Connecting to the internet?

willywonkaisrsh

SatelliteGuys Family

Original poster

Mar 12, 2009

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North Carolina

• May 1, 2009

• #1

Just wondering what the advantages of hooking my HR-21 to the internet would have?

 

stonecold

SatelliteGuys Pro

Sep 23, 2004

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Directv La La Land

• May 1, 2009

• #2

1. You can buy ppv with out having a phone line attached.
2. Video on demand
3. If you run a Media Server like Tversity you can streaming movies etc from a pc to your box.
4. If you pay 30 bucks for Playon media server you can stream Hulu and Netflix on demand to your box.

I am sure there is more reasons but those are the ones I use it for except ppv as I buy that via Directv.com as the auth goes out to all the recievers and instead of just one .

 

willywonkaisrsh

SatelliteGuys Family

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Mar 12, 2009

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North Carolina

• May 1, 2009

• #3

Do you know if you can watch stuff off the box on the PC? Like through windows Media Center?

 

DodgerKing

SatelliteGuys Master

Nov 14, 2007

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SoCal

• May 1, 2009

• #4

willywonkaisrsh said:

Do you know if you can watch stuff off the box on the PC? Like through windows Media Center?

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Download DirecTV2PC software on your computer from DirecTVs website and you will be able to watch on you PC anything you recorded on you DRV.

DIRECTV: DIRECTV2PC

 

willywonkaisrsh

SatelliteGuys Family

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Mar 12, 2009

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North Carolina

• May 1, 2009

• #5

DodgerKing said:

Download DirecTV2PC software on your computer from DirecTVs website and you will be able to watch on you PC anything you recorded on you DRV.

DIRECTV: DIRECTV2PC

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Do you have to use that software or can you just use Windows Media Center?

 

outerub

SatelliteGuys Family

Dec 23, 2008

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Michigan.

• May 1, 2009

• #6

What protects the DVR when it connects to the net ? ie: is it exposed to the world or is it safe since it only goes to DTV ?