Directv Genie and RV

I just did exactly what you're asking about, so I can tell you how it works. We got the Genie system and a new dvr. We have 4 boxes in the house but only mainly use two. They took my old dvr and put it in the bedroom, so I can access the main Genie from there and also record 2 more channels in that room and I can access that room from the main unit. The one box I want to take out in the rv (a spare bedroom) cannot be a genie unit so they had to leave one of my original boxes, I take that one out and have used it once already and it works ok, but that box has no access to the Genie box but will get all my regular channels by itself, whether at home or in the rv. We don't have HD in the rv so its just a regular box. When I take it to the rv I have to go to the setup menu and reset it for the antenna out there but it only takes a minute.

Bottom line, if I had it to do over I think I'd NOT get the genie system unless you really need to record more than two at a time and want to watch your recordings from another room. No advantage other than that that I can see. They also gave me a small box to enable downloading of movies over my wifi but we have Netflix so I don't even use it. I only installed all the stuff because all the equipment was free and the charge is only $3/month extra.