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Does the HR44-500 Genie GEN 2, send out a 4K signal from the HDMI port?
I am asking because I just purchased a Samsung 65" 4K TV for my living room (which is where the HR44 is located) and am moving my Panasonic Plasma TV, HD, non 4K, from the living room to another room. It looks like all I need to do is add another C41W, wireless Genie. I also have 3 of the C41W-500's for my other TVs, HD non 4K.
It does appear that the 4K is working with 4K programming via the HDMI port from the HR44, unless I'm being fooled and it's doing an upconvert with the TV (most likely not).
TO THE POINT:
Before I go ahead and get this ordered, the C41W, I wanted to be sure that my HR44-500 is giving me everything I need for my new 4K TV.
Thank you!
mk_3520
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5 years ago
Correction - on the Genie Mini's , one is a C41W, the other 2 are C61W - I got them all at the same time so it seems to me I received and older unit in the mix.....?
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Juniper
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5 years ago
Your boxes do not provide 4K. The HR44 was used for early testing of 4K with select PPVs, but was not up to the task. So your current boxes can connect to a 4K TV, but they will not provide 4K service.
To get 4K you would need to upgrade one of your Mini Genie Clients to 4K, which gets you the C61K. To be compatible, your HR44 is swapped to the HR54. Existing recordings are encrypted to their exact DVR so will not transfer to the replacement.
Here is the actual 4K requirements:
Personally because of the limited 4k content and that Clients steal capability from the main Genie, I would instead consider replacing a Mini Genie with a HDDVR. You would gain 2 tuners, 500GB recording space, and more reliability as can work even if Genie ever doesn't. Plus per nature of technology, wired is preferred over wireless.
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