DirecTV HR44 Genie Receiver
The HR44 features that we like are: 5 channel recording, picture in picture, extremely fast Guide and Manage Recording operations and enhanced Seach operation (vs the HR24). WiFi Internet access (this is NOT the WiFi connection to the C41W remote Genie Mini) for Pandora Radio, YouTube Videos and DirecTV On Demand. We keep our HR24 receiver and plan to return it when we’ve watched all of shows recorded on it. We were surprised that all of the HR24 recorded shows were displayed in the HR44 Manage Recordings which is also used to view the HR24 recorded shows.
We are very satisfied with the HR44. We found the RC71 Genie remote easy to use and no problems switching from the HR24 RC65RBX remote. I thought that the new Genie remote was RF only but it turns our IR TV on/off and it uses the Enter key to change the TV Input for example. The HR44 is small and light and should be more reliable with the external power supply. It contains a 1TB hard drive which allows for 200 hours of HD recording.
I asked our S&B installer a lot of questions related to the HR44, C41 and C41W (Genie Mini) operation and reliability and questions that are also related to using the HR44 in the MH. I’ll post more later but in summary: There are no hardware/software problems in the current versions and the C41W which uses a Video Bridge and WiFi is reliable, does not interfere with other WiFi equipment IF installed correctly. For reference the Genie hardware requires a SWM satellite dish.
The HR44 does not have a internet browser capability with the current software. But it does interact with the internet and it seems obvious to me that some type of browser would be possible.
I started this thread to share information on the HR44 and Genie.
We are very satisfied with the HR44. We found the RC71 Genie remote easy to use and no problems switching from the HR24 RC65RBX remote. I thought that the new Genie remote was RF only but it turns our IR TV on/off and it uses the Enter key to change the TV Input for example. The HR44 is small and light and should be more reliable with the external power supply. It contains a 1TB hard drive which allows for 200 hours of HD recording.
I asked our S&B installer a lot of questions related to the HR44, C41 and C41W (Genie Mini) operation and reliability and questions that are also related to using the HR44 in the MH. I’ll post more later but in summary: There are no hardware/software problems in the current versions and the C41W which uses a Video Bridge and WiFi is reliable, does not interfere with other WiFi equipment IF installed correctly. For reference the Genie hardware requires a SWM satellite dish.
The HR44 does not have a internet browser capability with the current software. But it does interact with the internet and it seems obvious to me that some type of browser would be possible.
I started this thread to share information on the HR44 and Genie.
