d10 features (lack of)

[thegrammarhammer]

My hughes receiver from 2000 had a mini guide. I "upgrade" to a d10 to get locals from 72.5 and no mini guide. I call directv and they tell me its obsolete. Then the r15 comes out and it has one. I know it wouldnt defy the laws of the universe for directv to program one into the d10's. Does anyone know if they will?

 

[chelsea]

No.
To be able to give the receivers away for nothing or at low entry prices,
enjoyable features have to be eliminated.
I agree, it sucks.
You also have a new owner that has different beliefs, plus they sold the Hughes line to Thomson, who have offered no Hughes support, or shown any
existance of Hughes.

 

[jonaswan2]

I believe the mini guide function should be in the D11 recievers. That's really the only thing the D11 has over the D10.

 

[yelloguy]

Hate to be such a n00b but WTH is a mini guide?

 

[damaged]

Instead of going into the full blown guide, you can go into the mini giude, it keeps the picture full screen while overlaying a (usually) transparent smaller version of the guide.

 

[aec4]

Yeah, it's something my 1997 Hughes boxes, and 2001 DST3000 has, but the "new" D10s DirecTV had to send me because they sent a signal to my Hughes boxes that made them USELESS (they determined this and sent me free D10s without a commitment) does not have.

 

[thegrammarhammer]

Can anyone confirm that the d11 has the mini guide?

 

[ZTaylor]

I have a H10 and it has a miniguide.
So I wonder why Directv says that its obsolete?
I use the mini guide all of the time.

 

[yelloguy]

Ah my Dish Network receivers had a "mini-guide" then. My wife calls it the "browse" feature because it lets you browse other channels in a small translucent banner under the live TV screen. Needless to say, she misses it terribly in the Directv receiver.

I have R10 (Tivo), D10 and D11 and I will verify today if any of them has this feature.

 

[thegrammarhammer]

Im guessing you push the blue button on the d11 just like the r15.