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Im upgrading my DirecTV to include tivo and HD. Cub tech says I need a 2d coax to the box and as my condo is 2 story, the standard install will necessitate a rather obvious snaking about the ceiling from the dish at the back of the condo to my box in the front room. Im wondering if their is a wireless or other alternative. If not, is their an such technology on the horizon. Finally any other alternatives that you might suggest.
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There's no way we know of to send DTV signals wirelessly. But, first, do you mean DVR and HD or TiVo? For TiVo with HD and DirecTV, see this blog post:
http://www.wkblog.com/tivo/2008/11/d...rs-what-to-do/Been here a long time . . . -
thanks, Michael. I mean TiVo with HD. I read the link. If I understand it correctly, it is recommending to wait till later this year for 'new' DTV TiVo. It does not seem to address the wiring install issue.
Re: no wireless DTV, other than cost of hardware, the DTV signal itself comes to the dish wirelessly, so shouldnt there be some means of distributing the signal via a router.
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DIRECTV HD TiVos can use only one line and power two tuners with the single-wire multiswitch, see:
Single-Wire Multiswitch
We suspect the new HD TiVo will be SWM-compatible.
There is no wireless option. Period.Comment
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Ahhh. Thank you so much, Jeff.
Perhaps the prudent action would be the installation of the DIRECTV SWM 5LNB Dish and postpone the DTV TiVo install. Or would you recommend a present DTV compatible DVR that is presently available. And again, thanks.
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Hard to say - for $199, you could get a non-TiVo DVR now and just move it to a secondary room when the TiVo is available.Been here a long time . . .Comment
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