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DirecTV Receiver
We recently had to replace our receiver. I was surprised to learn that all the movies/tv shows that I had recorded did not transfer to the new receiver. Is there any way to get those back?
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We recently had to replace our receiver. I was surprised to learn that all the movies/tv shows that I had recorded did not transfer to the new receiver. Is there any way to get those back?
sandblaster
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2K Messages
5 years ago
Yep, that’s the major downside of replacing a receiver. There is no way to transfer recordings from one DVR to another. The only way to get them back is to re-record.
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Juniper
ACE - Expert
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23K Messages
5 years ago
Unfortunately DirecTV has never had the option to transfer recordings to another DVR. That includes if you were using an external hard drive with the DVR.
For this reason for anyone who has, or is planning to upgrade to a Genie, to not replace any HDDVRs with Mini Genie Clients (or if they have Clients, to use upgrades to replace with HDDVRs). That way you don't have all your recordings in a single location (all eggs in one basket as it were). More reliability and capability, yet no difference in monthly cost.
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