Is this an owned or a leased unit? I do not want to have to pay the $6/mo fee so this unit have a RID that checks out with directv?
1538216
Although you purchase the hardware, DirecTV still considers it a "lease" - and when activated, they will extend out your contract an additional two years - you will need to pay them the $6/mo fee to enable the service to these boxes.
1538217
Leased unit. I have found over the years that these thing always fail at some point. So thats the way it is when there is no real competion in the market.
1538218
I own the unit as I purchased it on Amazon BUT, DirecTV will charge you the monthly fee of $6 to use it. When they installed the Genie, they gave me one unit free plus the monthly charge for a remote client. I wanted to add another client in a guest room so I bought one but DirecTV had to come install it (they have to turn on the clients for you) and then added the additional $6 a month for the usage. Yes, it's a rip off in the first degree. I could not find a work around. I installed it and when I went to add an additional client, the message said I was not authorized to have more than one client on the system. Call Customer Support for assistance. Now you know that they "gotcha". still cheaper to buy your own from Amazon than from DTV. Hope this helps. J.
1538219
well to much suprise. DirectTV claims that they are not for sale to the general public and if you purchase them and try to activate, they claim ownership of it. If at any point you cancel your service, they want the unit back. So really all you are doing is saving money from purchasing here vs buying from them. And they also put you back into a 2 year commitment....which is total bull.
1538220
It is a leased receiver as all directv equipment is and there is $6/month fee.
842216
No, the account is not delinquent but it's not a new receiver and you will have to get a new access card. I bought receivers before but this is the first time that I had to replace the access card. The last time Directv used the card that was in the receiver and just reprogrammed it.
1092166
Yes. I am also wiring for Directv. They require RG6, which this is. Have fun!
734922
The client boxes don't need or use an access card. Directv still charges $6 a month for clients just as they do for additional receivers on any account. You have to have a hr34 or hr44 genie server for these to work as they are not stand alone receivers. Hope this helps.
1147028
You may have to pay to rent a "cable card" to use it on the system (I have verizon and have to rent a card) Also, you might lose other features. For me, I can't get "on demand" movies. I don't pay a few for using the box other than the card. Also, I got a WI-FI router "free" because I did not need their box. I do have to pay TiVo. $15/month
2158466
Ours had some basic instructions included, but we actually hired a man who works for Directv to come out and set it all up and make sure everything was working right. He only charged $75 and it was worth it.
243887
The HR34 "Genie" comes with the DirecTV access card. The unit must be activated to your account as an additional receiver ($6/month) and cannot be connected to an HR21 DVR. You can certainly deactivate the HR21, but if it's a leased unit DirecTV will require you to return it.
1671753
This fee thing seems to bother a lot of people. Look, it's like two cents per hour. Stack that $14.99 monthly charge against a $50 or $100 or $200 per month cable bill. I think the taxes alone on my cable bill are more than the TiVo subscription. When I was last talking to Comcast, the rep noticed I had a TiVo and asked me if I liked paying a monthly subscription. I told him that monthly subscriptions annoy me and that the cable company (the guy I was talking to) charged me far more than TiVo. He agreed that the Comcast bill was far larger than the Tivo bill. It's all relative.
967650
Sorry, it's at my cabin in N.C. and probably won't be up there before Christmas. For any you are looking at, they should be able to give you the ID#, then just call Directv and they will tell you if it is programmable. and yes, I learned by getting one then finding out it was still an "active" receiver and could not be programmed.
621590
I don't know about Directv but The Dish network has CC built into their receiver. look in your setup menus.
741576
Yes, contact Directv with the s/n and they can tell you if it is available for reactivation
75349
First you need the serial # of the box, then you need to call DirecTV (verify it can be used, if it's owned, deactivated & account in good standing) & don't be satisfied with the info they give you (it's unreliable, from personal experience). Ask to be transferred to the access card department (to verify the same info).
2005119
It depends on if the receiver is leased out or not. If it is under a lease to another customer then no u can't use it. just call directv and give then the number on the back of receiver and they will tell u if its useable .
2283447
I purchased an extra DirecTV remote for around $8 -- it works fine with this unit. I didn't NEED another one, but I didn't want to have play "find the remote."
228638
Depends on if there is a special going on or not, but mine is standard $14.99 month or u can pay a year up front. I would definitely by the tivo off here. My 1st one im leasing and it was $150+ to get it. Then I got smart and when I put a 2nd one in the house, I just bought it off here. I wish I would have known better! Good luck
136516
I just did this same thing. Canceled my "standard" cable and kept BASIC for now. It will save me $60 a month. They tried like hell to get me to keep what I had or get a package. They must be desperate to REALLY push like that.
1048100
No, unfortunately Directv requires a 2 year agreement for any service they offer. There is a rumor that if you buy a receiver and persistently ask Directv to activate the service with no promotion, that eventually they will do it. Officially though, you need to a sign a 2 year agreement. You can put it in "hibernation" which means you can deactivate it seasonally but you need to ultimately pay for 24 months of service.