DirecTV-2-PC Public Beta

**rad** · 10-21-2008 09:55 PM

Originally Posted by darrencp22

a big failure to DirectTV on this.

My pc is about 1 year old. 2 gigs of memory. 3mghz processor. Pentium 4.

I dont pass what is required. There are a TON more people out there with lesser PCs than this one.

Great job developing a product not accessible to the masses.

Yep, and I'm one of them, none of my PC's can do HD programming, only SD. But then again they wouldn't be able to handle decoding Blu-Ray disc, my 2.6Ghz P4 even has problem with the 720p content via WMPV11 demo content.

**mwardncsu** · 10-21-2008 09:56 PM

Just received the 290 update this evening and when playing with my DLNA TV (Samsung 52A750) and my DLNA receiver (Denon 3808CI) both see the DIRECT2PC "media server". The recevier can only decode / playback audio so that does not do me much good.... the TV sees the various "folders" - such as my recorded shows - however when I try to select that folder the TV resets.....

I reallize this is still in beta - is this intended to only talk to the PC client, or should it now, or eventually, talk with other DLNA-enabled Clients - that would be really cool to be able to play recorded shows from one DVR to a TV elsewhere in my house (or even through another DVR with that TV).

**darrencp22** · 10-21-2008 09:57 PM

yup.. and dont say it cant be done.. cuz i've watched HD through my PC withotu any issues. The programming is sloppy and inefficient.

This was a closed beta to dbstalkers.. and you know how they are.. did nothing but kiss arse the whole time. DirecTV needed honest feedback on this.

**rad** · 10-21-2008 09:57 PM

Originally Posted by elwaylite

This feature is poop, sorry.

If you could access content from say a hotel while travelling, its one thing. Accessing dvr content in HD on your pc while sitting in the SAME house with a nice HDTV is crap.

This will be like the new toy at Christmas, people will drool over it for a month, then realize its a gimmick.

But some folks with the testing loved it. One mentioned about taking his laptop out to garage and watched a sports program he recorded while doing some work. Another about how when his wife wanted to watch her shows he just went to another room with his computer and watched some of his. So why a poop feature for you some are happy to have it.

**Scott Greczkowski** · 10-21-2008 09:58 PM

Still no keys here, I now have requested them to 5 different addresses.

**darrencp22** · 10-21-2008 10:01 PM

wow.. even SD shows are choppy.

**rad** · 10-21-2008 10:04 PM

Originally Posted by darrencp22

wow.. even SD shows are choppy.

Then you might want to look into your network connection or whatelse on your system is using resources. I have a 1.6Ghz AMD laptop and no problem with SD content even using my 802.11g connection.

**Jason Whiddon** · 10-21-2008 10:11 PM

Originally Posted by rad

But some folks with the testing loved it. One mentioned about taking his laptop out to garage and watched a sports program he recorded while doing some work. Another about how when his wife wanted to watch her shows he just went to another room with his computer and watched some of his. So why a poop feature for you some are happy to have it.

I find it hilarious that in the day and age of tv we are in, people would be happy about sitting in their home next to an HDTV and watching this on a PC, sorry.

Its a feature they wasted plenty of time on that a VERY, VERY small group will even care about. More things could have been improved or created with the same effort.

My answer to when my wife wants to watch her shows? A 640gig HDD that allows me to record weeks of HD and watch it when I want too.

E- is D*'s grade on this crap.

**jessshaun** · 10-21-2008 10:13 PM

Running VERY smoothly. No problems at all even though the advisor stated I would need a new graphics card and "recommended an upgrade" to my processor.

HD, SD, it all works VERY well.

Kudos to Directv on this one. Two thumbs up!!!! Now when my wife is watching something I don't want to watch on the living room HDTV, I can just use my computer.

Edit: .... I'm not even going to try to attempt the laptop however. LOL!

**rad** · 10-21-2008 10:16 PM

Originally Posted by elwaylite

I find it hilarious that in the day and age of tv we are in, people would be happy about sitting in their home next to an HDTV and watching this on a PC, sorry.

Its a feature they wasted plenty of time on that a VERY, VERY small group will even care about. More things could have been improved or created with the same effort.

My answer to when my wife wants to watch her shows? A 640gig HDD that allows me to record weeks of HD and watch it when I want too.

E- is D*'s grade on this crap.

Would I have preferred that they worked on MRV then this, you bet. Someone at D* must have though that this would be a feature that would differentiate their product from other providers. As I said, some people have said they liked it, you don't, to each their own.