Will this product descramble premium HD channels from Directv satellite?
291999
No. It is a great OTA tuner (2 of them) that record in HD. It does have inputs for other devices such as a satellite receiver BUT those are pass through to the TV. You can't record the other inputs.
88604
No because of copyright laws and industry restrictions - this will not happen on a device that writes to portable recording media (DVD, Blu-ray, etc). The idea being - as I understand it - to restrict/reduce/eliminate anything but streaming media to consumers. Your satellite, cable, etc PVR/DVR's that have hard drives only - encrypt that data at rest on the hard drive. Your DVR/PVR HDMI output signal checks to see if the receiving device is DMCP - digital media copyright protection compliant - and these devices will not be compliant as the industry and law are currently. I would recommend AVS forums for any indepth discussion of this subject. This is very high level - and I'm not an expert.
1132594
Does this unit copy TV programs from the networks as the dvr from my cable provider? If so, is the capability equal to the cable provided units?
1394699
No. However, my DirecTv HD-DVR allows for the recording of multiple programs while watching another channel. I would think yours does too.
2117843
No. I have three of these. I bought my last one two months ago. I wouldn't recommend these to anyone. I have to keep pressing the buttons hard to get it to work. All the money I spent on these cheap ones, I could have used to buy one from Directv.
741576
Yes, contact Directv with the s/n and they can tell you if it is available for reactivation
1979119
Yes it will. The receiver is the main part you need to bring in the HD signals.
821522
No, unless you have certain Samsung or Sony TV with RVU technology. https://support.directv.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/3992
1677249
It works with my DirectTV Satellite Receiver. I cannot get high definition but thats because of the antenna not the control center. One of these days I will upgrade my satellite dish to high def.
2174163
you have to use the code provided by URC. It will be relatively easy. Just make sure the DirecTv remote isn't in RF mode.
1045106
sorry I don't know if it will or not I'm using it with a DirecTV satellite dish
1410301
It will automatically level but make sure to put it in a location where it will not be disturbed. It gets all DIRECTV satellites except the HD channels.
3590
No. Because the DVD content has Macrovision protection even through HDMI, unless you can find a switcher box to remove the encryption.
103442
What they said. It's not hard to do, but a necessity if you want to utilize the HD capabilities of your satellite receiver (assuming it is a High Definition receiver).
288574
Will not work with HD receiver boxes. We had to dig out a very old box In order to get it to work.
1320152
Not sure I checked with directv before I bought dish to make sure it worked with my box. Some of the newer dvr HD boxes wont work as per directv, just double check with directv before you buy it.
1520773
There are codes in the instruction booklet for direct tv so I would suppose it would work just like it does for my cable box.