Need feedback on newest DTV Tivo Units

1. Two tuners, just like the HR22 HD DVR that the THR22 HD Tivo is based upon.
2. It's just like the HR10-250 Tivo (Series 2) interface.
3. Folks that have the THR22 don't complain about its speed.
4. Same old features.
5. No comparison with the Genie DVRs (HR34/HR44). Those have 1TB hard drive, 5 tuners, and support newer DirecTV services like RVU clients, Whole Home DVR sharing, and more.

 

I would certainly recommend the Genie DVR over the Tivos. But you'll find other opinions, too. Unless you're truly wed to the Tivo user interface, there are numerous benefits to the Genie DVR -- 1TB recording capacity, 5 satellite tuners, Whole Home DVR sharing, internet features (YouTube, Pandora, etc), and more.

 

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Agreed.

After living with the THR22 for 2.5 years, I got a Genie and couldn't be happier. Yes, on occasion, I miss the 'badoop, badoop badoop', but overall, considerably happier.

 

I have both boxes - a THR22 for my wife and an HR44 Genie for me. The THR22 works fine as an HR10 experience. If that's ok with you, it's a good choice, though you'll pay $5/month extra for the privilege. I like the 5 tuners, better search and network features of the Genie.

 

Returned to DirecTV on 9/26/2013 (was OTA with Premiere since January). Got their Genie but just could not get used to the UI and especially their guide display (yes, I am old and set in my ways). DirecTV swapped it for the THR22 for $0 and now am happy.
Yes, it is the "old fashioned" TiVo interface but the box does exactly what I want/need (plus no cost downloads from SHO, HBO, etc. which I never had before) although slower than the Genie downloaded.

I have just 1 HD TV thus no use for multi-room viewing feature. Found only 1 conflict when setting up my SP's (which my OTA Premiere w/Lifetime easily addressed). Got the $5/month TiVo fee waived (with some effort) since I had Lifetime with the original DirecTv-TiVo DVR's years ago. 1st year monthly bill is $25 (doubles for 2nd year but that's the way the system works).

Have no interest in Pandora, youTube, etc. Search function (when used setting up SP's) works OK for me, sorta slow as mentioned above.

My 2 cents.....

 

Well, not really "no cost". Does require subscription to those premium channels to use their OnDemand downloads.

 

As new/returning customer, got premium channels free for 3 months. So downloading back episodes of series that I missed when OTA. Seems this promotion is pretty standard with DirecTV (as is SOP with many subscription vendors, they hope you forget to call and cancel at 90 day point).

Also got $100 off by using the Refer-a-Friend offer from another TCF member.