lern, I was very pleasantly surprised at what they offered me. Again, I've been with them since 1998 if that made any difference. I say, hang up and try again.
What is DIRECTV's new GENIE?
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This morning was my big setup. They were connecting an HR34, one client, one HR20 and an R22. All of my content is on my HR20 in the basement now. The installer just left without making it all work. Everything is seeing everything except the basement on the HR34! He worked on it for 3 hrs. And in fact I was able to see the HR20 on the HR34 for a little bit and test playing something back from that dvr, but now it wont see it. He had no idea what the problem was and promised his co-worker will be coming back later this afternoon to see what he may have been doing wrong. This is a deal breaker for me as I have a 1 TB external drive hooked up to the HR20 with all of my content from the past couple of year that I need access to on the HR34 tv. Yikes. Any thoughts?
You don't even need to use an enclosure, if you want to save some money just pick up an esata docking station, the blacX has worked great for me and no fans to listen too.
Not sure if this is still a question, but I just got me rear kicked a bit by the HDCP and the c31. Here's what happened:
I have an HDTV that is about 4 years old, and I guess not HDCP compliant. Until last week, it was connected to a DirecTV HR-22 and had no issues. Last week, I bought a new, bigger HDTV, and moved the old one to the bedroom. Yesterday, I had the DirecTV guys come out and replace the bedroom receiver (an old SD DirecTV Tivo) with the Genie/C31, and create a Whole Home DVR with the HR-22 in the living room. Everything seemed fine post installation until tonight (Sunday) I went to watch something on HBO in the Bedroom and got an error message telling me my TV could not receive the copy protected content coming from the Genie box. It would seem that the Genie/c31 is HDCP compliant where the older HR-22 box and TV over 4 years old are not.
I called DirecTV and was basically told "just use component cables instead" and "I don't want to tell you to buy a new TV but..." as answers. The former won't work because my component port is already occupied and the latter was not an answer I was willing to accept. I ended up swapping the boxes, and putting the Genie/c31 in the living room with the new TV and the HR-22 in the bedroom, where it was once again paired with the older TV. DirecTV at first told me this wouldn't work, but as I explained to them why I thought it would work they said "Well, that makes sense in theory". At the end of the day, it did work, and both set ups are now working.
So, long story short, HDCP is a real concern if you have a TV over 4 years old (or one that is possibly not HDCP compliant) but if you are willing to use component hook ups or use the older HR-22 DVR box (which does work with the Whole Home DVR), you can avoid the issues. You just have to know what to look out for.
Hope this helps.
You are correct, the C31 is HDCP required for any channel. The HR series is HDCP required for premium channels.
As they continue to evolve, it is likely that all receivers will require HDCP. Eventually you may end up using component or upgrading the TV.
As they continue to evolve, it is likely that all receivers will require HDCP. Eventually you may end up using component or upgrading the TV.
Just wanted to throw a little something in about the new Genie and such setups. When dad passed away I had to close his account and get a new account and return our 3 HR24's and two H24's... Even with not so good credit they gave me an HR34 (Genie) and 3 clients plus one SD box for the spare room and all I had to pay upfront for 5 tv's was $21.80.... So far it works awesome and never had a lack of tuners so far either. On top of that one thing I really like about these new lil` clients is that you can easily use them with older CRT's with converter boxes and still use the guide and everything unlike my old H24 and HR24's that wouldn't show the guide on old RCA setups. So, even with shoddy credit I got 5 total rooms with all but one on MRV for $21 down and $89 a month for well, you know how that intro pricing stuff goes. Happy as can be so far...
Can someone tell me how this will affect my viewing (other than the ability to record 5 programs which I want)? I currently have 5 HDTV flat screens in various rooms and the rec room. I have an HR24 and I run that to an HDMI 1-8 splitter to feed all my tvs. I can control from any room with the RF remotes, but as with the HR34 can only watch one program (same program) on all tvs. I understand that to watch different programs I would have to purchase RVU enabled tvs or similar.
So, is it just the 5 records that will be different for me with the HR34 only? I really would like that capability but don't want to pay a lot to get it. I've been with DTV since 1998-9 or so.
you can access the recording with other units, like a c31, h24, ect
or you can keep doing what you are doing
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