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    Re: Switching to DirectTV

    I got the new SWM receivers that DTV has when I moved last week. I have 2 DVR's that can record 2 shows each at the same time, although I dont know why I would need to record 4 things at once, but its a cool feature if I wanted to catch lots of football games. The SWM allows the satellite to project the frequency over to the TV on the other side of my house so I dont have to have lines running all over outside. Thank goodness for NFL sunday ticket or I would have missed that awesome Vikings game!
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    Re: Switching to DirectTV

    I believe the newer HRxx receivers can all use an RF remote.
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    Re: Switching to DirectTV

    Quote Originally Posted by keepngoal View Post
    Well at least thinking about with the savings for the 12 months, along with the programming packages.

    A couple of questions:

    Does DTV have UHF remotes for their receivers?

    Does DTV have dual tuner receivers for a TV1 and a TV2?

    If so which models? I am not find much on the DTV at first look.

    -keep.
    Keep in mind that if you switch to DirecTV, you won't be able to watch the Kansas game, which is on Versus. DirecTV thinks Versus is trying to hold them up and didn't renew the contract. Several of our games were on Versus last year and now I'm not getting it.

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    Re: Switching to DirectTV

    Quote Originally Posted by Bipolarcy View Post
    Keep in mind that if you switch to DirecTV, you won't be able to watch the Kansas game, which is on Versus. DirecTV thinks Versus is trying to hold them up and didn't renew the contract. Several of our games were on Versus last year and now I'm not getting it.
    A fair point. No impact to me so far as I'll be attending that game, but may ruin the fun for a different one. Hopefully DTV and Versus get this worked out. IMO, it's a matter of when and not if.


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    Re: Switching to DirectTV

    So in summary I think

    Directv DVR's have dual tuners
    Directv DVR's have dual buffers
    Directv can power 2 TV's but they will be watching the same channel (I do this)

    SWM makes it so you don't have to run 2 coax cable to every DVR.

    Directv doesn't have a DVR that can power 2 different TV's with different channels yet.

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