How do I watch in 4K?

You have to have an HR54 Genie or HS17 Genie 2 to access the 4K channels and a C61K mini connected to the 4K TV to watch them, there is no addition charge for the 4K programing except for the PPV movies.

What are the models of each box you have? That way you know how much to upgrade or if there is anything you might lose with a 4K setup.

Here is the general info:

HR54 Genie on non 4K tv (Can connect to a 4K tv, but will not provide the 4K feed to it).

C61K Mini Genie Client (wired only at this time) on 4K tv.

Remember Client has no tuner of its own, uses 1 from the Genie.

4K tv must support HDCP 2.2, HDMI 2.0, and 60 FPS

DirecTV Installation, 4K tv must be there

Package Select or above as of 12/15/2016 (used to be only Ultimate or Premier). So only the Family package will not get 4K service at all.

At this time there are only a couple channels in 4K (plus a few PPVs).

Even if you have multiple C61K or RVU clients, only one tv can be using a 4K channel at a time.

Yes the Genie-2 (HS17) can be used instead of the HR54, but has some restrictions that require replacing every non-Client box you have making a big downgrade for many.