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Are any of the receivers WiFi enabled?
I'm switching from Dish Network, where I have all older equipment. Having just purchased a Verizon MiFi, I am curious to know if any of the receivers are WiFi enabled, and if this is as good as a land line.
litzdog911
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14 years ago
What are you hoping to do with the wireless connection? None of the DVRs/Receivers have WiFi built-in. But DirecTV sells a Wireless Connection Kit that connects to the ethernet port to provide wireless network connectivity. But realize that the MiFi connection is generally too slow for reasonable download speeds, especially for HD movies. Generally you want at least 10Mbps for that. And most data plans will cap the amount of data you can download, and these HD movie files are pretty big (3-5GB).
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redneck_tech
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14 years ago
I have Verizon MiFi, and while it works great, I concur with litzdog911. Even if you were to get a wireless connection kit, you would reach your data cap (5 or 10 GB) fairly quickly, and then have to start paying out the nose. Even if you don't but 1 movie a month, the connection is always downloading content and information, so not a good idea.
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