Remotely viewing DirecTV dvr?

Carl n Susan wrote:

dedmiston wrote:
I thought I heard/saw an ad that said you could view your recorded programs remotely from your PC or mobile. I don't see any way to do this on the DirecTV website or app. Is this possible, or am I just imagining it?

Yes you can. I do it frequently. You need the DirecTV app installed on your device and then connect to your DVR on your home network (i.e. DVR and app on the same network). Using the app, look at the list of shows stored on the DVR and "download" them to your device. Now you can go anywhere (and not be connected to WiFi or your DVR) and watch the downloaded recordings.

This takes some pre-planning (although there are some auto-download settings to make it transparent) to work, but work it does.

And once again, you are talking about something different than the question asked. The question asked is viewing the content of the DVR remotely. The answer to that question is NO you cannot. You can download content and take it with you, but that is not the same as accessing the DVR remotely. If you're going to head out in the RV for a month, the download doesn't work well for you.