DirecTV HR23 Plus® HD DVR
Dec 22, 2009 in
Electronics
- MPEG-4 format compatibility
Product Description
DIRECTVs latest HD DVR receiver, the HR23. Packed with features – the HR23 boast MPEG-4 format compatibility, multiple screen format resolutions, and DIRECTVs popular DIRECtV+ PLUS DVR technology…. More >>
DirecTV HR23 Plus® HD DVR
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5 comments
Andrew B. Stevens on December 22, 2009 at 2:42 pm
Worked great. Had an issue with DirecTV so I sent it back and canceled thier service.
S. Buck on December 22, 2009 at 4:28 pm
Very fast shipping. Product performs as advertised. Menus do not appear to be any faster or slower than other models I have owned other than the Tivo HR 20.
The higher storage capacity allows recording of up to 100 hours of MPEG-4 HD or up to 400 hours of SD programming.
The front panel lights seem to be not as bright as the previous HR2x’s from DirecTV. The temperature of this model is lower than other models I have owned.
I prefer this black model over my previous silver models.
So far, a good product overall.
Sir Lancelot on December 22, 2009 at 6:22 pm
The item was as described with all cables and remote. I like the larger hard drive which gives more recording capacity. The delivery was very fast and setup with Directv was effortless.
P. Motes on December 22, 2009 at 6:50 pm
When my much loved TiVo broke, I thought about buy another one, but since DirecTV and TiVo are no longer partners, I decided to go the less expensive route and purchase (rent? lease?) this DVR. My choice was based on the reviews on Amazon. Setting up the unit took four hours and three different contacts at DirecTV. Most of those hours were not spent connecting wires, but with techs at DirecTV, so part of this review is directed toward them (pun intended). Finally having it activated should have brought a sigh of relief, but the frustration continues.
With TiVo, my recorder would allow me to alternate between two channels, recording each one; so I could catch up with two shows by changing from one to the other during commercial breaks. With this unit, any channel surfing causes the device to quit recording, thus eliminating one of the primary reasons for owning a DVR. Beyond that, the interface is primitive and less intuitive than TiVo. The remote has several mulitcolored buttons, which are not labeled, and their functions vary. It looks like it belongs with a video game, but video game controllers are far more simple.
As far as satisfaction goes, it is not the hardware, it’s software and customer service which matters, and I am certainly not satisfied with this DVR. To be fair, the seller shipped it on time, and it arrived in good condition. It does record programs, once I manage to find something to record via the clumsy search, and the hard drive has quite a bit of space, so it beats nothing.
Loyal TiVo customers will probably be disappointed; anyone who has not had a better DVR might enjoy it.
L. Capeheart on December 22, 2009 at 8:08 pm
Direct TV starts out good with pricing and installation and then you find out what they are about. In our case, they lied about the equipment they installed. By the time we figured this out (we thought it was us, not wanting to believe that we had been duped) they refused to correct THEIR mistake. Now they want us to pay them another $300.00 for the equipment they had promised us in the first place. Since we are locked into a contract we are their hostages and can do little but complain. Even that is impossible with the poor customer service representatives that just loop you between themselves and pretend to be “in the office of the president and CEO”. Stay away from Direct TV!