The HR21 Pro will be a rack mountable unit capable of recording 100 hours of HD programming in MPEG-4. It also packs an optical HDMI port for running long fiber optic cables without signal loss.
But for some reason or other, DirecTV has left out any ATSC tuners, meaning you won't be able to record over the air HDTV signals. DirecTV is rapidly adding HDTV channels to its lineup, so this might not be an issue in the long run. But for now, if you've got $1000 burning a hole in your pocket, you might be better off picking up a Series3 TiVo. Or better yet, get a TiVo HD and donate the rest to a good charity.
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10-19-2007 @ 1:25PM
1222256 said...
Why would you tell DirecTV users to get a TIVO Series 3 when it won't even work with DirecTV.
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11-17-2007 @ 10:48AM
Pat B said...
Wow, I just had the new DirecTV HR21 installed… in summary, what a piece of poor engineering. Extremely disappointing! We can’t switch back and forth between tuners, can have an automatic “wish list”, no suggestions, every time I use thesystem I realize something else that I hate about the system. It is a 10 year step in the wrong direction from what I LOVED about Tivo. Don’t even get me started with my opinion on the clumsy remote… what ergonomic wiz designed this thing? I am returning the whole system and going back to my Tivo with less HD channels. What good is HD if you have to fight to watch it? Instead of convincing friends to go DirecTv and Tivo, I will tell them to stay away?stay very away!
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