HD TiVo Back on DirecTV
10-04-12 | 09:30 AM
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Re: HD TiVo Back on DirecTV
That's lame. That's what I don't like about my old DIRECTIVO compared to both my now-retired ReplayTV and the current DTV DVRs. I always thought TIVO was overrated to begin with.
10-04-12 | 10:06 AM
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Re: HD TiVo Back on DirecTV
We still have 2 Tivos somewhere. When we switched to UVerse the Tivos went to storage.Now, thanks to Dazzle, I'm able to pull shows off of the UVerse box to burn my own DVDs. So I don't have to worry about running out of space and I can keep what ever shows I want.
10-04-12 | 10:51 AM
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Re: HD TiVo Back on DirecTV
I bought an HR24 or something like that about a year ago from Solid Signal. The other receiver is a very old HR20 that could stand to be replaced. I just can't justify spending more than a couple hundred bucks to upgrade everything to SWM and whole home, so curious what it might cost me...
10-04-12 | 03:32 PM
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Re: HD TiVo Back on DirecTV
A few years ago, I would have been all over this. But now, I have no desire to go away from the DTV HD DVR's. Once they finally added the true dual buffers to them, that greatly lessened my desire to go back to a TiVo. Throw in Whole Home, and it's a wrap.
Weird, given how much of a TiVo fan I was in the beginning (I won a free Sony one from them when Tivo first came out). Had the decal in the window of my SUV, paid the $900 for the first HD-TiVo on DTV, and all that. Now...... "meh"
Weird, given how much of a TiVo fan I was in the beginning (I won a free Sony one from them when Tivo first came out). Had the decal in the window of my SUV, paid the $900 for the first HD-TiVo on DTV, and all that. Now...... "meh"
10-04-12 | 06:04 PM
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Re: HD TiVo Back on DirecTV
I callled Directv and they said the HMC DVR or HR34 is $399 plus around $50 to install!
Installation is a waste of money and they won't wave that fee and I assume everybody charges the same universal price for Directv DVR equipment?
I checked solidsignal.com which a previous poster mentioned and still $399.
http://www.solidsignal.com/pview.asp...VR-%28HR34%29-
I want to replace my old HD DVR that I got in 2010 since it looks like it was refurbished and it runs slow and now pauses at least 2-3 times during a live or taped program and you have to move out of your chair to use the remote even with new batteries.
Installation is a waste of money and they won't wave that fee and I assume everybody charges the same universal price for Directv DVR equipment?
I checked solidsignal.com which a previous poster mentioned and still $399.
http://www.solidsignal.com/pview.asp...VR-%28HR34%29-
I want to replace my old HD DVR that I got in 2010 since it looks like it was refurbished and it runs slow and now pauses at least 2-3 times during a live or taped program and you have to move out of your chair to use the remote even with new batteries.
10-05-12 | 03:36 AM
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Re: HD TiVo Back on DirecTV
I can try that but since I have been a customer since 2011 with 4 DVRrs they might not believe me.
Has anyone hooked an external hard drive for more recording capacity or will that eventually screw up your DVR?
Has anyone hooked an external hard drive for more recording capacity or will that eventually screw up your DVR?
10-05-12 | 08:59 AM
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Re: HD TiVo Back on DirecTV
I have a WD external hard drive hooked up to my downstairs DVR. The only downsides I've had are that it overrides the DVR's hard drive instead of adding to it, and occasionally if you have to reboot the receiver, it doesn't recognize the hard drive. So you have to reboot it again. Other than that, it's been great. I can store tons of shows now. It's either a 750gb or 1tb, I can't remember.
