5 genie dvr receivers in the house coming Sat morning.
She is likely getting 1 genie and 4 genie minis, or clients, DTV will not allow more than one genie per account.
Can each receiver tape 5 things at once on different channels if needed?
No, if she is in fact getting a genie and 4 minis it is a shared 5 tuners meaning 5 total shows can record at a time. Also be aware that only 3 minis plus the genie can be on at a time.
Is there anyway and I can check this later at home but can you block each receiver from not seeing others recordings if needed? Like Disney shows from the parents receivers and only on kids dvr or HBO shows etc from the kids dvr's? Is that possible?
No, not with this particular type of setup. In order to do something like that you would need separate HD DVRs or HD receivers.
It is possible to get 1 genie and 4 HD DVRs but she would likely have to pay $199 per DVR. Difference between the genie and an HD DVR is the number of tuners. Genie has 5 (5 recordings at a time) HD DVR only has 2. The minis do not have a tuner at all, they use the genie tuners. Unless she wants to pay for a separate HD DVR or 2 my suggestion would be to change one of the minis to an HD receiver. I don't remember if the offer is $49 or $99 for this but it would allow all of the TVs to be on at once and when the HD receiver is on it would not take away from the 5 available tuners of the genie. You can still record and watch recordings from the HD receiver but when doing so it would record to the genie.
Clear as mud?
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