I've had these HR-20 and HR-21 receivers since 2007. One of them was replaced a couple years ago due to hard drive failure. I haven't been following along with new DirecTV hardware, so I'm wondering if there are new receivers that would represent significant upgrades in terms of responsiveness, storage capacity, number of tuners, etc. It peeves me that I'm stuck with two relatively tiny HDDs given how cheap 1-2 TB drives are these days. I'm aware that I can upgrade to external HDD via Firewire, but I don't want to go that route given my other main complaint: responsiveness. Often these receivers seem to "bog down" and won't respond to my requests to change the channel, or they'll only receive 1 of the 3 digits I just tried to key in on the remote. Sometimes changing channels requires a 10+ second wait. I'm also finding the 2 tuner limitation to be more and more of an annoyance.
In your opinion, would it be worth pursuing upgrades for these old HD receivers? If so, do you think it's possible I could get these upgrades for free or at a discount given that I've been a DirecTV customer since the 2000-2001 timeframe? Any advice would be appreciated.
In your opinion, would it be worth pursuing upgrades for these old HD receivers? If so, do you think it's possible I could get these upgrades for free or at a discount given that I've been a DirecTV customer since the 2000-2001 timeframe? Any advice would be appreciated.