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They are offering the HD dvr because they are crap and they need to blow them out, The HR-10 250 is going to be replaced very soon with a hopefully better unit (mid summer I was told) I am on my fourth unit, and two friends are both on their 2nd and 3rd units. The problem is most prevelent when you watch alot of HD programming, the unit is always recording the channel you watch, and these boxes struggle to record the amount of data HD throws at it, the result is audio and video stuttering that seems really minor at first.. but after a few weeks it just bugs the hell out of ya.
I finally got a high level tech out, who admitted they have been pounded to death by the issue. Also, if you end up w/ one.. just call weekly until they offer to swap it out.
And when mpeg-4 comes around, DirecTV will swap your HR-10 for the new non Tivo powered HD DVR sometime in quarter 4. As far as MPEG-4 being used right now, it is only for local channels and only in some markets.
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Last edited by Fiasco; June 21st, 2006 at 02:01 AM.
I've been a long time Sunday Ticket subscriber, but haven't had HD until this year. I intend to call DirecTv and complain, so that I can get the "SuperFan" package.
Question for those out there with HD and Sunday Ticket: How many games are broadcast in HD with the Sunday ticket?
As an aside, it really burns me that they'd include the HD games in a seperate tier. I pay for both the Sunday Ticket and an HD package. For them to turn and around and say "Oh you wanted sunday ticket and HD? You have to pay a third time.....
Sunday Ticket w/ superfan gives only about 100 HD games per year. If you also have the HD package (hdnet, ect) for $9.95 a month you get ESPN HD which also gives you the ESPN games in HD.
IMHO, it's a big ripoff to pay for HD when it is a government mandated change. Your supposed to be paying for content, not the delivery mechanism.
p.s. I still think that DirecTV is an evil empire. One only has to do a little research on NDS, Rupert Murdoch and the inner workings of how DirecTV piracy got it's start. NDS provided the security cards for DirecTV. NDS was owned by Murdoch. NDS released the code that got DirecTV hacked. DirecTV stock dropped, Murdoch bought DirecTV. Hundereds of thousands of people (innocent or otherwise) got sued for piracy.
The sad fact of affairs is that DirecTV is still initiating new lawsuits for piracy even though their signal hasn't been hacked in around three years (past the statute of limitations). The profits from lawsuits is apparently to lucrative to let a trivial matter like the fact that the signal is secure and has been for years stop them from suing people.
It's a damn shame that the NFL gives exclusive access to Sunday Ticket through DirecTV.
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Originally Posted by Fiasco
IMHO, it's a big ripoff to pay for HD when it is a government mandated change.
IIRC the change to high definition is not mandated by the government. The government is only mandating a change to a digital format; a digital signal is not always HD.
1. Eventually EVERYBODY will be moved to MPEG-4.
2. Right now, the only services available only on MPEG-4 are the local HD channels. I received those via over-the-air antenna so I have no reason to change.
I do know that they like to charge fees for some guy to show up to your house and reconnect equipment for you. That may be what the $100 is for. Some kind of changeover fee.
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Yep, you definately want to get a box/dish capable of receiving MPEG-4. DirecTV has launched satelites transmitting in MPEG-4 exclusively for the purpose of sending HD locals. In other words, if you can't get MPEG-4, the only thing you're missing is the locals. So if you have an OTA, no big deal.
That'll change next year. DirecTV is launching two new satellites that will be beaming 150 HD national channels. Those will all be MPEG-4. When that happens, it'll be great, but you'll need a box capable of receiveing MPEG-4 to get it.
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Depending on your antena set-up you can watch one channel and record another. My Direct recorder has worked flawlessly. They are coming out with one without Tivo as they are developing their own type Tivo.
It sucks by comparison to the Tivo (see my post at http://www.landlpcservices.com/phpBB...hp?p=4350#4350), but I'm not convinced anymore of its relative strength compared to the SA8300HD that cable folks have to use.
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This sucks - I've had sunday ticket for 5 years and I haven't gotten jack squat in a retention package. So you're saying just call and complain? Whats the point for me if I have two directivos already, no hdtv, and a triple lnb oval dish?
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