Difference between H20 & H21

[Cameron3395]

Difference between HR20 & HR21

What is the difference between the two and which is better?

 

[dcowboy7]

ones is the h20 and the other is h21.

 

[Cameron3395]

ones is the h20 and the other is h21.

Wow, how very helpful you are. I hope not all Direc people are as childish as you.

 

[rmims404]

From what I've read, the H20 is silver and has an OTA tuner built in and the H21 (I have this one) is black with no OTA tuner. Both are HD receivers and are MPEG-4 capable.

 

[darrencp22]

The HR21 has a larger hard drive so it can hodl approx 50hrs of HD programming. It is also considered to have a better cooling system. It does not have an OTA tuner. The HR20 does.

 

[Cameron3395]

Can you still record OTA HD on the H21 if your tv has a hd tuner in it?

 

[darrencp22]

No. My understanding is that you will need the AM21 add-on. Rumor is early may for this. Once you get this it will behave like the HR20 and allow you to record OTA. But it will cost around $60.

 

[Cameron3395]

Thank you for all your help. That sucks. Wonder why they didn't include that possibility in the HR21 like the HR20? Isn't the HR21 newer?

 

[tds4182]

Can you still record OTA HD on the H21 if your tv has a hd tuner in it?

Both the H20 and the H21 are HD receivers only, not HD DVRs.

To record HD programming (either OTA or from the satellite), you'd need either an HR20 or HR21 unit.

The H21 and HR21s both require an OTA module (AM 21) to receive OTA programming.

Hope this answers your question.

 

[Cameron3395]

Both the H20 and the H21 are HD receivers only, not HD DVRs.

To record HD programming, you'd need either an HR20 or HR21 unit.

Hope this answers your question.

Thanks, I meant the HR models.

 

[jdspencer]

I believe that may be why dcowboy 7 replied the way he did.

And, whether your TV has an ATSC HD tuner makes no difference on whether the HR21 can record HD.

 

[jjnemoiii]

I also believe the HR20 has the Rf remote, while the HR21 does not. For me personally, on the non-dvr side, is why I went with the H20 instead of the H21. I may be wrong on the dvr side though...

 

[rad]

My HR21 came with a RF remote.

 

[jdspencer]

The difference regarding the RF remote is that the HR20 has an external RF antenna and the HR21's is internal.

 

[Cameron3395]

What is the difference in how many HD hours you can record? I know you can record 50 HD hours with the HR21 but how many with the HR20?

 

[atp1313]

The HR20 is about 35 hours of HD.

 

[atp1313]

The catch is that you can request an HR20 from D* during new customer sign-up, but there are no real guarantees that you will have the HR20 installed by the HSP. I am "fortunate" to have the HR20 because my DMA is not HD-LIL yet, and it would suck to not be able to record my favorite network shows in HD.

Best of luck!