Made the switch from dish to direct

[philssatellite]

well i jumped ship and went to direct from dish.i had a 722 with an ota antenna with dish.so far i really like the whole home dvr service but i am missing the antenna recording really bad.does the directv ota module work with my setup to get my antenna back?i have a HR-24d-500 as the main dvr.i sure hope i can get my antenna working and all will be great.

 

[raoul5788]

well i jumped ship and went to direct from dish.i had a 722 with an ota antenna with dish.so far i really like the whole home dvr service but i am missing the antenna recording really bad.does the directv ota module work with my setup to get my antenna back?i have a HR-24d-500 as the main dvr.i sure hope i can get my antenna working and all will be great.

Yes, with the AM21 ota dual tuner you can record from local channels ota.

 

[gadgtfreek]

Some 500's currently have an antenna bug, where they blank some recordings. AM21 will work for live, but may be a little buggy for recordings. Give it a try.

 

[philssatellite]

ok thanks..i was an installer/owner up until the last part of 2005 and have been out of the game for the last few years..maybe i should have stayed on top of this stuff a little better.i will give that a try sometime.thanks for the input.

 

[loophead]

It must be noted though that while the D* boxes can record OTA signals they can't record the OTA signal and also record two satellite channels at the same time like the E* boxes.

 

[lparsons21]

The D* boxes are limited to 2 recordings at once. When I was with D*, I started with an HR20 and couldn't believe that even though it had 2 SAT and 2 OTA tuners it could only record on 2 at a time. I thought that was one of the dumbest design choices at the time. Well, actually I still think the 2 recordings at once is still dumb.