No, the box has very limited intelligence.
It appears that you can't order PPV off the web and record it on the HR-20. I have not heard of a successful attempt yet. You can order it off the web and watch it all day, but if you record it, it comes up with the black screen. If you leave it on the PPV channel all-night, in the morning it will ask you to buy it with the remote as it does any other time.
I've called Directv multiple times about this and I keep getting the same answer "never heard this before". They always ask me to re-format the drive but that doesn't work either.
The system is very "buggy". Doesn't work half the time as it is supposed to. Terrible customer service, they never seem to understand the problem.
I've never heard of software upgrades that require re-formatting the system each time. I had the Tivo from the beginning and never ONCE had to re-format the drive and lose all my season passes when new software came out.
It's terrible!
It appears that you can't order PPV off the web and record it on the HR-20. I have not heard of a successful attempt yet. You can order it off the web and watch it all day, but if you record it, it comes up with the black screen. If you leave it on the PPV channel all-night, in the morning it will ask you to buy it with the remote as it does any other time.
I've called Directv multiple times about this and I keep getting the same answer "never heard this before". They always ask me to re-format the drive but that doesn't work either.
The system is very "buggy". Doesn't work half the time as it is supposed to. Terrible customer service, they never seem to understand the problem.
I've never heard of software upgrades that require re-formatting the system each time. I had the Tivo from the beginning and never ONCE had to re-format the drive and lose all my season passes when new software came out.
It's terrible!