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Hi guys -

I've been with DISH for years, but the pissing match with AMC is making me look at all the competitor's promo offers.
I really like the way my DISH receivers have built-in OTA tuners. With my HD DVR receivers, I can easily record OTA channels right to the hard drive and the channels all show up in the program guide. Can anyone tell me if the current crop of DirecTV HD DVR receivers have OTA tuners so I'll be able to do the same if I switch?
Also, I'm concerned about tearing apart the whole house to re-wire everything if I switch from DISH to DirecTV. Does DirecTV use standard coax to connect all their receivers or do they possibly use something easier to string from one room to another?
Thanks much!
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Rey
yes you have the am21 but with an hr34 you would not be able to record more than 5 things at once. the same goes for the two tuner dvr's. i wish the am21 added tuners like dish's ota tuner does.
Z
yes you have the am21 but with an hr34 you would not be able to record more than 5 things at once. the same goes for the two tuner dvr's. i wish the am21 added tuners like dish's ota tuner does.

I'm still amazed at the folks who don't find 5 tuners enough :) Worst case, many shows can be recorded 3 hours after the initial viewing, if you are really in a pinch (altho I felt like Dish did a much better job of showing show skips, and the reason for why, etc).

Keep in mind the HR34 SW is still a work in progress.. I still get lots of lag when scrolling in the guide... button press.. wait... ok there it goes.. button press again... etc. I personally find it very frustrating. Other folks either don't have it, or don't use the guide the same way, or must be slow button pushers :)

also if you were on a 622/722, the whole-home TVs which are NOT directly connected to the HR34 cannot manage the recordings... its whole home "viewing"... whole home "deleting", and whole "home" make-the-initial-recording-request.. but the rest of the home cannot change nor cancel a recording, and I don't think it can even see a list of the upcoming recordings.. you actually are forced to get your fat American arse up out of the chair and waddle over to the HR34 (and interrupt whomever is watching it)... since we have stairs, I find it an annoying, but effective, exercise program.

EDIT: In school, we would have graded this mixed set of features as "partial credit".... B-.
R
I'm a new Direct subscriber after being with Dish for over 12 years. I had the 622 receiver. I prefere the ease of recording options /menu of Dish vs. Direct. In addition I like having the external HD storage capability with the Dish receiver. After reading reviews and comments about the HR 34, I'm unsure I want one now. When I called Direct this morning to see if I could get one, they told me to Google to look for a release date, since Direct's website indicates the HR 34 is "coming soon". The other thing I was not aware of is the recording capacity of the HD receiver I have now. Since I have that HD channel package, my recordings are in HD if the channel is HD. with Dish, they offered both the SD and HD channel. This allowed me more program hours to store. That's why I'm interested in the HR 34.
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I'm a new Direct subscriber after being with Dish for over 12 years. I had the 622 receiver. I prefere the ease of recording options /menu of Dish vs. Direct. In addition I like having the external HD storage capability with the Dish receiver. After reading reviews and comments about the HR 34, I'm unsure I want one now. When I called Direct this morning to see if I could get one, they told me to Google to look for a release date, since Direct's website indicates the HR 34 is "coming soon". The other thing I was not aware of is the recording capacity of the HD receiver I have now. Since I have that HD channel package, my recordings are in HD if the channel is HD. with Dish, they offered both the SD and HD channel. This allowed me more program hours to store. That's why I'm interested in the HR 34.

you have both hd and sd, but your guide is set to hide sd duplicates. its a setting dish did not have that i recall.

i prefer the guide and data that directv gives you.
upcoming episodes, cast and crew - with film/tv data for them and then on to ucoming for those .

an hr34 and 1 hm21 would give you 24/7 recording of 5 tuners

going back to dish you would need 2 hoppers to do tha same
my preference is for a tuner at each node such as direct does vs the sharing of the joey
K
also if you were on a 622/722, the whole-home TVs which are NOT directly connected to the HR34 cannot manage the recordings... its whole home "viewing"... whole home "deleting", and whole "home" make-the-initial-recording-request.. but the rest of the home cannot change nor cancel a recording, and I don't think it can even see a list of the upcoming recordings.. you actually are forced to get your fat American arse up out of the chair and waddle over to the HR34 (and interrupt whomever is watching it)... since we have stairs, I find it an annoying, but effective, exercise program.

EDIT: In school, we would have graded this mixed set of features as "partial credit".... B-.

With 5 tuners and 1TB of space, I cannot forsee any situation where I would need to suddenly cancel a recording that badly.
Jimbo
With 5 tuners and 1TB of space, I cannot forsee any situation where I would need to suddenly cancel a recording that badly.

Some people (not me) Record everything and never watch anything "Live", in these instances, 1TB isn't much.
J
Referencing that in bold below, since I can't seem to find which model is which when playing with the order screen on the direct website, which units are these? Obviously, the HR34 is the Home Media center HD DVR, but is the hm21 a HD DVR or just a HD receiver?

I'm in the same boat as the OP, called for the roku, got it approved along with credits, and dish never followed through. After 12 years at Dish, I'm not in the mood to argue.

Thanks


you have both hd and sd, but your guide is set to hide sd duplicates. its a setting dish did not have that i recall.

i prefer the guide and data that directv gives you.
upcoming episodes, cast and crew - with film/tv data for them and then on to ucoming for those .

an hr34 and 1 hm21 would give you 24/7 recording of 5 tuners

going back to dish you would need 2 hoppers to do tha same
my preference is for a tuner at each node such as direct does vs the sharing of the joey
Hutch1814
jpw711 said:
Referencing that in bold below, since I can't seem to find which model is which when playing with the order screen on the direct website, which units are these? Obviously, the HR34 is the Home Media center HD DVR, but is the hm21 a HD DVR or just a HD receiver?

I'm in the same boat as the OP, called for the roku, got it approved along with credits, and dish never followed through. After 12 years at Dish, I'm not in the mood to argue.

Thanks

HR34 (HMC HDDVR)
HM21 I'm assuming you're asking for an AM21
digiblur
Some people (not me) Record everything and never watch anything "Live", in these instances, 1TB isn't much.

That's how we are. We even record some shows we never get around to recording. The HR34 seems to hold almost a month of recordings for us. Much more than my 722k did and I had to split my recordings between two 722ks.

Sent from my C64 w/Epyx FastLoad cartridge
R
Thanks for explaining this to me, since its hard to find on Direct's website! So do I have the ability to set my guide to display the SD duplicate channels and record programs off them? I do agree that the program guide Direct uses is ore helpful by offering upcoming show dates. I think what frustrates me is what the options mean by "first" and the other options they give you when choosing how to record the program. Also, why when there is a conflict with start times, I ( have set a default to one minute before) if I manually change the start time to begin as the show starts, I still see the conflict and it will not record? Why doesn't Direct offer a start time of 1 minute after? Thanks for any tutorial you or any other can provide!
K
So do I have the ability to set my guide to display the SD duplicate channels and record programs off them?
Yes, I believe your options are to hide SD duplicates, hide HD duplicates, or show all.
I think what frustrates me is what the options mean by "first" and the other options they give you when choosing how to record the program. Also, why when there is a conflict with start times, I ( have set a default to one minute before) if I manually change the start time to begin as the show starts, I still see the conflict and it will not record? Why doesn't Direct offer a start time of 1 minute after? Thanks for any tutorial you or any other can provide!
First Run just means it will record new episodes only and not reruns. This is especially helpful for shows on HBO and such where an episode is repeated ad nauseum throughout the week.
Unlike Dish, DirecTV actually does record a small buffer before and after the "official" start/end time of a program, so you may not need that extra minute. I would set the recordings to end and begin on time and see how it goes.
Anony55
Last reply · posted in DISH Network Support Forum
For quite a while now, people with a VIP211k have been losing their recordings on their activated external HDDs... even when there's nothing physically wrong with HDD. I believe this is an intentional and underhanded tactic that Dish is pulling in an attempt to force users away from the VIP211k.

They are obviously regretting that they ever let users have a "non-dvr" dvr in the first place. You would think they would be happy charging you a $40 one time fee... and then be happy letting the customer be the one responsible for HDD failures.

Dish clearly hates the 211k bitter-clingers. This recording deletion problem is intentional (IMO), and I think it is just one more tool that they are using. Hopper and a 2-year agreement... that's what they want you to have. Think about that... a 2-year agreement... with a company $30 Billion in debt (that's with a B). What happens when all that debt causes them to drop the channel that may have been your whole reason for having Dish in the first place? Guess who's stuck with a service that no longer suits their needs... for the remainder of the 2-year agreement.

On top of that, they don't want you to install it yourself. I purchased and installed all my equipment myself. That used to be common. Now, they lie to me and tell me that my dish must be updated to use a Hopper. Funny thing is... they don't even know what dish I have because they didn't install it, and I didn't tell them. If you ask what type of dish/LNBs the hopper needs... good luck getting an answer. All they know is that whatever you have needs to be upgraded by an installer.

It is quite apparent to me that they care much more about staying in their box, than they do working with the customer. That's too bad, because it hasn't always been that way. It's like they are totally unaware of the current business environment that they are trying to compete in.

I have been a customer since 2010. I will be cancelling my service before the next period. Yeah, I know, my $1,200 a year won't make a difference to them. It just seems like they have forgotten who needs who, especially when you consider the competition in today's streaming world. But hey, they will have succeed in forcing me off the 211k.
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Nebugeater
Got a 211k that works fine, and I no longer need it if someone wants to throw me a few bucks and pay shipping. Not tied to my account as of last week. Used with a tailgater and got a wally
T
Got a 211k that works fine, and I no longer need it if someone wants to throw me a few bucks and pay shipping. Not tied to my account as of last week. Used with a tailgater and got a wally
Is the 211k still available? If so, I'm interested.
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Nebugeater
Is the 211k still available? If so, I'm interested.


Actually, it is. A couple of people PMed me when I posted this, and when I asked for an address, they never responded. Then I just sort of let it go. Send me a PM to continue the discussion
Anony55
Well, after nine months of being on pause, I finally figured out that I was wasting $5 a month. So I cancelled. For the first time since 2010, I no longer have a Dish account.

I do have to say that I did appreciate the account pause option. That just gives a person some time to see what the fallout of cancelling will be... without having to go all the way over the cliff first.

Since I never once had an "oh shoot, I need Dish Network for..." moment, the decision was a lot easier.

Funny enough, when I called to cancel (for real, not playing the pricing game), all of a sudden, they were offering me deals that I was told before that I couldn't get without changing out my VIP211k. Now, I could have had those specials with them just sending me a new card for the receiver. LOL!

Of course, my mind was already made up because of having not missed the service while on pause. That, and the fact that I bet the 211k still kills recordings.

All in all, I'm glad that I had Dish for all those years. I just outgrew the need, and they pressed the issue by deleting recordings. I would have eventually went this route without the deleted recordings issue. But, for sure, that did hasten the outcome.

I'll still pop in at this site from time to time. Believe it or not, I still have a C/Ku BUD that I intend on playing with again if life ever slows down.
dishstaller
Actually, it is. A couple of people PMed me when I posted this, and when I asked for an address, they never responded. Then I just sort of let it go. Send me a PM to continue the discussion
Unless things have changed at Dish, which is entirely possible, they won't activate the 211, even as a replacement. I gave one to a customer a while back....which when I turned it off I made sure to tell the CSR I wanted it freed up so another customer could use it, I was assured it was.....and when they called to swap out there's they were told it couldn't be done. Now like I said, things MIGHT HAVE CHANGED.
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Unless things have changed at Dish, which is entirely possible, they won't activate the 211, even as a replacement. I gave one to a customer a while back....which when I turned it off I made sure to tell the CSR I wanted it freed up so another customer could use it, I was assured it was.....and when they called to swap out there's they were told it couldn't be done. Now like I said, things MIGHT HAVE CHANGED.
It hasn't changed. When I cancelled my service the other day, they told me I didn't need to return the receiver (which I already knew because I purchased it).

But in addition to that, the young man told me not to sell it, but to take it to a recycling place. The reason he gave for the advice was because 211Ks can no longer be activated.

So as far as the VIP211k goes... once grandpa dies, he's dead.
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I thought I would come here and find lots of complaints about the update to the dish anywhere mobile app, but am not seeing any. It used to look just like the desktop webpage. Now you can no longer filter by sports channels or movie channels. Plus that they made it look like a big button telephone and you see fewer channels in the screen which requires more scrolling. Yes I realize you can look at sports then select which sport you want to look at, I just liked being able to see all sporting events in the guide with all other channels being filtered out. Am I alone in the wilderness on this?
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dishstaller
I really dislike change for the sake of change
dishdude
I like the new look, it's a lot cleaner. I'm using it on one of those Onn streaming devices when I travel.
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I like the new look, it's a lot cleaner. I'm using it on one of those Onn streaming devices when I travel.
Yes a lot cleaner, glossier, and less functional. Someone trying to justify why they are making a big salary. "See look shiny"
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navychop
"Big salary." Charlie. "?Big?"
Tampa8
Seems in some ways better. Nicer layout, as others said maybe cleaner. Moving ahead in the guide is better.
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Foxbat
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Apple has finally released their Apple TV 4K with built-in Siri and a microphone so it can respond to your queries even if you don't have the remote. It also increases in price, to $299. I had been planning on updating my current Apple TV 4K streamers, but that's $600 for the two of them, and that's a pass at this point.

At $299, it had better come with 256 GB of Storage, Gigabit (or better) Ethernet, the latest HDMI tech and standards, and one year of free Apple One. But it probably won't…
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Ronnie-
Meh. The 4Ks I have will do everything that these do that I need them to do.


Which that's most tech these days for anything released the last four to five years.


It's honestly a testament to how good the previous gen Apple TVs were and are.
navychop
It's honestly a testament to how good the previous gen Apple TVs were and are.

Don't tell them that. They'll adopt planned obsolescence.
navychop
Outside of gaming, would Joe Sixpack notice any difference?
KAB
KAB
Outside of gaming, would Joe Sixpack notice any difference?
Not a bit. IMO, Apple's are slow to boot up. Time is about the same with 1st gen and 3rd. Roku runs rings around them in that department. I only reason I stuck, is the Apple infrastructure, which has it's definite advantages. But $300 is a deal breaker. Later, Apple!
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Don't tell them that. They'll adopt planned obsolescence.
they all do that anyways.. ever notice your cell phone slows down when you come up for an upgrade.. :what. apple's been making money off of software and not hardware for a while
ncted
Not a bit. IMO, Apple's are slow to boot up. Time is about the same with 1st gen and 3rd. Roku runs rings around them in that department. I only reason I stuck, is the Apple infrastructure, which has it's definite advantages. But $300 is a deal breaker. Later, Apple!
Yeah, they boot up a bit slower than Roku, but the OS does a lot more, so it makes sense. How often are you booting them up that is a differentiator? Aside from OS updates, mine are on all the time. I will say the ATV4K is generally quicker than the Roku Ultras I have, when it comes to launching apps and responsiveness, not that the Roku is sluggish.
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apple's been making money off of software and not hardware for a while

What software? For iPhones? I tried to buy some image s/w IN THE APPLE STORE! They had none, and could not offer ANY s/w for iPhones
ncted
apple's been making money off of software and not hardware for a while
I assume you mean services, like iCloud and Apple Music, and not actual software sales. Services have been growing quickly for Apple, but hardware still brings home the bacon. As for where Apple's revenue comes from, the iPhone is still king with 49.58% of revenue as of June 2026. Services comes in second with 28%. iPad, Mac, and Wearables/Home makes up the rest. So, that is 72% coming from hardware. Their profit margin is around 25%, FWIW.

I am skeptical the AppleTV 4k makes them much money on the hardware though, which I suspect is what you were getting at.
ncted
What software? For iPhones? I tried to buy some image s/w IN THE APPLE STORE! They had none, and could not offer ANY s/w for iPhones
You should have looked in the APP STORE instead. ;)
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Will do!
cpdretired
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Several Dish offers showed up today in my account. Once you choose one the rest are removed. Offers were Showtime, Starz, AMC and others.
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Just checked my account and it shows mgm+ at 8.00 per month, but that has red line drawn thru it and shows 0.00 per month. But it doesn't say how long this lasts,...... 1 month, 3 months, forever. I called customer service to get an answer, and they said nothing like that exists. Should I add the offer or not? Already paying them too much, but want to take advantage of something free.
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Just checked my account and it shows mgm+ at 8.00 per month, but that has red line drawn thru it and shows 0.00 per month. But it doesn't say how long this lasts,...... 1 month, 3 months, forever. I called customer service to get an answer, and they said nothing like that exists. Should I add the offer or not? Already paying them too much, but want to take advantage of something free.
look again mine says free for 1 month
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look again mine says free for 1 month
Not for me, mines has no mention of how long aka the offer period and the Terms and conditions the $0.00 is good for. All I see is one can lose $5.00 if you decide to remove it before day 31 after you add it to the account.

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Not for me, mines has no mention of how long aka the offer period and the Terms and conditions the $0.00 is good for. All I see is one can lose $5.00 if you decide to remove it before day 31 after you add it to the account.

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wonder why it says that
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Almighty1
look again mine says free for 1 month
You have a different offer that is free for a shorter timeframe which is different than the one that I and bnewt saw without defining the promotion period as I sent the question to DISH Care via Facebook Messenger and this is the response I got back 20 minutes ago.

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Almighty1
wonder why it says that
Answer 2 minutes ago from DISH Care via Facebook Messenger:
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osu1991
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Another Tulsa King spin off.🙄
dishstaller
Another Tulsa King spin off.🙄
But.....if you like Tulsa King....looks like you would probably like this as well. I don't mind spin-offs as long as they don't involve a sassy niece who moves from the big city :rolleyes:
TheRatPatrol
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Anyone else watch this show? Any guesses as to what was in the box Gibbs gave to Abby that was on her desk? It look liked it was glowing.

I also heard that someone was leaving the show at the end of this season. Any guesses as to who thats going to be?
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Jimbo

Howard ...
You don't like Tony, or Tony as the Director (he's only been there for 30 seconds now) or you don't like NCIS ?
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Howard ...
You don't like Tony, or Tony as the Director (he's only been there for 30 seconds now) or you don't like NCIS ?
Tony as the director.🙄
Jimbo
Tony as the director.🙄
Would you rather have LaRoche ???
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I liked this episode and a toned down Tony...
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Would you rather have LaRoche ???
No. Bring in someone new.🤔 Tony is not serious enough for me. Parker is too close to the team and Tim is too young to take over IMO.
Jimbo
No. Bring in someone new.🤔 Tony is not serious enough for me. Parker is too close to the team and Tim is too young to take over IMO.
I don't think Tim and Tony are that far apart in Age ...

Remember what Tony said to Tim when they first got back together ...
Tony said: I am the New Tony, Tim .... (something to that effect)

Tony has changed, he's been running his Security Business ... I'm sure he has grown up.

Give it time ... your judging the New Tony from the old Tony.

It sounds like Tim won't be around the Team much longer either.