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do new hd receivers increase response time
My H21 receiver has been sloe in repsonding since I installed are the newer receivers faster?
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My H21 receiver has been sloe in repsonding since I installed are the newer receivers faster?
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slb1224
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11 years ago
Yes the HR34/700 is SUPER FAST and if you upgrade your equipment such as your modem and router it will increase the speed even more.
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billyfrench46
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11 years ago
I have a HD DVR HR21, 22 and 24 and I do not see any difference in the speed of any of them. As far as what is stated about the HR34 and upgrading your equipment and speed increasing, I do not see any way that would make your DVR faster, as it has nothing to do with being connected to either.
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dcd
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11 years ago
Note that faster ISP connections provide faster VOD downloads. But, you're correct that faster Internet has no bearing on the speed of the DVR functions.
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slb1224
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11 years ago
I also have the HR21/200 when directv first came out with that receiver. Including a 7 year old linksys 2.4ghz wireless router and clear wireless is my internet provider. At first it was fine but over the years I noticed to what seemed to be a lag/slow response. When I saw the commercial for the Genie HR34/700 the price was absurd and I wasn't eligible to upgrade to the HR34/700 since it had just came out. Finally 8 months later I was able to upgrade and I still have my old HR21/200 I moved to the bedroom. I noticed immediately that that fast forward, and reverse was much faster and there is no lag in response with the remote control. But since I had and old wireless router, old cat5e cables, and an old clear wireless modem running on 3G the WatchNow feature didn't work on the HR34/700 and downloading just about anything took HOURS sometimes an ENTIRE DAY depending on what it was, other features like pandora worked fine but watching YouTube content was torture because it's being buffered like crazy.
I know it doesn't seem like it would make a difference, but I bought a new high speed dual band gigabit router, switched to cat7 shielded cables to reduce EMI, and updated my clear wireless modem to 4G. I have to honestly say that the WatchNow feature FINALLY works, downloading movies and shows are lighting fast, the fast forward and reverse on the remote control has improved as well...I use to 3x's Fast forward on the HR21/200 but with the HR34/700 its so fast I had to change the setting to slow it down. But this is just my experience with having both the HR21/200 & HR34/700
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