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clueless
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Posted: Tue Dec 06, 2005 8:06 am    Post subject: tvio/dvr/directv question Reply with quote
i am interested in buying a Hughes HD-DVR250 DIRECTV HD Digital Video
Recorder. my potentially stupid question is: can i use this DVR without
direcTV subscription? or even a TIVO subscription? is the machine
blocked from being hooked up to a regular cable service? i like the
features that DVR provides, but i wonder if it is only for TIVO/Directv
customers? ANY help is much appreciated!! thanks!
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William McBrine
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Posted: Tue Dec 06, 2005 9:08 am    Post subject: Re: tvio/dvr/directv question Reply with quote
clueless <indigo_starr@hotmail.com> wrote:
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i am interested in buying a Hughes HD-DVR250 DIRECTV HD Digital Video
Recorder. my potentially stupid question is: can i use this DVR without
direcTV subscription? or even a TIVO subscription?

No.

Quote:
is the machine blocked from being hooked up to a regular cable
service?

It's blocked in the sense of not recording anything unless the access
card indicates a current DirecTV subscription; AND it's blocked in the
sense of not having the hardware to interface with a cable system -- it
can only record DirecTV signals and ATSC OTA. Without a DirecTV
subscription, I believe you can use it as an expensive ATSC tuner, maybe
with "pause Live TV" functionality; but that's about it.

IIRC, Tivo is expected to put out a CableCard-compatible HD Tivo next
year.
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Randy
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Posted: Tue Dec 06, 2005 5:08 pm    Post subject: Re: tvio/dvr/directv question Reply with quote
clueless wrote:
Quote:
i am interested in buying a Hughes HD-DVR250 DIRECTV HD Digital Video
Recorder. my potentially stupid question is: can i use this DVR without
direcTV subscription? or even a TIVO subscription? is the machine
blocked from being hooked up to a regular cable service? i like the
features that DVR provides, but i wonder if it is only for TIVO/Directv
customers? ANY help is much appreciated!! thanks!

You would be able to use it as an OTA receiver.
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