Equipment upgrade suggestion

[jlwalter55]

I am currently eligible for an equipment upgrade. I have a Genie HR34 in my main living room and a genie client in the bedroom. I just purchased a new TV for the basement.

I was told I could get a new HD DVR, reg HD or mini for free except for the monthly charge to put on my new basement TV. Since whatever I get put me in another 24 month contract and thus no upgrade during that time what would be my best option?

 

[cinsu]

IMHO, HD DVR. It has its own 2 tuners independent of the genie, it expands on your capacity and you can still watch recordings from either receiver in any room.

 

[ejb1980]

Try to get a HR44, you'll be surprised as to how much faster it is!

 

[cparker]

Agreed. I have an HR34 in the living room, an HR24 in the bedroom, a Genie in the kitchen. I can record 7 things at the same time. That sounds like a lot.. and it is, but believe it or not we've used that kind of capacity. Mostly if we go out for an evening or take the dogs and go away for a couple days. It also means I can record FIVE things (4 on the HR34 and 1 on the HR24) and STILL be able to watch live TV in the living room and bedroom. Recording 4 things at once, I can still watch live TV on all 3 TVs.

I'd definitely get another HD-DVR.

 

[jcrandall]

Yes, DirecTV will be happy to give you a new box and lock you into another 2 year commitment.

If you don't need another box and want a HR44 Genie upgrade, your best bet is to have a service call if you ever have a problem with your HR34. There is no HR34->HR44 upgrade option except replacement on a defect or failure and a service call is by far the best chance of getting the HR44 instead of a refurb HR34. No guarantee, the tech may only have HR34 too, but luck of the draw.

 

[CEV]

I'm Kind of in the same boat and had the same question. I'm not due for a free upgrade until the end of March though. I have a Genie HR-44 and 3 HD-DVR's (an HR-20 and 2 HR22's). Would like to get wireless Genie mini's to replace a couple of the old DVR's, but would like to maintain additional storage capacity. If I replaced one of the old ones with another HD-DVR, would that be a regular HD-DVR or would it be another Genie? Is it possible to have 2 Genies?

 

[cinsu]

I'm Kind of in the same boat and had the same question. I'm not due for a free upgrade until the end of March though. I have a Genie HR-44 and 3 HD-DVR's (an HR-20 and 2 HR22's). Would like to get wireless Genie mini's to replace a couple of the old DVR's, but would like to maintain additional storage capacity. If I replaced one of the old ones with another HD-DVR, would that be a regular HD-DVR or would it be another Genie? Is it possible to have 2 Genies?

Only one genie per account. The current HD DVR (HR24) is considered a comparable unit to your HR20 and HR22 so you would be in the same boat as the guys trying to get an HR44 replacement for their 34.

 

[raoul5788]

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