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DetFan
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Last reply · posted in DIRECTV General Forum
Just bought from some guy, but he did not tell me that I needed a phone line to use the damn DVR. Is there a way around this?
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DetFan
about 80 bucks.. Guess im just gonna see if I can get me another HR21.
M
about 80 bucks.. Guess im just gonna see if I can get me another HR21.


Crap...mine cost a grand when I bought it and it was obsolete in less than two years. Next time read before you buy.
DetFan
Crap...mine cost a grand when I bought it and it was obsolete in less than two years. Next time read before you buy.


Read what? That I needed a phone line to use the DVR, I've bought plenty of TIVO's from here or other places, never once was there an issue of using it..

Cannot read it if it isnt posted.

Good news on this is he has completely ignored Paypal, and has until tomorrow to repsond, bad news I probably get nothing unless he sells something else..
iceturkee
i think the free swap is that you get an hr20 or 21 without paying the usual $199 upgrade fee.
Kentstater72
i think the free swap is that you get an hr20 or 21 without paying the usual $199 upgrade fee.

Correct.

An update on the 250. I tested for a signal on the OTA and got them, then I made a stupid mistake and went into setup and restarted the set up for ota only. It came back with a message to contact D* to activate the unit. When I tried to test the ota signal mit was gone.

Oh well, I got all my recorded programming archived onto DVD's.

Now the question is can I pull that HDD and use it with my PC in any way?
Replace PC hard drive (250gb vs 80)?
Put it in a usb or eSata enclosure for back up?
harshness
Now the question is can I pull that HDD and use it with my PC in any way?
Yes, but it would be like using a moving van to commute to work. The drives are relatively slow and not well suited to the kind of stresses that a modern personal computer would put on them.

You can buy a brand new 7200 RPM drive for just over $40 and if you have a SATA interface, you can get deals for around $60 on 500GB drives.
M
Read what? That I needed a phone line to use the DVR, I've bought plenty of TIVO's from here or other places, never once was there an issue of using it..

Cannot read it if it isnt posted.

Good news on this is he has completely ignored Paypal, and has until tomorrow to repsond, bad news I probably get nothing unless he sells something else..



WHAT???? How about every Tivo prior to the introduction of the newtwork funcions, or the fact that these have been obsolete for 2 years as far as the new HD content goes. I am betting someone needs a lesson on google, I pulled up about 30 threads within seconds. As great as staguys is, it is not the end all be all of satellite information and definetly not the place I would look for TIVO info.
DetFan
WHAT???? How about every Tivo prior to the introduction of the newtwork funcions, or the fact that these have been obsolete for 2 years as far as the new HD content goes. I am betting someone needs a lesson on google, I pulled up about 30 threads within seconds. As great as staguys is, it is not the end all be all of satellite information and definetly not the place I would look for TIVO info.

Your post is pointless, move on troll..Must be nice to be so much smarter then everyone else!!
A
Your post is pointless, move on troll..Must be nice to be so much smarter then everyone else!!

I wouldn't put it the way the previous poster did, but the HDTivo being obsolete is fairly well-publicized. Randomly googling "hd channels hr10-250" got an interesting first result. It read "You CANNOT get the new HD channels with an HR10-250." The second title was "DirecTV HR10-250 HD Tivo Obsolete?"

Googling "hr10-250 channels" got the following additional results:
  • MPEG4 and HR10-250:What Channels Won't I Get?
  • Has my DirecTV HR10-250 just become a doorstop?

I feel your pain, but I would not blame the seller. Caveat emptor.
M
Your post is pointless, move on troll..Must be nice to be so much smarter then everyone else!!


Not everyone, but judging by the way you opened yourself up to it... definetly you. :D
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dishstaller
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Don't know if any of you have watched this series yet, it would be interesting to see if you feel this review was accurate. It was very humorous to listen to however.


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tsDO3y8I2c
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KAB
KAB
What a "pile of slop" review! I liked the show.
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What a "pile of slop" review! I liked the show.
If the review is like the article, oi! Eighteen paragraphs into the review and... all they've done is not really talk at all about the actual thing they are reviewing.

Halfway into the "written" review, I know more about how the writer "thinks" than I do about what they are writing about. I understand their politics, their self-overestimated understanding of film, their inability to be funny.

Takes about 22 paragraphs to get to one that starts "Anyway, the story kicks off...". Talk about Slop! 😂
K
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Season 2 order already in hand:

'Star Trek: Starfleet Academy' Renewed for Season 2, Tatiana Maslany to Guest Star in Season 1

I've not been optimistic about this show based on what I've read so far. Seems to be aimed at a younger audience. Interesting though that Tatiana Maslany will have some sort of role.
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K
I'm sure I will watch at least the first episode but I am not optimistic.
Here i am over a year later and just finished season 1. Not great but not as bad as I was expecting. Did not care for the barefoot captain stuff but overall ok. Actually looking forward to see what they did for season 2.
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Here i am over a year later and just finished season 1. Not great but not as bad as I was expecting. Did not care for the barefoot captain stuff but overall ok. Actually looking forward to see what they did for season 2.
Yeah, the foot stuff was just nasty. I kept thinking of how dirty her feet would get traipsing around shoe-less. Funny, I love being shoe less at home and never wear shoes indoors in my home for long, but seeing her laying on all her furniture with her bare feet hanging out just kind of grossed me out.
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harshness
I kept thinking of how dirty her feet would get traipsing around shoe-less.
Where would this "dirt" come from? Dead skin and dandruff?
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MikeD-C05
Where would this "dirt" come from? Dead skin and dandruff?
There would still be dirt ,dust in the future I am sure. So walking around the station like she did she would get stuff on her feet. I am sure the robot vacuum is still going to miss stuff, with all those different alien species running around there.
harshness
There would still be dirt ,dust in the future I am sure.
Where is it going to come from -- specifically?

Why do you think cleaning technology won't improve in the next few hundred years? HEPA filtration was invented as part of the Manhattan Project.
MikeD-C05
Where is it going to come from -- specifically?

Why do you think cleaning technology won't improve in the next few hundred years? HEPA filtration was invented as part of the Manhattan Project.
I don't know, but I still don't like her walking through the station or the academy with out her shoes. It looks unprofessional and very "hippy like" for someone of her status and I personally don't get off to feet, so there is that. ;)
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osu1991
I don't know, but I still don't like her walking through the station or the academy with out her shoes. It looks unprofessional and very "hippy like" for someone of her status and I personally don't get off to feet, so there is that. ;)
Stay out of my office. I rarely have shoes or socks on in the office. My office and business is at home though :clapping
MikeD-C05
Stay out of my office. I rarely have shoes or socks on in the office. My office and business is at home though :clapping
Say, I don't wear socks or shoes in my house either. But for a captain in Star Fleet it looks bad to be walking around the academy with no shoes. Gives off 1960 Hippie vibes.
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Jimbo
Gives off 1960 Hippie vibes.
You say that like it's a Bad thing or something ... :biggrin
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long_time_Dish
Well, look at the way she sat in the Captain's Chair. I didn't say the show should have been called "Captain Chair-Whore" for nothing...
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primestar31
Say, I don't wear socks or shoes in my house either. But for a captain in Star Fleet it looks bad to be walking around the academy with no shoes. Gives off 1960 Hippie vibes.
star trek GIF by HULU


Just sayin...
MikeD-C05
You say that like it's a Bad thing or something ... :biggrin
For a whole generation of adults it was in the 1960s and 1970s.

All In The Family Nostalgia GIF by Sony Pictures Television
All In The Family Singing GIF by Sony Pictures Television
harshness
Females wearing any clothing is unthinkable on Ferenginar.
long_time_Dish
Females wearing any clothing is unthinkable on Ferenginar.
Was never a huge of the Ferengi-centric episodes in Trek...
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Sometimes a thread gets so many posts in it that is can cause issues for the server so that why today we introduce The Song Name Game Part 3!

So let the game continue!

The last song was added by Bobby who posted...

One Meat Ball - Andrews Sisters

CONTINUE ON AND HAVE FUN! WELCOME HOME TO SATELLITEGUYS.US!

Here are the original rules for the game as posted by WebbyDude back in 2006. http://www.satelliteguys.us/threads/68645-Song-Name-Game

Just name a song title and the band who performed it. The next person does the same thing, but needs to list a song title or band name which includes a word from the previous entry. Pick songs from any genre.

Example:

Long Live Rock and Roll -- Rainbow

Rainbow in the Dark -- Dio

Another example:

Ride the Lightning -- Metallica

Lightning Strikes -- Ozzy Osbourne


Get it?


An additional note: we all know that song titles, sometimes, use profane words. Because this is a family friendly website it is advised that you clean up that title up a bit. This is accomplished by using something like sh!t instead of the real word. Thanks....
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Gondoliers, Shakespeares, Overseers, Playboys and Bums - Norman Greenbaum
Bobby
I Wish I Was Eighteen Again - George Burns
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I Wish - Stevie Wonder
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Lonesome Road -- The Wonder Who?
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Lonesome Loser - Little River Band