DS0816
11-04-03, 12:26 AM
:sure: Hello folks,
With Christmas coming soon, I'm wanting to buy my brother -- who, like me, is also a DirecTV subscriber -- two new receivers. He's had his since 1998 (same year as me), and has never updated. His service warranty with Best Buy was up some time ago, and it's definitely time to get him going on something newer. (He has an 18-inch rooftop dish and older Sony receivers -- the ones without logos for, say, VH1 Classics and Lifetime Movie Network -- and they're ones that list locals in the 800s and 900s rather than their over-the-air channel numbers.)
Here are my ideas:
1. I'd like to get him one DirecTV/Tivo combo -- DirecTVDVR (whatever it's called) -- but I'm wondering, if he had two DVRs would he have to pay $4.99 a month for that second receiver as well? (Also worth pointing out: It's been said that installation for DirecTVDVR is highly recommended. Only, I do not know why.)
2. If I go with just one DVR, I'd like to get in the second receiver one that has Interactive Wink service (I have the RCA430 myself; if Sony or Hughes are better, let me know why, please!).
While I've already asked one question, I'd like some input from those willing to tell me what they have in receivers (Sony, Hughes, RCA, et al.). My one-and-only RCA has 32 bits -- the bare minimum requirement (my rule, folks!).
I'd appreciate the help. :grin: Thank you in advance!
With Christmas coming soon, I'm wanting to buy my brother -- who, like me, is also a DirecTV subscriber -- two new receivers. He's had his since 1998 (same year as me), and has never updated. His service warranty with Best Buy was up some time ago, and it's definitely time to get him going on something newer. (He has an 18-inch rooftop dish and older Sony receivers -- the ones without logos for, say, VH1 Classics and Lifetime Movie Network -- and they're ones that list locals in the 800s and 900s rather than their over-the-air channel numbers.)
Here are my ideas:
1. I'd like to get him one DirecTV/Tivo combo -- DirecTVDVR (whatever it's called) -- but I'm wondering, if he had two DVRs would he have to pay $4.99 a month for that second receiver as well? (Also worth pointing out: It's been said that installation for DirecTVDVR is highly recommended. Only, I do not know why.)
2. If I go with just one DVR, I'd like to get in the second receiver one that has Interactive Wink service (I have the RCA430 myself; if Sony or Hughes are better, let me know why, please!).
While I've already asked one question, I'd like some input from those willing to tell me what they have in receivers (Sony, Hughes, RCA, et al.). My one-and-only RCA has 32 bits -- the bare minimum requirement (my rule, folks!).
I'd appreciate the help. :grin: Thank you in advance!