Yes it has a built-in WVB with MoCA 2.0 capability for communication with the current wireless client (C41W) as well as a possible future C61W 4K wireless client.
I Found This New HS-17 Install Video
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After watching that video I wonder, why require a dish when its connected to the internet...they can literally provide DirecTV through IPTV...Maybe the HS17 will eventually be able to be incorporated with DirecTV NOW...
AT&T is making things stupid confusing.
AT&T is making things stupid confusing.
if you want wired internet. internet is not required for it to work, from what i have read at edgecutter
The DTV boxes mainly need the internet connection for DTV Cinema, VOD and the DTV Apps. Also software updates can be delivered over the Internet in addition to coax on the HS-17 only. When info was coming out on the HS-17 it mentioned IPTV but IPTV can also mean VOD. I thought of a way of looking at the HS-17 as basically a headless HR-54 with a wireless video bridge built in. I read an article that said UVerseTV is going away however they still have to support the 4 million customers that UVerseTV still has.
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Yes and works well. I was plesently suprised. I have 3000 square foot home and havent found a spot that it doesnt work in, including in the back yard through stucco. I also have the HS17 upstairs next to my router on the 2nd floor of my home.
Coming soon..
I think we will see more of the IPTV portion come in play when the new guide and software come out in the fall. You can search video's now on it and see content over the HS17 now. I cant remember where I was at in the menu but there was IP content from outside of DirecTV / ATT that I was able to stream. One other cool feature is the speed test feature on the network setup screen. It doesnt tell you the exact download rate but it will tell you the ablity of your internet connection and if you can stream 4K or have the ablity to do instant streaming. I'm on gigabit so I maxed out the meter and can do instant streaming.
In the article it says the new guide wont be available to DTV and UVerseTV customers in the coming years. Is that wrong and we are going to get it this Fall? If so, will the current H/HR boxes get it or just the HS-17 and above? It said DTV Now gets it first then the DTV streaming app next.
OK. I guess I could go ahead with install and then just a wireless client later for 4K. Looking at it, they would install the HS17 in a center room with my ATT gigabit modem, and then put the wireless clients at my two tvs?
Just thinking about it, I have an HR54 but not sure what client I have. Would it no be cheaper for me to get a C61K if I dont have it, put the HR54 in the other room, connect the C61K to the main display, and add 4K service?
ATT says $650 for HS17 install + two clients and these arent even wireless yet.
ATT says $650 for HS17 install + two clients and these arent even wireless yet.
WHAT ?
$650 to install ?
Thats ridiculous ....
That should keep the distribution down.
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They offered mine with 6 standard clients for free for a 2 year commitment ...
As a free upgrade for being out of contract and a customer since '95.
We didn't take it ...
No one here likes clients and no OTA ...
Well, in their defense, if I was to buy it from SS it would be $599. They just dont have the box discounted at all for me from $399, but I did not expect them too since Im a "new" sub.
I have a HR54 in one room and a C51 in the other, if I decide to go 4K when they get some content, Ill just get a C61k, move the HR54 in the other room, and use the C61 at my main display.
I have a HR54 in one room and a C51 in the other, if I decide to go 4K when they get some content, Ill just get a C61k, move the HR54 in the other room, and use the C61 at my main display.
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