DIRECTV charges the same fees regardless of receiver types. Wether you get 1 Genie and 3 minis or 1 Genie and 3 HDDVRs, it cost the same monthly as far as equipment fee is concerned.I would be a new customer. Looking at monthly cost of dvr and extra receiver's. Dish has a cheaper dvr for a 4 TV setup, it is not total hd on the 1 tv(I've had it before)but the other 3 are hd.
I agree, I would want tuners in my recvrs, not just a slave.what equipment would you get from dish? from directv?
what are your recording habits? how many tuners do you want/need?
its hard to compare the 2 services with knowing some info.
i would never use a client from either one, i want my unit2 to at least have a tuner
Why not just have multiple Hoppers, which adds 3 additional tuners, each time, and if one goes down, the Joeys can link to each Hopper as to not cripple the system.thats the bonus of the genie, you can hook an hr or h unit to it
if the hopper worked with the vip series, it would be so much better
that helps, but i still dont like a client using a tuner from a genie/hopper if you wanna watch live tvWhy not just have multiple Hoppers, which adds 3 additional tuners, each time, and if one goes down, the Joeys can link to each Hopper as to not cripple the system.
I have had the opposite experience. I can share tuners throughout the house, and thanks to the tuners being consolidated I can keep an eye on the family and what they are watching. Great for parenting. Having two hoppers, my roommates(before I had kids living here) were able to link to the Hopper that was opposite of where I spent most my viewing and we respected each others viewing habits and recordings, setup on separate hard drives in each hopper. The hard part with having different DVRs in the mix is different software and options. At least with two boppers, if there is a conflict I can push the recording to the other Hopper and not have to worry about going to another room since my 2 tuner system was full.that helps, but i still dont like a client using a tuner from a genie/hopper if you wanna watch live tv
that cripples the system imho
What's the point of getting the minis then? They are really slow when changing channels and you get less hard drive space.DIRECTV charges the same fees regardless of receiver types. Wether you get 1 Genie and 3 minis or 1 Genie and 3 HDDVRs, it cost the same monthly as far as equipment fee is concerned.
EXACTLY my point! All along. The only "upside" is that they are free (must qualify) for new customers.What's the point of getting the minis then? They are really slow when changing channels and you get less hard drive space.