First, thank you in advance for any assistance you provide. I currently have a tv in the main house connected to an HR54-500. Also in the main house, I have 2 additional wireless minis (C41). We are remodeling our "pool house" into a tv room and have run cables to hardwire into the HR54 if necessary. We also have a network that covers our property, so additional wireless minis are possible as well. There will be 3 tv's in the new room, for a total of 6. I know there is a limit to the number of different shows that can be running at the same time. I have been told a different number by multiple AT&T reps. We will likely never be attempting to watch all 6 at the same time anyway. We would have to be able to watch 4 different shows at once and 5 would be ideal in some rare instances. Any suggestions? Should I use wired clients in the new room or attempt to use wireless? Again, thank you for any input. I clearly don't have the knowledge and AT&T is of little help.
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to Satelliteguys crimedogg!Wired is always better, but not always practical. You can have up to eight clients, but only three active at one time. You might want to consider a dvr or receiver instead of a client. That would increase your usable screens.
May also consider the Genie 2 as well. It supports 7 simultaneous streams and has a larger hard drive. They’re handing the upgrades out like Halloween candy right now.
Just checked. August 4th, available nationally for upgrades and movers.
Thank you for the reply and I apologize for the ignorance, but as far as adding a dvr or receiver, how would that work in conjunction to the rest of the system? For example, if I add a receiver/dvr and 2 Genie minis to the new room instead of 3 minis, would that mean that I could watch 4 shows at once if one of them was on the receiver/dvr? If so, would the only downside on that particular tv be that I couldn't access the recorded content off of the HR54? That really wouldn't be an issue for me. The new room with only have all 3 tv's on to watch 3 different sporting events at once. Only the bigger tv will ever need to access the recorded content on the HR54. The other 2 smaller tv's could have a separate dvr if that would allow 4 or 5 shows to be viewed at the same time. Would you say that is the way to go? Thanks again for your time and assistance.
Just upgraded in Orange County, CA: HS17 Genie and three 4K minis. All hard wired internet DECA/MoCA via ethernet and video via coax. Turned in HR44 Genie, HR24 and HR20.
+ $420 credit for first year ($35/month)
+ free equipment and install (took 3 hours)
+ Sports Pack free for one year
+ NFL Sunday Ticket free for one year
+ Mayweather-Macgregor PPV fight free
+ much faster remote response
+ excellent 4K content and sound quality
+ no more recordings conflicts on one DVR as 7 tuners are available
+ more recording space; using 4TB external
+ video and audio stuttering went away after firmware update one hour after install
+ stayed integrated with my TV and AVR; no setup changes needed
+ future proofed with new LNB, SWiM, hardware, firmware support
- channel changing time still slower than desired, about the same as before
- basically only one 4K channel, DirecTV content
- anything that takes server down (e.g., reboot) takes down every client
- mobile dvr and on demand not working (yet)
I am a 20 year customer. Last upgrade was 2007 for HD. I was out if contract and don't mind another two years!
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Not sure I follow all of that, BUT you can watch recorded content from any of your DVRs on any set top box with DirecTV's whole home feature if I remember correctly.
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