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DirecTV HR22-100 Plus® HD DVR
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DIRECTVs latest HD DVR receiver, the HR22. Packed with features – the HR22 boast MPEG-4 format compatibility, multiple screen format resolutions, and DIRECTVs popular DIRECtV+ PLUS DVR technology.
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13 Comments
August 19th, 2009 at 4:03 pm
So I recently switched from Dish Network to DirecTv, and this is the box I chose. It has a great feature list, full HD resolution support (1080p only w/ HD on demand movies), good storage capacity, and uh … well that’s about all I expect a box to do. While the box works fine for watching television and such, it is unbelievably slow to respond to remote commands.
When navigating the guide, making menu changes, or browsing recordings this thing is slow. Not sure if it’s just a software problem or what but it is pretty frustrating.
Recent firmware update added 1080p on demand support, but failed to address the speed of the box.
Has some other cool features, e.g. able to stream music, videos, and pictures from a networked pc. Pretty cool in theory but only the music and pictures will work unless all of your video files are in the mpeg-4 format … no .avi support. On top of that the box is even slower to respond with streamed content.
All in all the box performs really well. Recording individual episodes or whole seasons is easy and works for me 100% of the time. The DirecTv to PC software lets you watch any dvr content on your pc which is a nice bonus. The HD channel selection you get with DirecTv, if you get the full bundle, is pretty extensive. One thing … I miss travel channel HD. Not available. /sad face.
This box is great at what it does, it just does everything incredibly slowly. Hopefully a future firmware update will address this, but in the meantime I’m going to be really frustrated.
August 19th, 2009 at 4:27 pm
4.0 out of 5 stars
Can not record music channels
Like the receiver, if you have a current account then you dont need to buy one. DTV should have upgrade availability to this particular receiver at little or no cost.
August 19th, 2009 at 5:18 pm
2.0 out of 5 stars
Good, Slow, Shuts down, Extends Contract
The picture on this box is good. The features are good. Everything works as it should just slow. The box shuts down about twice or so a week indicating that the card is not in…
August 19th, 2009 at 5:29 pm
After many very happy years with standard definition DirecTV using a Hughes DVR and Tivo, we went with high-def in July (2008). Love the TV set (another brand), hate the HR22 DVR and the kludgy service. The menus are not intuitive at all. The delay between the remote and the response on screen is awful. Often you will run over many selections after continuing to hit the remote in expectation of a response. Some on-screen menus are different from the manual. We experience audio drop-outs and pixelation in recorded programs. Several times everything has stopped and required us to reset the system…. with the corresponding long waits for information to download. I have heard alarming mechanical sounds coming from the box. Ever heard a hard drive before it crashes?
This is the third box DirecTV has installed – the first two failed. And it’s no better.
I went looking to buy my own HD DVR, but I can’t find one. Everything seems to be for cable only.
My advice? Wait until DirecTV and Tivo finish their remarriage vows and get hardware from Tivo.
August 19th, 2009 at 7:57 pm
I’ve had two of these for a year and a half and just bought my third for $99. from directv. I think they work fine cosidering what they do and that they are essentialy small computers with hard drives. I’ve never had one break and they got much better with a update they did a while back. I used my moms dvr from comcast and that makes mine look 10 years newer in technology. Comcast DVR is so much slower and hardly shows and channels in the guide, those are much worse.
August 19th, 2009 at 8:01 pm
1.0 out of 5 stars
Crappy and slow
Crappy and slow. Enough said. Tivo is the gold standard. Directv service is just plain awful. The only reason to keep them is for Sunday Ticket football games.
August 19th, 2009 at 8:58 pm
1.0 out of 5 stars
Basic and unreliable – BEWARE THE USAGE AGREEMENT!
The DVR is very basic and does not give nearly the functionality of Tivo or other DVR’s out there. It’s had to be sent back several times due to equipment failures…
August 19th, 2009 at 9:52 pm
1.0 out of 5 stars
Poor picture quality & reliabiliity, high lifetime cost
Expect your picture to randomly pixellate and break up while watching recorded shows. The sound is often out of sync with the picture.
August 19th, 2009 at 11:52 pm
1.0 out of 5 stars
DirecTV is a ripoff
I switched from cable to DTV with DVR (not HD, though). At first it wasn’t too bad. Nothing great, but nothing awful.
August 20th, 2009 at 12:41 am
1.0 out of 5 stars
Not the right model
This model of the HDDVR from directv is the worst. Its new and buggy plus you can’t record local channels from an antenna.
August 20th, 2009 at 2:57 am
5.0 out of 5 stars
don’t expect jesus in a box
so many haters, it’s a tv box for gods sake. this will not make your life better but it will make your tv look better. great value. good luck with your search for jesus, haters.
August 20th, 2009 at 5:20 am
1.0 out of 5 stars
Extremely slow, already been through 3 of them in 18 months
This box responds very slow to remote commands. You end up skipping over what you wanted.
And I have replaced it 3 times since I got the original one.
August 20th, 2009 at 6:46 am
1.0 out of 5 stars
BUYER BEWARE
BUYER BEWARE – If you already have DirecTV and activate a new receiver, your agreement will be extended by two years from the date you activate the new one.