A Few DirecTV Questions

[jamf]

Originally Posted by cpayne5

I'm already a DirecTV customer and I love it. I like it a lot better than my sister in law's Dish system.

I don't have any of my current receivers hooked up to phone lines at the moment, and everything works OK (my Tivo nags me once a day, but going on 800 days w/ that, so no big deal). I'm just hoping that the HD receiver doesn't need to connect to initialize itself.

The newer HDDVR receiver( i think its the HR20?) don't require a telephone line.
I had mine installed just before football season and asked the installer, the Installer said only the TIVO receivers need to be connected to a phone line.

Also, The new receiver will allow you to get the new HD channels. The older TIVO DVR isn't compatible with the new satellite.