No, Dan Collins reported back at the beginning of February (when we first thought the update was comming out).

That DirecTV found something internally that they didn't like. Something with TiVo's communication back to them (IIRC). And thus regected the 6.1 version for the Series 2 hardware.

Hence why we are now at 6.2

So Cal here. It said pending restart and it is installing the software. It says it can take up to an hour so I'll go get dinner till then

It probably won't take that long. Most people took about 20 minutes or so.

No, not quite correct...the 6.2 beta was rejected due to an internal security issue. The R10's 6.1 and the other units 6.2 are identical except for this security change, the code for which only exists in 6.2 and is only active on non-RID units.

I value my privacy, and so I've had my HDVR2 disconnected from any phone line for over a year. In fact, I've gotten rid of my POTS line and am using VoIP exclusively.

Will I need a phone line connected to get the 6.2 upgrade or will they eventually activate it via satellite?

I believe the upgrade itself is loaded onto your D* Tivo as a download from the satellite, but the installation command is received via phone call. I don't know if anyone has found a way to self-initiate the installation of the upgrade.

I forced a phone call last night. I got excited when the data download stayed at 1% for what seemed a very long time. I thought for sure that I was getting 6.2. I left the room for maybe 10-15 minutes, expecting to see "pending restart" when I returned, but instead I saw the usual "complete" message instead. I want folders and faster menus.

I'm not sure but I think the phone call will be a long duration one when the upgrade actually happens. Or at least the last upgrade was. The phone call itself was just under an hour for my Tivo last time an upgrade occured.

It could be that the software was actually downloaded via the phone line at that time. Not sure.

If Dan Collins is out there he probably knows best but unless something has changed I would expect the phone call itself to take a significant amount of time over the minute or two the normal call takes.

According to a post I just read on another board, a bug has been discovered in the 6.2 software and the rollout has now been delayed. I do not have any 1st hand knowledge of this but the posts made buy this guy have all turned out to be 100% accurate. He mentioned the L.A. rollout days before I saw anyone post that they had received it.

If I had to bet, I'd bet almost 100% that he's right, although I hope he's wrong.

The "bug" is probably that FF ads are not enabled in 6.2, and under the agreement today, those need to be switched on before this rollout continues.

4.0 here I come.

Actually, bug has to do with channel change problem on some units. See post here for details.

today is tuesday, april 5, 2005 and i called directv yesterday they say they are bringing a tvio over today between 1:00pm and 5:00pm well its 2:02pm right now my question is will it come with the 6.2 upgrade if not how can i get it i dont know how to make it call manualy please help thanks

The unit being installed will not include 6.2. You will need to wait for the roll-out to hit your area/serial number.

If you get an R-10 it'll come loaded with 6.1 ...folders included, etc.

If you get an R10, it will come with 6.1, I believe.

You WANT this upgrade. I must have been one of the first people to get it, as I have had it for three weeks now (I live in Beverly Hills), anyways, the speed increase is INCREDIBLE. Everything has sped up dramatically:

1. Hitting record button while in the middle of a show used to say "Please Wait" for up to five minutes, now it takes a few seconds.

2. Same with recording future shows in Tivo menu guide while watching a show, almost instant.

3. Navigating through all the menus is very quick, in fact I used to be able to buffer some of the keystrokes because they took so long to come up, but now my fingers can't do it fast enough.

4. Season Pass calculation too (when the system has to determine conflicts).

So great upgrade, I feel like I have a new machine (it's a DirecTV Hughes receiver with Tivo) , unfortunately I'm going to have to switch from DirecTV one day as I can't stand Rupert Murdoch, but until then I'm a happy camper.

It does.

i have a samsung directv dvr (sir-s4080r) with tivo service and it connects downloads somthing then says the call was a sucess but it still has 3.1 on it directv told me it can get the upgrade and if i dont get it this month i wont get it at all i need help to get this thing to upgrade please help

Your "service download" has nothing to do with the upgrade. Like the whole rest of the country, you will get the upgrade eventually, based upon the id number of your receiver. Some people in Southern California have already gotten it as a test run, but by no means everybody. Whatever nonsense a customer rep told you that got you so worked up, just relax.

You should know that once you are set to get the upgrade activated, any "daily call," anytime after that will set the process in motion.

Just calm down and enjoy using your unit.

Has anyone that already had 6.2 now getting a "new" version of 6.2. It has different version #'s after the 6.2. Anyone else recieving this update?

Thanks,

Mike

Are you sure about that? The last 3 digits of the version number are dependent upon what hardware you have. Example: Samsung is 381. If it were a different version number, you'd see something like 6.2b-01...