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    Old DirecTV Tivo / New DirecTV dish

    We recently purchased an HD TV. I have scheduled DirecTV to come out and install their HD DVR version (against my better judgment, but what can you do....). This installation will include a new DirecTV receiver, a new DirecTV dish (replacing my old one) and new wiring.

    I want to keep my old DirecTV TiVo and continue using it as a spare. However, I am being informed by the installer that the new DirecTV dish will not work with my old DirecTV TiVo.

    Is this true or is this the usual mis-information being provided by installers?

    Any help would be appreciated.

    Thank you,

    Susan
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    This is totally untrue and it is misinformation.

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    • #3
      It's my understanding that it will work for the 101, 110 and 119 satellites, but not the 99 and 103.

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      • #4
        Originally posted by jimisham View Post
        It's my understanding that it will work for the 101, 110 and 119 satellites, but not the 99 and 103.
        That is exactly right.

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          Great. Thank you. I thought from my understanding that it was a bunch of bull, but I just wanted to check. I am paying extra to have new lines dropped so that I can continue using my old DirecTV TiVo for some recording. Maybe the installer just wants to try to avoid the extra work.

          I hoping that, with the new management changes, DirecTV and TiVo will patch up their differences. I am really not looking forward to DirecTV's new HD DVR after using TiVo's for over a decade. I know that DirecTV has made improvements to fix problems with their HD DVRs, but still......

          Anyway, thank you again,

          Susan

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