Directv Boxes

All King domes and the other domes and SD only dishes will be obsolete when DTV finishes shutting down the MPEG2 channels, they will still receive the four channels although DTV may add more that DTV is broadcasting in MPEG4 on the 101 sat with the HR24/H24 or earlier models   AFAIK there are few if any owned HR24/H24 but even leased ones will work.

DIRECTV would generally activate an HR24/H24 as ‘leased’ when doing a manual activation (setting up a new order for that receiver since it doesn’t show up on the orders for an account). However, these receivers are considered non-returnable so they are therefore technically owned. There are cases where DIRECTV will want the access card or even the entire receiver.

@Michelle777 

If you have an HR24 or H24 they are high definition boxes that are often purchased as customer owned

I disagree about it being "often". To purchase to own was $499 for HDDVR and $399 for HD non-DVR. Anything less than that, such as $199 HDDVR and $99 HD non-DVR would be the one-time lease cost through a 3rd party (or if you didn't have a free upgrade). Those were still 'leased' units when at those lesser costs. Unless of course you bought used where the prior owner paid that higher cost.

may be connected to standard definition equipment which is a lot of the King dome units.

All boxes can connect to SD TVs. The HR24 and H24 were the last boxes that could use pre-SWM setups, which would include those King domes. However, as DirecTV's MPEG-2/SD-only feeds are shutdown, those domes are obsolete and must be replaced.

All of your HR44, HR54 and Genie 2 receivers are leased.

Accurate but incomplete. They went to lease-only when launching the first Genie. So that covers Genie (HR34, HR44, HR54, HR54R1), Genie Lite (H44), and Genie-2 (HS17). Very shortly after that launch, the purchase to own option for earlier models was discontinued.

The genie mini receivers are also generally leased.

First of all, those are Mini Genie Clients, not receivers. The difference is Clients have no tuners of their own, no access card, and cannot work without the main box. They are a Client/extension, not receiving the service directly.

Secondly, they are only leased (not "generally").

 Other than an H25.

This is the only non-Genie equipment that is SWM-only and also never had a purchase to own option as was launched after that change.

The leased equipment needs to be returned to Directv.

Naturally since it is not customer owned. However, over time earlier models can reach a point that they no longer need to be returned. As I recall, only the 3rd generation Genie HR54 (and revised HR54R1) and Genie-2 (HS17) are returnable. Mini Genies, nothing earlier than C51 at least.

A side note, since you mention the dome and RV, the Genie-2 (HS17) is the only model that forbids other receivers. Being a Client-only system, it is not RV friendly. Though the regular Genie line does allow full receivers alongside clients, you can only have one Genie on the account.

What are you looking for or to find out? No question posed to the community, only posting (closely accurate) information. Not sure what you were trying to accomplish.