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Thread: Re: Re: HR10-250; declining MPEG2 service & OTA
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| Re: Re: HR10-250; declining MPEG2
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2008-02-28 13:29:18 |
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Hi Michael:
Your question:
If you just purchase SD service from DTV, I am assuming
that as long as
you pay your $4.99 additional receiver fee for your HR10-250, that you
can TiVO all of your OTA HD and SD channels; is that correct?
Yes, that's correct. From a DTV billing standpoint, my HR10-250 costs
me the same each month as an SD Tivo box would.
It's just that once MPEG-2 is gone, my HR10-250 is no
different than
the older SD TiVOs that I continue to use on our ancillary TVs.
The only difference is that the HR10-250 can still receive OTA HD.
That's very important if you use that feature, but of course it's
useless if you don't connect an OTA antenna.
Bruce Dixon
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Bruce:
Good 2 cents: I also use my OTA, as DTV still does not offer our two
PBS Channels (28 & 50) in HD, but I made sure that all of my MPEG4
receivers, including the latest that was a replacement for a HR10-250
that went bad, were HR20 (and not HR21's), so that I continue to have
OTA.
However, in our case, we love the HD channels offerings from DTV,
including all the movie channels, like MGM-HD, HD-Net Movies, UHD, etc.
If you just purchase SD service from DTV, I am assuming that as long as
you pay your $4.99 additional receiver fee for your HR10-250, that you
can TiVO all of your OTA HD and SD channels; is that correct?
It's just that once MPEG-2 is gone, my HR10-250 is no different than
the older SD TiVOs that I continue to use on our ancillary TVs.
-----Or iginal Message-----
From: Bruce Dixon <engineerefxmedia.com>
To: hdtivoyahoogroups.com
Sent: Mon, 25 Feb 2008 1:33 pm
Subject: Re: [hdtivo] Re: How to hack a 6.3e unit
Hey All:
Don't forget OTA channels. I use my HR10-250 as my primary TV viewing
device. I don't have DTV's HD service at all, just the Total Choice
Plus SD package. I get all my HD OTA for free. My HR10-250 works great
for this. Sure, I would to have all the new channels that DTV has added
in HD, but I love the Tivo software and all the great "upgrades"
available from the fantastic Tivo developers community. I really hope
for a miracle. I hope that DTV will get back together with Tivo and
create a new Tivo-based, DirecTV DVR.
Just my Two Cents,
Bruce Dixon
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| Re: Re: HR10-250; declining MPEG2
service & OTA |
United States |
2008-02-28 14:26:13 |
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Bruce: Thanks for the clarification. That's good to know about the OTA continuing capability.
Actually I can see Mt. Wilson (and the antennas) from my upstairs bathroom window, so I put a Winegard bat-wing antenna up on the roof for OTA We still don't get 28-1 or 50-1 PBS-HD here in LA from DirecTV (or 4-4, which is a 24/7 local news channel from the local NBC affiliate, and is well worth watching at times; Time-Warner cable carries it now).
One of my HR10-250 bit the dust, and with my protection plan, they replaced it with a HR20-700 (I had to fight like crazy, to keep them from replacing it with a HR21 non-OTA model). The Tech had to come out because only one HD satellite was coming in. As I suspected the original diplexer on the roof was interfering, so he removed it.
I have a direct connect coax from the bat-wing to the main TV in the TV room, so no problem there. For the other OTA's I'm gonna pickup a couple of RCA ANT-111's from Best Buy down the block ($9.95 - small loop for UHF; I don't install the VHF rabbit ears, and it is not very obtrusive). I took one to Montana with me so that my in-laws could pickup digital channels, and it worked like a charm.
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From: Bruce Dixon <engineerefxmedia.com>
To: hdtivoyahoogroups.com
Sent: Thu, 28 Feb 2008 11:29 am
Subject: Re: [hdtivo] Re: HR10-250; declining MPEG2 service & OTA
Hi Michael:
Your question:
If you just purchase SD service from DTV, I am assuming
that as long as
you pay your $4.99 additional receiver fee for your HR10-250, that you
can TiVO all of your OTA HD and SD channels; is that correct?
Yes, that's correct. From a DTV billing standpoint, my HR10-250 costs
me the same each month as an SD Tivo box would.
It's just that once MPEG-2 is gone, my HR10-250 is no
different than
the older SD TiVOs that I continue to use on our ancillary TVs.
The only difference is that the HR10-250 can still receive OTA HD.
That's very important if you use that feature, but of course it's
useless if you don't connect an OTA antenna.
Bruce Dixon
aol.com">
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