Direct TV DVR w/o Direct TV?

[capnspiff46]

My fiance and I recently obtained her father's old dvr w/ tivo (Hughes HR10-250).

And were wondering if it will hook up to regular cable for the tivo feature.

Any help would be great as I dont want to pay him for what wont be useful :)

[John T Smith]

You may play anything that is already recorded, but No DirecTV box of any kind will work without DirecTV service to record anything new

A DirecTV box does not contain a regular tuner... so it will only receive a DirecTV signal

[wolflord11]

Great answer by John.

You can watch any recorded show already on the unit, but apart from that, you can do nothing more.

[ADent]

You need to ask the question at the DirecTV HDTV TiVo Powered PVRs sub-forum ( http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/forumdisplay.php?f=36 ).

The HR10-250 contains an OTA tuner for HDTV. This will not work with most cable systems, but will work with an antenna. I don't think it will do anything w/o a DirecTV subscription - but the guys at the other sub-forum would know for sure.

[capnspiff46]

That is pretty much the reply I was expecting.

Thank you very much.

-Capn