as well as 4500 as far as catch-up is concerned. I will store away the P6 and hope for a better future.

 

thanks steve

Ok I think other users reported this issue where after a multi day recording worked the first time 

It won't work again afterwards 

We will fix this on our next update. 

[sts41]

Thanks eveyone.....

Emporium thank you... I was looking at the X5 because it was only $10 more.... But now, classic will be my choice.

I know a few mentioned the issues with stalker, and I have tried probably 10 or more 1 month subs to find another provider and nothing has come close to my stalker sub... I Know it is frowned upon to talk about providers, but if anyone private messages me another provider to test that is the "Best" I will be willing to give them a 1 month test

 

Thanks all

[nbs.]

I've messaged you a site where you can discuss services