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    DIRECTV HD Channel Anticipation (Official 2019 Thread)

    With the impeachment stuff coming, it sure would be nice for the C-SPAN's to finally go HD.
    Post by: Geekzilla, Nov 12, 2019 in forum: DIRECTV Programming
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    From the 'Here We Go Again Dept.' Sinclair Could Be The Next Set of Locals to Disappear from DirecTV

    It's almost like they are talking to us on this thread through the Fox Reno affiliate. "As of 7 a.m., October 10, negotiations have once again...
    Post by: Geekzilla, Oct 10, 2019 in forum: DIRECTV Programming
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    From the 'Here We Go Again Dept.' Sinclair Could Be The Next Set of Locals to Disappear from DirecTV

    New deadline is 2 p.m. PDT Thursday, October 4.
    Post by: Geekzilla, Oct 1, 2019 in forum: DIRECTV Programming
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    From the 'Here We Go Again Dept.' Sinclair Could Be The Next Set of Locals to Disappear from DirecTV

    New cutoff time is 9pm PDT tonight according to this: AT&T & DIRECTV customers to lose Reno's Fox 11 programming due to failed negotiations "As...
    Post by: Geekzilla, Sep 27, 2019 in forum: DIRECTV Programming
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    From the 'Here We Go Again Dept.' Sinclair Could Be The Next Set of Locals to Disappear from DirecTV

    The current extension remains in effect through September 27th at 5:00 pm EDT. As soon as they turn off the channels I'm hoping DirecTV will give...
    Post by: Geekzilla, Sep 26, 2019 in forum: DIRECTV Programming
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    Replacing AM21: OTA DVR Suggestions

    I have quite a few DirecTV dvrs in my house and also retired my AM21 due to reliability issues. I use a TiVo Roamio and think the interface is...
    Post by: Geekzilla, Sep 19, 2019 in forum: DIRECTV HD DVR/Receiver Discussion
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    What happens if I put a 1TB SSD in my HR44-700?

    Are you able to hook the SSD to a PC and get its' usage #'s and error reports? I like using Hard Disk Sentinel. If you try this, pay particular...
    Post by: Geekzilla, Jun 7, 2019 in forum: DIRECTV HD DVR/Receiver Discussion
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    What happens if I put a 1TB SSD in my HR44-700?

    Earlier in this thread I reported my actual SSD usage #'s from an HR24. Average 100GB/day aka 0.1TB/day. That means 36.5TB per year so it should...
    Post by: Geekzilla, Apr 8, 2019 in forum: DIRECTV HD DVR/Receiver Discussion
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    What happens if I put a 1TB SSD in my HR44-700?

    I've been thinking more about the differences in these drives and decided to check on one of the 1TB SSD's I installed in a HR24 last year and get...
    Post by: Geekzilla, Mar 22, 2019 in forum: DIRECTV HD DVR/Receiver Discussion
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    What happens if I put a 1TB SSD in my HR44-700?

    860 QVO = 4 bits per cell ($) 860 EVO = 3 bits per cell ($$) 860 PRO = 2 bits per cell ($$$) From the article: With each increase in bits...
    Post by: Geekzilla, Mar 21, 2019 in forum: DIRECTV HD DVR/Receiver Discussion
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    What happens if I put a 1TB SSD in my HR44-700?

    The QVO is a less desirable drive. 3 year warranty for QVO vs 5 for EVO. Here's an excellent article at Anandtech on the QVO.
    Post by: Geekzilla, Mar 20, 2019 in forum: DIRECTV HD DVR/Receiver Discussion
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    What happens if I put a 1TB SSD in my HR44-700?

    I've had 1TB SSDs installed internally in 2 HR24's for about 2 1/2 months now. I bought a 2.5-3.5 metal mounting adapter for the HR24-200 since...
    Post by: Geekzilla, Feb 11, 2019 in forum: DIRECTV HD DVR/Receiver Discussion
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    What happens if I put a 1TB SSD in my HR44-700?

    Thanks for the interesting post. I have deployed several SSD's in my receivers. I'm curious, would disconnecting the SATA data cable for a few...
    Post by: Geekzilla, Feb 8, 2019 in forum: DIRECTV HD DVR/Receiver Discussion
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    What happens if I put a 1TB SSD in my HR44-700?

    No breakups (so far anyways). My HR24's with the old drives would occasionally become unresponsive to the remote for 10-30 seconds while still...
    Post by: Geekzilla, Dec 15, 2018 in forum: DIRECTV HD DVR/Receiver Discussion
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    What happens if I put a 1TB SSD in my HR44-700?

    A few weeks ago I replaced the internal drives of 2 HR24's with 1TB SSD's and the difference has been absolutely remarkable.
    Post by: Geekzilla, Dec 14, 2018 in forum: DIRECTV HD DVR/Receiver Discussion
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