Direct TV question...

I had to get two separate boxes but it was like 2 years ago.

 

Don't you DiwreckedTV peeps have some sort of channel that teaches you how to do things?

I know U-Verse does.

 

My guess is that Direct TV operates similar to Dish. I have a Dish box in our bedroom and we can also access it on our Den TV with no additional hardware. It has 2 "receivers" that we can assign to each TV. In essence if a program is recording on TV1 (Bedroom TV), then we cannot watch another channel on TV1, but we can on TV2 (Den TV) and vice versa. We can always watch a DVR'd program on either TV while a program is being recorded.

 

I was going to get the whole home DVR service but have a question. My main DVR is HD while my other receivers are SD. Will this still work?

 

EDIT: You guys have to pay extra for THDVR?

YES. It does for U-verse. Your SD receivers will "downgrade" the image for your SD TV if the recorded signal was HD.

 

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WTH? Are you guys forgetting that HD Receivers can send signals to SD TVs?

Also, all U-verse receivers are HD. Do you guys have to rent ALL HD receivers separately for DiwreckedTV?

 

Those capitalist whores took my VH1 Classic from my programming, the only station where they still played pop up videos. =(

 

We get it. You like U-Verse more than DirecTV. Move along.

 

Uprising - I think you have to have the whole home DVR service in order to do this. Although I only have 1 HDDVR and 1 SD Tivo, so I've never really looked into it.

 

Is that how it's coming across? I don't mean to do that.

I am just comparing. I'm having trouble with U-verse losing service right now. I'm asking real questions. I'm not moving along.

 

^ Cool, 'cuz there is no choice for SD or HD boxes in U-verse, and we connect two of the boxes to 2 standard TVs. (all 3 are HD, only 1 is a DVR)

 

So I can do the whole home DVR between HD and SD receivers?

 

Thats your introductory rate. Your bill will almost double after a year.

But to answer your question, you must have the Whole House DVR service, which runs something like $10 a month.

DiwreckTV (haha love that!) is nothing like Dish Network outside of them both providing you TV content. Dish is a crappy company, very poor customer service, and inferior delivery technology. Their receivers are certainly better tho.

 

You have to pay EXTRA for the THDVR?!?!?! Wow, they really stick it to you.

Again, I'm fearing my u-verse connection is bad since I was one of the first few... but I am hoping I don't have to switch.

 

mehh uverse doesnt have any of the sports packages like nfl tickets and nba league pass. i will be switching to directv for that sole purpose.

 

^ Isn't that a BAD thing on the part of the sports networks? I had DiwreckTV and cursed the TV many a times during thunderstorms interrupting my service in the final 2 minutes of a Rockets' game. I only need Fox Sports Houston.

 

You have to have NEW receivers for the whole-home DVR service.

When you call in, DTV will determine if you need to upgrade the receivers. The upgrade is free. The Whole-home service is $3 a month. Why are they doing it? Competition. I actually saved money on this deal by cutting out a DVR. I no longer needed it with the networking.

On the technical side, you have to have a router. The tech wires in an adapter that essentially turns your Coax cabling into a network. So it goes-

Router-Network Cable-DTV Adapter- coax.

Then the tech attaches the adapter between the coax input on your receiver and the coax from the wall. The adapter has a network cable out and a short cable attaches to the receiver network adapter.

Pretty slick setup.