Suspending DirecTV but keeping DirectTiVo HD... guide data?

[isbellHFh]

Okay, so after putting it off for years, I've gotten to the point where I'm going to suspend my DirecTV account.

I have a TiVo HD that I use for almost all of my over-the-air HD and once you subtract that out, I could really just save the $65 / month I pay to them and pay for the few non OTA shows I halfway care about via iTunes/AppleTV or buy seasons on DVD and still come out way ahead.

My question is: if I shut down DirecTV, will my HR-250 still get guide data for the OTA channels so I can use it to record OTA shows if I wish, or will it become useless?

I'm pretty sure I used to know the answer to this, but apparently I'm getting old and my search fu is as poor as my memory.

[TonyTheTiger]

It will work as an OTA receiver only, no record capabilities without the sub to D*. Not sure about the guide data, but I suspect you won't have any luck there, either.

I think you'll still have pause and skip, but that's about all. I don't have OTA here, so I'm sure someone else will chime in if I'm wrong.

[Da Goon]

you'll get guide data and you can buffer/ffw/rw live (OTA) tv, but that's it.

[isbellHFh]

Thanks, folks.

I guess I'll keep it around for guests who want to watch something while both recorders on the TiVo HD happen to be recording something else.

[hiker]

Has anyone with a DirecTiVo HD that is suspended tried to use the manual record by time and channel?

The reason I ask is that I have an old S2 standalone TiVo with closed TiVo account status running v7.3.1 software and I can use the manual record by time and channel. Of course I don't get guide data but I was surprised to see I could at least use it like a VCR.

[KSbugeater]

Has anyone with a DirecTiVo HD that is suspended tried to use the manual record by time and channel?

I've not tried it myself, but others have said that recording is disabled.