How DO I watch recordings from home on a TV on the road?

One way is to use a tablet with the mobile app that has an HDMI output. However the PQ is so poor, that I would not want to see it on a big screen. The VOD stuff might be ok though.

 

The replacement for the GenieGo is MobileDVR. You must have an HR44 or HR54 Genie on your home account. Then shows you've recorded to your Genie can be copied to a mobile device (although I guess there isn't an easy way to copy to a PC). Then you can watch those shows. You can also stream channels from your home to your mobile device.

To get those shows on your TV, you're going to have to play the shows via your device and "cast" it to your TV. Note: The quality level of the downloaded shows are inferior to the GenieGo. I watch my shows on an 8" Samsung Galaxy Tablet. While the quality is less than the GenieGo, is it fine for an 8" tablet. Not sure what it would look like on a TV and whether you'd be happy with it.

 

Get a Slingbox with a mobile device that you would be able to cast to a TV.


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Slingbox requires connectivity.

 

If there is a TV where you are then you must have power. ?
Take the Genie with you and hook it up to the TV and it should play the recordings without being hooked up to a dish / transponder.

Can an installer verify or poo poo this idea please ? Thanks

 

Sure, it should work. Although the downside is that new recordings schedule to record won't while the Genie is not connected to the dish.


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Just curious as to why a tablet is not fine? I thought you wanted to play the shows on a TV. As noted a tablet with HDMI will play HD on a TV. I have an Android tablet that I paid $39 that does HDMI. However, the issue with any solution that takes the shows with you on another device is the current PQ of downloaded shows is not great. So the larger you blow it up, the worse it will look.

 

One thing to keep in mind when using a mobile device (iOS) at least is that when using the HDMI connection some shows would not play or rather you only get audio but no picture. This is due to DIRECTV not fully supporting "Airplay" on iOS.


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So just this past week I was researching a wireless solution for my iPhone because it would be for my hotel room and I was not interested in running a long cable from my phone to the TV.

I stumbled on AirPlay receiver apps and I have Fire TV at home, so I decided to try it. There were two apps and one had 2.5 stars and the other 3 stars for their user reviews. I tried the $2.99 3-star one and, sure enough, it worked! I can only hope that's a good indication for my future uses; keeping fingers crossed.

So with that successful test, I ended up investing in the Fire TV Stick for the hotel.

 

The same PQ issue would exist regardless of what device you had the recordings on. Yeah, it is 2017, which is why tablets and phones are supported and laptops not so much. Personally, outside of the PQ, I don't see how it could be any easier than simply downloading to your phone/tablet and hitting the road.

 

To play the other side...

Most people I know don't bother taking laptops with them anywhere anymore. They only take their tablets, which is probably partly why DIRECTV got that out first and frankly works easily if you don't run into any bugs. And I believe you can cast shows via a tablet too. Not positive.

 

I can cast my Samsung Galaxy to my Samsung TV.

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But they do have a simple, straightforward way:

• Official: Use the DirecTV app on your mobile device to download content to your device and then watch on your device or cast from your device to a TV;
• Unofficial: If you have a PC laptop, download and try to install the GenieGO PC app, then download content to your laptop and watch on your laptop or cast from your laptop to a TV.