Remotely viewing DirecTV dvr?

Rustycamperpants wrote:

msmith1199 wrote:

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.

Not true, yes you can watch Direct TV on a moble device and leave your DVR (Genie) at home IF you have ATT wireless service. There is no charge at all for data usage either as I have done it on three phones and three Ipads. My kids watch TV often while we are driving on thier devices and it costs me NOTHING. With ATT wireless you can watch your recorded shows AND live TV. I am speaking from experience. No Kidding. :)

NOOOOOO!!! What I said was true. Yes, you can watch Directv LIVE remotely. What you can't do is watch what you have recorded on your DVR remotely! You can download it to your mobile device and take it with you, but if you are not at home on the same netword as your DVR you CANNOT watch the recorded programs on your DVR.