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Genie HD34 vs. HD44

Hey Folks, I've been waiting to upgrade for a while now. I understand the HD44 is a far superior DVR as compared to the HD34. I don't want to debate the comparison.I just want to know if DTV is still...

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Upgrade question: Pay for upgrade or protection plan?

I have 3 DVRs. They are old, older, and oldest! The 'old' one just stopped outputting HDMI. It's an HR21-200. I don't pay for the protection plan, but I'm wondering if it'll save me the $199 upgrade...

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Playback problems

Recorded the football game today. Had a clear signal at the time and the game was coming through fine. When I watched the recording, it kept stuttering and freezing. This has happened before though not...

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HOW FAR IN ADVANCE CAN I RECORD A PROGRAM?

I want to set my DVR to record a program that is coming up in a month so I don't forget about it, so how far in advance can I program my DVR to record?

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Image freezing on recordings

I am having some problems with the image freezing/sticking/stuttering on some of my recordings on my Genie (HR34-700) and on one of my HDDVRs (HR24-200). At first this seemed to be happening only on...

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when starting a program late, I get message telling me DirectV is not...

When I select a program that supports starting at the beginning when program is already in progress, I receive a message that DirectV is not available, try again later.  How do I correct that?

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NFL Sunday Ticket, Season Record Problem

I have an HD DVR HR34 with NFL Sunday Ticket and love it. When I use Season Record to auto record my favorite team, there is a strange problem that keeps happening on Sunday Ticket games only. When I...

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Modern External Hard Drives Compatible with HR24?

Hi all.  I've successfully used a Western Digital 20EVDS hard drive as an external eSATA drive to my HR24 for years.  It's filling up now, and I'd like to buy a larger drive to replace the 20EVDS....

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HR44 suddenly plays all episodes by default

In the last two days my HR44 is suddenly playing all episodes of a series by default, when I only selected one episode to play. This behavior is only supposed to happen if I select Play of the group,...

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Can I add an OTA antenna to allow my DVR to record local channels not carried...

I have both an HR24/500 and an HR34/700. There are several local TV channels that are not carried by DirecTV that I enjoy watching.  Currently I switch inputs on my television sets to view these...

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HR24-200 wireless connection

I have the HR24-200 that until recently was directly connected to my home network via ethernet cable for internet access and now that it's been moved to another room I need to use a wireless connection...

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THR22 (TiVo) not seeing VOD content (Channels 1202-1889)

I'm posting this to find out if this problem affects all THR22 DVRs, or just mine.  I'm seeing no content on Channel 1889.Model: THR22-100, Software Version: 01B5, Service Map Version: 22 TIVOPVR...

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HD-20 can't delete

Have two DTV HD-20 units.  Recorded a show a couple of weeks ago on what I'll call unit A.  Deleted it the next day. No problems.  However, it is still on "List" on Unit B.  Tried deleting it may...

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Pink screen/ no sound

DiecTV replaced a defective DVR HR 34-700 replaced several months ago. The replacement has a problem about three or four times a week. The screen on the TV will turn pink and there will be no sound....

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Group Play on different DVRs

  Group Play on the DVR that has the group starts from the oldest and goes to the newest. When stopped along the way, a play on the group resumes where it was. It works as one would hope. When a group...

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Samsung Smart TV RVU, how to access DVR in other room?

I've recently purchased and set up a Samsung smart TV with the built in RVU, so no DirecTv box is required.  I can view channels, see the DirecTv guide, but I can not find how to access the DVR to see...

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Any way possible to move movies stored on Std DVR to HD DVR?

I want to keep what is stored on my Std DVR to a new HD DVR; possible, maybe with an intermediate step?

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Image freezing on recordings

I am having some problems with the image freezing/sticking/stuttering on some of my recordings on my Genie (HR34-700) and on one of my HDDVRs (HR24-200). At first this seemed to be happening only on...

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How can I control two tvs in two separate rooms with one dvr

I Have tvs in two rooms with two dvrs. Since the tvs are never used at the same time is there a way too eliminate one dvr and control either tv  with one dvr

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Help with proper use of hdmi splitter

will hdmi splitter from reciever to two tvs work,provided only one tv is in use at a time?

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