Direct TV Receivers

[Dogbertt]

What's the difference between them?

I see on a web site that there is Hughes and RCA. They also used to have a phillips but I don't see it listed anymore.

Can someone enlighten me on the differences?

I plan to get TiVo if that helps the decision.

 

[WTT0001]

Our company has been installing DTV for 5 years and at this point the only brand we use is Hughes, we've had 2 of them go bad over the years whereas we've had a lot of the other brands come bad out of the box and going bad on us.

My recommendation is go with Hughes

WTT

 

[RossMAN]

I recommend the Hughes DirecTIVO DVR2.

Last year Circuit City had them for $99 - $50 MIR = $50 for existing DirecTV customer.

Damn that was HOT!

 

[dmcowen674]

Originally posted by: WTT0001
Our company has been installing DTV for 5 years and at this point the only brand we use is Hughes, we've had 2 of them go bad over the years whereas we've had a lot of the other brands come bad out of the box and going bad on us.

My recommendation is go with Hughes

WTT

I got two RCA Boxes when signed up with Pegasus (DirectTV dealer) and one box doesn't hold it's settings well.

Sounds like the Hughes boxes are better.

 

[faZZter]

Yeah, get one with a built in TIVO, you won't regret it.

 

[NutBucket]

We had an RCA for 3 years. Zero problems. Just bought a Hughes DVR a few months ago and I'm not as impressed with the guide. It takes forever to scroll through the thing whereas the RCA was instant. Same thing with changing channels; noticeably slower on the Hughes box.

 

[LSUfan]

I had the RCA DVR when I had direct tv. It was fine. I just had to many trees in my area and I would lose my picture in a slight drizzle. So I stick with cable now.

 

[RossMAN]

Originally posted by: NutBucket
We had an RCA for 3 years. Zero problems. Just bought a Hughes DVR a few months ago and I'm not as impressed with the guide. It takes forever to scroll through the thing whereas the RCA was instant. Same thing with changing channels; noticeably slower on the Hughes box.

FWIW our first DirecTV receiver (no TIVO) was an RCA which we had absolutely no problems with.

We replaced the RCA with a Hughes DirecTIVO and it's even better.

 

[WTT0001]

BTW: All Tivo guides scroll slower than the regular receivers, The regular Hughes receivers actually scroll faster than any other regular receiver I can remember installing

 

[Wingznut]

Hughes DirecTivo is an amazing device. I'm not sure how I ever lived without it.