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Watch DVR without Satellite service?

Barb — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 21:18:51 GMT

I have a DVR through DirecTV. I have temporarily suspended my DirecTV service for 3 months, until my house is built. Can I hook up my DVR to a TV and watch the shows that are recorded on it without having satellite service? How? I'm staying with a friend who has UVERSE if that can help in any way.

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bear — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 01:20:18 GMT

can i take the hard drive from one dvr and watch recorded movies in another dvr just like the first one i want to record from my daughters and bring to my house and watch just change out the drives any wisdom is greatly appreciated

Comcast Upgrades Motorola HD-DVRs, Adds Better Organization and New Features

Community Headlines — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 17:24:33 GMT

From Matt Whitlock's Mind Over Matt'er at TechLore.com I noticed this morning that my Comcast DCT-3416 Dual Tuner HD-DVR wasn't displaying its clock, something I rely on when playing with my daughter in the living room before starting work. Upon further investigation I discovered that none of the advanced functions of the DVR were available - no guide, no DVR menu, not even the menu. I got a picture and could change channels, but that was about it. I ultimately thought the internal hard drive failed (even though I could hear it spinning), which would explain some of the behavior I was seeing. I unplugged it a few times, let it reboot, and nothing. "Time to call Comcast," I thought... though that's certainly not something I ever look forward to. About 20 minutes later I was getting ready to pick up the phone, and then noticed the clock had returned. To my surprise, all of the features had re-appeared. The DVR, the Guide, and everything else, but with new features and enhancements. I've seen Comcast upgrade their cable boxes before, though usually with very minor upgrades. The worst was the "improvement" that added an advertisement at the bottom of my...

Direct TV DVR - DVD or Hard drive

muddog — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 17:43:02 GMT

Can I copy a recorded program on myDirect TV DVR to my computer or external Hard drive ?

Adding a Used Receiver

schrismer — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 01:11:45 GMT

I am a bit of a novice and have aquestion that I am hoping somone can answer for me. I am a DirectTV customer and I currently have 3 televisions with recievers. One television is HD and the otehr two are standard def. On the HD TV I have an HD-DVR reciever, on another tv, I have a DVR and on the third I have a standard no frills reciever, all purchased/leased from DirectTV. I just bought another HD TV and wondered if I could by a used HD/DVR reciever from either Craigslist or Ebay and replace the stanbdard no frills reciever. Would this work without involving DirectTV or would I have to be charged for adding HD/DVR service to a third television?I hope this makes sense and someone can help me out. Thanks in advance, I really appreciate it. Scott scott.chrismer@gmail.com

Enable MRV

oharris — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 04:27:13 GMT

Three years ago, with the help of this forum, I upgraded my RCA DVR 40. I had the 6.2 software and had networking up and going and was able to use the HMO feature. Over the years, I found I rarely used that feature and during a furniture re-arrangement I didn't even bother to hook up the network. In the meantime, it automatically downloaded and installed the 6.4 version of the software which seems to have disabled all the networking capabilities. How do I get them back? I now have a second DVR (this one is an RCA DRV 39) that I plan to upgrade, and would like to enable to Multi Room Viewing on both. What's the best way to do this? Thanks in advance.

direct tv dvr died - no power

surobi00 — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 12:03:06 GMT

My direct tv dvr died. no power. My question: Is there any way I can get the shows off this dvr to put on pc. Any help would be appreciated.

Synchronizing 2 DVRs in separate rooms??

dreidmiller — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 21:12:42 GMT

We recently had DirecTV installed in our home: one HD DVR in our family room (Model HR23-HD) and a regular definition DVR in our bedroom (MOdel R15??). Does anyone know how we can access recordings on our bedroom DVR that we have set-up our family room DVR to record? In other words, how can we synchronize our DVRs to "speak" with each other or have "shared memory"? Thanks a lot! Dave