DIRECTV Plus DVR (Lease)

by DIRECTV

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 13 pounds
• Shipping: This item can only be shipped to the 48 contiguous states. We regret it cannot be shipped to APO/FPO, Hawaii, Alaska, or Puerto Rico.
• ASIN: B000FA28RS
• Item model number: DWO2-10018
• Average Customer Review: 1.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (37 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #219,334 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)
  • #10 in Electronics > Televisions & Video > Satellite Television > Systems
• Date first available at Amazon.com: March 30, 2006

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

This is a leased product that requires a lease agreement with DIRECTV. As of 3/01/06, all DIRECTV products will be subject to a lease. Conditions of the lease include; an upfront lease fee (the amount will vary based on the product ordered) and a monthly lease fee on the second and each additional DIRECTV receiver per household. Please go to the FAQ section for complete details.

Enjoy unprecedented control over how you enjoy TV.

The DIRECTV Plus® DVR is without a doubt the easiest way to find, record, and replay TV programs. Pause and rewind live TV, record an entire season of your favorite series, or let the DIRECTV Plus® DVR make suggestions based on your viewing habits. Once you've used it, you'll never go back!

• Record up to 100 hours of DIRECTV programming
• Pause live TV and never miss a minute of your favorite show
• Create instant replays of live TV (now you can make the call)
• Use Series Link® to earmark your favorite show for recording (the DIRECTV Plus® DVR will track the show if it moves timeslots or even channels)
• Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound compatible

The DIRECTV Plus® DVR automatically gets daily programming updates. Choose new recordings two weeks before they air with 14 days of guide data. Connect the one room DIRECTV Plus® DVR System to your home entertainment system with a variety of inputs and outputs including: Composite, RF Coax, S-Video inputs and outputs.

Product Description

DIRECTV Plus DVR (Lease)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Embarrasing (I miss my TiVo), July 6, 2006

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J. N. Martin - See all my reviews
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This review is from: DIRECTV Plus DVR (Lease) (Electronics)

I like my alarm clock better than this thing...

Not well thought out, difficult to use, fast forward and rewind don't "jump" back to the point of pressing play (causing the viewer to miss 20 seconds of his program only to rewind to watch 10 seconds of commercial - why?), "Series Link" feature way too difficult to use (compared with TiVo's Season Pass), etc, etc, etc.

I have been a big fan of DirecTv up to this point - Too bad they made the decision to walk away from TiVo and force this dinosaur on their customers. I hope that the HD DVR will be a quantum leap forward.

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars horrible, June 1, 2006

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E. Boduch "I used to be a directv fan" (san francisco) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: DIRECTV Plus DVR (Lease) (Electronics)

This is a horrible product. We are on our third. The rewind doesn't work right. The whole system crashes often. Sometimes shows won't record. I could go on and on. I wish they would just ship me one of the old tivo's, they were so much better. It has gotten to the point where I am so annoyed about this product that I may go back to cable!

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Directv's DVR a miserable failure, April 30, 2006

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moseylissa "Mosey" (OR) - See all my reviews

This review is from: DIRECTV Plus DVR (Lease) (Electronics)

This Directv's first attempt at creating a dvr. Previously they used TiVO's technology and branded it with their name. We purchased one when our first dvr looked like it was failing and we've been sorry ever since. The software to run the dvr is overly complicated:
*It's hard to switch between favorite lists - requires about 5 steps.
*In a season pass, selecting only "first run" episodes makes no difference - they all record.
*Also in a season pass, the dvr will decide on it's own which episodes to record - and not inform you. For instance, it will record every practice, qualifying, Busch, trucks, and Sports Car broadcast, but not the actual Nextel Cup event itself.
*The delay between screens can be up to 10 seconds after pressing a button on the remote.
When calling for support on these issues, we've been told that they know about all its problems, that they're all software related, and that a fix will be at least 2 months in coming.
I don't know about Directv's other dvr, but we will be replacing this dvr with an older one that WORKS, shooting it with a couple .45 rounds, beating it with a sledge hammer, boxing it up, and sending it back to Directv.