Can you and an external hard drive to the hr20-700?

Looking for information on the size of the hard drive on the whole house DVR and how many hours of HD programming people are typically getting. Is it as easy as adding an extenal drive to expand storage? Are there 2 tuners like a typical CATV DVR? Thanks

I understand that you can plug in a external hard drive in the sata plug in is that correct model HR21 does the receiver recognize hard drive if so can you still watch whats all ready recorded on internal hard drive by unplugging the external drive

I have a hard drive issue with the 44-500. Can I plug in an external hard drive and override the existing receiver?

I currently have a 1.5TB external drive connected to my HR21 HD DVR but recently overall system speed has slowed to a crawl, all recordings when watched are jittery with dropped frames and I am afraid my hard drive is dying. I would like to change my external drive to a hardware raid case for data p

I'm wanting to add an eSATA external drive to my HD DVR. I think I'm going with the Western Digital.Will it power down when I power down the DVR or will the drive continue to run?

Can I use a 1TB "USB" External Drive as Expansion Storage for my HR-21 HD DVR?... or an eSATA Drive is a must?

I've had an 8TB eSATA drive for HR24 Genie. The drive failed after about 8 years. I can no longer find a replacement-  apparently eSATA drives are no longer available.  Can I use a USB 3.0 drive with an eSATA converter cable?  USB3.0 in the drive port, eSATA in the HR24 port.  W

How can I view my pictures on my Directv that are located on my thumb drive ?  I can view other pictures that are located on my laptop, but I cannot see any folders from my thumb drive. Bill

I have a new HR10-250 and wonder if adding a larger hard drive or additional hard drive would somehow violate the DTV lease agreement.Thanks

Is there a way to remove the DVR hard drive from the old DVR to switch and put it into the new replacement DVR box?

I am trying to connect a Seagate 2tb STGX2000400 portable hard drive to my hddvr. I'm being told by the tech support that the hr24 is not compatible with any external hard drive.I have tried formatting the drive first, as it doesn't have an external power option. I am trying to use the esata cableca

Can I connect my old 1 terabyte USB drive to my direct tv genie

Can I safely replace the hard drive in my Directv Plus receiver?I find companies out there which will replace your hard drive with a larger one if you send your receiver in.Any recommendatioons?phil@cmug.com

if i connect an external hard drive will i lose all my data on it such as pics, videos, backups etc??? what i mean is will the DVR reformat the external drive and i lose all info???

Can I use a USB cable to connect an external Hard Drive or do I need to get a differant cable? The external drive is a Samsung 1TB Super Speed USB Hi-Speed USB, (it can handle 3.0 or 2.0 USB) I believe I saw a USB port on the rear of My DVR which is a DIRECTV HR24-100.

what is the hard drive speed for the HR22-100HD receiver?

I am looking to add an extenal drive to increase my storage capacity. Will I need an eSata drive that is self-powered or will I be fine with one that uses power over eSata? TIA

I have some old VHS videos that are recorded onto a 1TB external hard drive via a VCR2PC device. I also have TVersity downloded onto my computer via the internet to organize the videos. I also have two devices from DirecTV for use with on demand movies from Directv via the internet. If I go to my tv

Can I use a USB cable to connect an external Hard Drive or do I need to get a differant cable? The external drive is a Samsung 1TB Super Speed USB Hi-Speed USB, (it can handle 3.0 or 2.0 USB) I believe I saw a USB port on the rear of My DVR which is a DIRECTV HR24-100.