Is there any reason to get a HR34 if the HR44 is available?
No....if you can get an HR44 there is no reason to get an HR34
or question the other way...should you get the HR34 or wait for the HR44?
or question the other way...should you get the HR34 or wait for the HR44?
Unless you have an overriding need to get a genie now, I would wait. The HR44 is smaller, faster, runs cooler, nicer in every way....
Any clue when they might release nationally?
Unless you have an overriding need to get a genie now, I would wait. The HR44 is smaller, faster, runs cooler, nicer in every way....
For those that now have the HR44 that previously had a HR34, is there any difference in picture quality?
They won't switch them. But you should not have sluggish issues with the HR34, after the first three or four days when the DVR finishes loading all the extra data it needs. I have an HR34 and it's fine...I got a whole house dvr system just installed yesterday. unfortunately, they installed a HR34 rather than the faster HR44. i just learned about the newer hr44 when i started researching the sluggish issues i'm having with my hr34.
you guys have any ideas of how i can get DTV to switch out my reciever for a hr44?
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I am considering leaving D* over the HR34. It's just awful. Sunday Ticket is keeping me from leaving now, but if it's ever not exclusive to D*....
I, too, have tried to get them to switch it, but they claim it's the same speed. It's far from the same speed. The HR44 is a legitimate receiver. The HR34 rivals clunky, slow, buggy cable equipment.