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  1. DIRECTV General Discussion
    I would say maybe G4? DirecTV dropped it over a contract deal and never picked it back up, the channel eventually folded.
  2. DIRECTV General Discussion
    Thanks again for all your input. I ended up chatting with a CST last week and they shipped me a HR24-500. Told me to recycle my HR21 and didn't say a thing about the access card. Now I just need to get the coax and ethernet runs done. I forgot that the coax run to the office is currently...
  3. DIRECTV General Discussion
    The last time I had an HR21 replaced they mailed me an HR24 and did not want the HR21 back so I recycled it at Best Buy. However, they did make me take the old access card out and mail that back. Are you saying they aren't asking for the old access cards back anymore?
  4. DIRECTV General Discussion
    I have an old HR21 HD-DVR on my account. I used it in my basement at my old house, but since I moved in August 2018 I haven't had a TV set up to use it on. It sat in storage until I took it with me to my hunting cabin in November 2018. We used it there during hunting season and I brought it...
  5. DIRECTV HD DVR/Receiver Discussion
    Since you have two 4K TVs you may want to think about upgrading to the Genie 2 and get two C61K clients. That way you can have 4K at both TVs. If you only get the HR54 Genie and one C61K client you will only get 4K content at the TV with the client.
  6. DIRECTV Programming
    Yeah, I haven't heard what they are doing now either. I know they did lock down the equipment for SD only customers in my area when they were upgraded, so they only output SD. If you were an HD customer all of your receivers were then capable of HD. I had an old SD receiver at the time and it...
  7. DIRECTV Programming
    Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe that when DirecTV shuts down MPEG 2 everyone will have HD receivers since the SD receivers can't decode MPEG4. I know in my market they swapped everyone's SD equipment out for HD equivalents when they dropped our MPEG2 local channels and went MPEG4 only...
  8. DIRECTV HD DVR/Receiver Discussion
    I believe he is referring to the Onkyo AVR having Chromecast features built in, so you wouldn't even need the HDMI device. From this article it doesn't look like yours was included. Onkyo | Chromecast built-in Adds Effortless Audio Streaming Capabilities to Select Onkyo Home Entertainment...
  9. DIRECTV HD DVR/Receiver Discussion
    Your DirecTV receiver was sending audio and video to the Onkyo AVR and the AVR is extracting the audio to play it, then sending the video along to your TV. That is why you can hear DirecTV over the speakers hooked up to your Onkyo AVR. Same with any Blu-Ray/DVD players or Game systems you may...
  10. DIRECTV HD DVR/Receiver Discussion
    I looked up your TV manual and it showed an optical audio output, that is why I mentioned it. There is also an Analog Audio out using RCA cables, do you have those hooked between the TV and Onkyo AVR? Right now, with the Chromecast plugged into your TV's HDMI input, you have to have some sort...
  11. DIRECTV HD DVR/Receiver Discussion
    Do you have an optical audio cable run between your TV's optical out, and the Optical Input 2 on your Onkyo? That is the only way you will get sound from the Chromecast thru your speakers hooked up to the Onkyo AVR. From your posts I believe you are switching inputs on the TV, while leaving...
  12. DIRECTV General Discussion
    What channels do you think you would lose? You can still subscribe to all of the premium networks like Cinemax/Epix/HBO/Showtime/Starz. I've had this package and don't really miss a thing, especially not the regional sports fee which is closing in on $10 a month in my location as far as I know.
  13. DIRECTV General Discussion
    Look into the Preferred Extra package if you aren't interested in Sports. There are a few threads around here about it, DirecTV doesn't really advertise it.
  14. DIRECTV General Discussion
    I guess I have missed that. I just figured the savings was because they wouldn't need the truck roll to install the dish and Genie 2, they would just let the customer hook the Genie 2 up to their router themselves.
  15. DIRECTV General Discussion
    Most of the streaming apps have commercials, with the exceptions of the ones you pay for like CBS All Access, Hulu (if you pay extra), Netflix, Amazon, and the Pay TV channels that have never had them like HBO/Showtime/Starz. All of the regular OTA and cable channel apps (AMC, TBS, USA, etc)...
  16. DIRECTV General Discussion
    I think DirecTV Now is going to be aimed more at cord cutters that don't want full blown "cable/satellite service". I believe this service is going to be aimed more at people that want DirecTV but can't install a dish. Maybe they don't have line of sight but have good internet service, or they...
  17. DIRECTV General Discussion
    I don't remember off the top of my head, but I'm assuming it was one of the ABC/CBS/CW/FOX/NBC apps. Thankfully my DirecTV recordings don't screw up all that often so I don't have to rely on those apps much. I mostly just use Netflix and Amazon, and the only issue I have with them is I don't...
  18. DIRECTV General Discussion
    I hate this too. Every now and then I will run across an issue with one of my recordings, and have to catch up using on demand or apps and it is horrible. For example on a recent episode of a show I watch, the last 5 minutes of the show were missing from our DVR recording because of a bad...
  19. DIRECTV General Discussion
    How are you listening to the channels? If they aren't the exact same TV, or audio system then they will also have different speeds when decoding the signal and playing it. As far as sharing a tuner if they are on the same channel I can't remember if it is smart enough to do that or not. I...
  20. DIRECTV HD DVR/Receiver Discussion
    You need to hook it back up the same way the HR20 was if you want to use the ethernet switch. Coax from the wall to DECA, Coax from DECA to HR24, ethernet from DECA to switch, ethernet from switch to HR24, DVD player, and googlecast. As soon as you hook up an ethernet cable to an HR24 it...
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