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To HR Model from TiVO R10 or Not???
Hello All,
I still have the DirecTV DVR R10 TiVo. I recently purchased an HD 1080p monitor/TV. Needless to say the standard DirecTV looks like crap on the TV. I called DirecTV and I asked a customer service rep for the HR 23-700 receiver, which has the 1080 p on it. The CSR stated that DirecTV can’t guarantee what receive model I will get. I told her that I have a 1080p monitor and that they have some 1080p programming available that I would like to get. I told her from what I have read; all of the older HD DVR models such as the HR22 are only 1080i. I told her that I have read this online and I saw the HR22 boxes at Best Buy and that’s what they said. She then proceeded to tell me that the receivers at Best Buy are refurbished models because all of their current receivers are capable of 1080p.
I told the CSR rep that I don’t want to get screwed over by them sending me an HR22 now and then xx amount of months from now they only offer 1080p models. The rep pretty much said that if I wanted another model after I get the HR 22 that I would be charged yet another fee.
I was going to wait for the TiVo model but from what I have read, that won’t happen until sometime in 2010 if we are all lucky. Should I go ahead and place an order and take my chances or should I wait who knows how many more months for an HR 23-700 model?
Thanks,
I still have the DirecTV DVR R10 TiVo. I recently purchased an HD 1080p monitor/TV. Needless to say the standard DirecTV looks like crap on the TV. I called DirecTV and I asked a customer service rep for the HR 23-700 receiver, which has the 1080 p on it. The CSR stated that DirecTV can’t guarantee what receive model I will get. I told her that I have a 1080p monitor and that they have some 1080p programming available that I would like to get. I told her from what I have read; all of the older HD DVR models such as the HR22 are only 1080i. I told her that I have read this online and I saw the HR22 boxes at Best Buy and that’s what they said. She then proceeded to tell me that the receivers at Best Buy are refurbished models because all of their current receivers are capable of 1080p.
I told the CSR rep that I don’t want to get screwed over by them sending me an HR22 now and then xx amount of months from now they only offer 1080p models. The rep pretty much said that if I wanted another model after I get the HR 22 that I would be charged yet another fee.
I was going to wait for the TiVo model but from what I have read, that won’t happen until sometime in 2010 if we are all lucky. Should I go ahead and place an order and take my chances or should I wait who knows how many more months for an HR 23-700 model?
Thanks,
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