Ever since the cable giant launched the HD DVR last August, the company’s support forums, as well as dedicated threads at a DVR enthusiast site, DBStalk.com, have swamped with a dedicated userbase reporting bugs and workarounds. Users even developed their own trouble-shooting survey , with 777 current responses, to determine the source of the problems.

“To answer your questions about the HR20, there have been some issues but they have indeed come from a vocal minority,” said Jade Ekstedt, a DirecTV spokeswoman, via an email.

The Liberty-News Corp. transaction values DirecTV shares at about $21.50, a 14 percent discount to Thursday’s closing price of $25 on the New York Stock Exchange. But the deal terms are in line with average trading prices over the past six months.

Mitchell said figuring out a high-speed Internet service to add to DirecTV’s offerings will be one of the first things Malone will want to do.

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