DirecTV Question

[kalmd]

We recently bought an HD DirecTV DVR receiver. Our previous receiver was DirecTV with Tivo. The new one is not tivo, just dvr.

On the tivo one, you could switch between the 2 satellite inputs by pressing the Live TV button on the remote.

Is this function available on the new DVR? I looked in the book and couldn't find anything about it.

What was good about the old one is that you could flip between 2 channels, without actually changing the channel on either satellite. Like last night, we were watching the Amazing Race, but hubby put it on football during commercials. One time he came back to AR after it had already come back from commercial. The old way, you could rewind it back because the channel had not been changed. Now we just have to change the channel, and once you change the channel it stops the recording.

I miss this feature, and if anyone knows that it can be done, please let me know.

 

[tommyjones]

We recently bought an HD DirecTV DVR receiver. Our previous receiver was DirecTV with Tivo. The new one is not tivo, just dvr.

On the tivo one, you could switch between the 2 satellite inputs by pressing the Live TV button on the remote.

Is this function available on the new DVR? I looked in the book and couldn't find anything about it.

What was good about the old one is that you could flip between 2 channels, without actually changing the channel on either satellite. Like last night, we were watching the Amazing Race, but hubby put it on football during commercials. One time he came back to AR after it had already come back from commercial. The old way, you could rewind it back because the channel had not been changed. Now we just have to change the channel, and once you change the channel it stops the recording.

I miss this feature, and if anyone knows that it can be done, please let me know.

nope, tivo is the ####e' the other dvr is ok, but nowhere near as functional....

 

[yeti]

DirectTV DVR's

Direct TV's DVR is the worst piece of junk ever created. You will find that the remote is horrendous, reacts slow and by no means even comparable to the TIVO product. Direct TV knows that everyone hates it compared to the original TIVO product but they swear they are working to improve it. After two years of waiting for improvements it can still be considered the worst engineered product to ever hit the commercial market.

Best advice is to send it back and splurge for a TIVO unit.

 

[bfncbs1]

Direct TV's DVR is the worst piece of junk ever created. You will find that the remote is horrendous, reacts slow and by no means even comparable to the TIVO product. Direct TV knows that everyone hates it compared to the original TIVO product but they swear they are working to improve it. After two years of waiting for improvements it can still be considered the worst engineered product to ever hit the commercial market.

Best advice is to send it back and splurge for a TIVO unit.

HD content they rock!

Tivo/DVR they just suck.......Buy a TIVO

 

[Patch Tuesday]

We recently bought an HD DirecTV DVR receiver. Our previous receiver was DirecTV with Tivo. The new one is not tivo, just dvr.

On the tivo one, you could switch between the 2 satellite inputs by pressing the Live TV button on the remote.

Is this function available on the new DVR? I looked in the book and couldn't find anything about it.

What was good about the old one is that you could flip between 2 channels, without actually changing the channel on either satellite. Like last night, we were watching the Amazing Race, but hubby put it on football during commercials. One time he came back to AR after it had already come back from commercial. The old way, you could rewind it back because the channel had not been changed. Now we just have to change the channel, and once you change the channel it stops the recording.

I miss this feature, and if anyone knows that it can be done, please let me know.

Offhand question? Do you have two satellite connections running to the DVR? It has two tuners, so you have to have two lines running to it, or otherwise you cannot record one program while watching another.

I've have this issue, because I started with an HD receiver and then went to the store and bought the DVR. Of course only one cable was ran to the HD receiver.

Does anyone know if you can connect a splitter without degrading the HD signal or will you need a new dedicated line running to it from the satellite in addition to the existing line? I know HD eats up a huge amount of bandwidth.

 

[tommyjones]

Offhand question? Do you have two satellite connections running to the DVR? It has two tuners, so you have to have two lines running to it, or otherwise you cannot record one program while watching another.

even with two lines going into it, most Dtv DVR's will only allow you to watch one channel at a time. with mine you can record two shows, but can only watch one. Now the TIVO is a different story all together.......



i have a splitter on mine that takes it from 2 two 8 lines......