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The writing on the wall will continue to be defined by the speed of the network. Cable head-ends will only be able to feed what their networks are capable of. Same for IP-TV or other similar video over copper solutions. I still love the prospects for satellite with an albeit slightly pricier...

RE: hard drives... Yes, my first HR10-250 had the hard drive die after 3 weeks of use...I bought mine from Solid Signal...they referred me to DirecTV for replacement...which went fine. DirecTV supposedly handles all warranty replacements after original purchase. So it sounds like perhaps...

DirecTV addressed the issue of MPEG4 upgrades in their Jan 27th, 2005 Conference Call. Excerpts of the transcript are available at avsforums, the audio is available from DirecTV's website in the Investor Relations area. "From the Q&A period: We’ll have the upgrade to MPEG 4 at the early...

This is another way of sending the HD content to your PC: http://www.nextcomwireless.com/r5000/products.htm Not sure which STB you're using...check for whether yours is on the list.

And about the high quality way... Yes there is a way...to send full HD quality recordings to your PC. It requires some serious hacking and is still a little bit of a work in progress...but it definitely is being done. Try this if interested...

No problem... You can split an HDMI output to multiple sources with an HDMI Splitter made just for that task. 1x2 or 1x4 are pretty common. Gefen also makes extenders that allow HDMI to go 150ft over Cat5 or more with fiber optic cable. http://www.gefen.com/kvm/product.jsp?prod_id=2514...

I saw somewhere else that someone said HR10-250 receivers built after 11-20-2004 supposedly had this fixed. Mine was built Dec. 14, 2004 and it died after about 2 weeks (and probably less than 15 hours of HDMI use). Still deciding if I should wait for D* to get a handle on this problem...