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To do list for whole home dvr
I have two dvr's and the whole home system. Is there a way or going to be a way that when you record a show on one dvr that when you access the to do list from the other dvr the program would show up as being set to record. Right now there is no way to see what is set to be recording on the other dvr and that leads to the show being recorded on both dvr's. Thanks.
testerx
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14 years ago
There is no way now and no one (outside DirecTV anyway) knows if it is something they intend to add. For now anyway you have to keep track of what's scheduled to record where some other way...
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mvitalis
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14 years ago
I just got this installed last week with two HR23/700s. Work as expected.
I agree the ultimate goal should be a "virtual" single system view from multiple access points. We should be able to schedule, prioritize, review the schedule, delete, etc. as if there was one single system. The system should appropriately marshal the available disk space as one virtual drive and be intelligent about which drive gets used to store recorded material.
The systems architecture should change to support this view having a single physical server that stores all the content (expandable and with RAID etc) and small separates that manage the user interface from different locations (although, this could be centralized also a'la cloud servers). However, there is money to be made selling and maintaining separate boxes and separates are arguably more flexible for serving the small to large requirements.
This is a good start tho' so we can only hope they move in this direction over time.
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dcd
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14 years ago
What is being requested here in this thread would make the $199 DVR's more capable than a network of $4000 Dell computers. In a shared system, you can view each others files, but you cannot manage the other computers system, recordings, downloads etc.
As to a central server, with satellite keyboards, that is in fact on the drawing board and will likely be along eventually. Word is it will be capable of recording 4 programs simultaneously and the satellite boxes will be very small.
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