Anyone have the Genie from DTV

[barlowd]

Who is the chick on the genie commercial?

[MikeLucky]

Mac, I saw somewhere they were going to add the ability to watch Youtube videos and listen to Pandora on this with a software update. Has that happened yet?

it wouldn't surprise me... the Hopper has a "apps" feature as well. Pandora is in there, but no youtube yet. I would imagine both of them will get updates over time.

[macdaddybuff]

Mac, I saw somewhere they were going to add the ability to watch Youtube videos and listen to Pandora on this with a software update. Has that happened yet?

sorry did not see your reply let me look. I have a vizo co star that I do that on so normally would not use the genie for that. The co star does so much more and it flippng rocks..
Yup it does

[MikeLucky]

sorry did not see your reply let me look. I have a vizo co star that I do that on so normally would not use the genie for that. The co star does so much more and it flippng rocks..
Yup it does

I just bought a Netgear NeoTV for my master bedroom to use for Pandora and other streaming options as well.

[CobraKai]

iCarly had its series finale in 2012 so you can delete that from the ol' dvr. 'Lessens you wanting to record repeats.

That was probably a bad example. They record all of those stupid Disney/Nick kid's series.

[SoonerDude]

I have 2 Roku boxes in my house and still can't believe they don't have an official Youtube app for it yet. The new Time-Warner cable deal for Roku is pretty cool for people in Time-Warner Cable areas.

[macdaddybuff]

If roku had Google Play movies would of def went that route. I like how cheap it is and all the things it can do.

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[CobraKai]

I got my 12 year old daughter a Roku for Christmas. She told me last night she never watches regular TV anymore. I have a media server with quite a bit of content, plus Netflix, Crackle, etc.

[Sooner Bob]

I got my 12 year old daughter a Roku for Christmas. She told me last night she never watches regular TV anymore. I have a media server with quite a bit of content, plus Netflix, Crackle, etc.

I bought a Roku and then not long afterwards got a PS3. Now I don't even use the Roku.

With an antenna, a roku or other device and various apps I think folks could live without cable . . .

[MikeLucky]

I have 2 Roku boxes in my house and still can't believe they don't have an official Youtube app for it yet. The new Time-Warner cable deal for Roku is pretty cool for people in Time-Warner Cable areas.

I was set to get a Roku but the NeoTV was cheaper and seemed to have more options AND a full qwerty keyboard on the back of the remote... Although, with everything it DOES have, they still don't have a deal with HBOGo. lol. But, I imagine all that stuff is fluid and could change as new agreements are made.

I really got it for a stable, dedicated Pandora stream for my master bedroom setup, which is where my whole-home system is run from, so the NeoTV definitely works great for that.

[CobraKai]

I bought a Roku and then not long afterwards got a PS3. Now I don't even use the Roku.

With an antenna, a roku or other device and various apps I think folks could live without cable . . .

I have a buddy that is completely "off the grid" now. He uses the combination of an HD Homerun, HD Antennae, Hulu Plus, Vudu, Netflix, Plex Home Media Server, etc to stream 100% of his TV content, all in HD.

[RockFlagandEagle]

Thinking about calling to cancel my DirecTV. When they ask why, going to say switching to THA HOPPA! (just like that as I sit in my Puma wind suit). Do you think they would then offer me a Genie?

[Sooners2007]

Another reason why I love this new smart TV! Has all the sweet apps built in, I don't even use the hopper apps anymore. DLNA to stream/play the stuff on other computers or server in the house too!

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[PokeJ]

Surely VUGear has some pictures of the Genie model in a compromising postion?

[LASooner]

I had been using Windows Media Center since 2008 as my main DVR. I love it and would still be using it today if I could.

We just moved to a house that uses Allegiance Cable out of Shawnee. Their CableTV would not work with my QAM tuner I already had (It only found a handful of their stations). So I bought a dual tuner cablecard tuner for my PC. Their techs brought out 2 different cablecards and never could get them to activate. Spent hours on the phone with their tech support and they determined their system wasn't compatible with a PC based cablecard tuner.

That's bull**** dude, cablecards are universal, if they work with a TV or Tivo, they'll work with PC cablecard. Cable companies just don't know how to set them up. You can file a report with the FCC and light a fire under their butts. If you get the Ceton InfiniTV you can record 4 shows at once from a cablecard. They're supposed to be shipping a 6 tuner version sometime in the next year. I love my Mediacenters, I have one on each TV in the house.

[Sooner Bob]

Thinking about calling to cancel my DirecTV. When they ask why, going to say switching to THA HOPPA! (just like that as I sit in my Puma wind suit). Do you think they would then offer me a Genie?

Nope . . . . at least not unless you're willing to pay for it and extend your contract.

[Sooner Bob]

I have a buddy that is completely "off the grid" now. He uses the combination of an HD Homerun, HD Antennae, Hulu Plus, Vudu, Netflix, Plex Home Media Server, etc to stream 100% of his TV content, all in HD.

Including sports? I could probably do that too if I could get ESPN, Fox Sports Net, etc.

[Sooners2007]

That's bull**** dude, cablecards are universal, if they work with a TV or Tivo, they'll work with PC cablecard. Cable companies just don't know how to set them up. You can file a report with the FCC and light a fire under their butts. If you get the Ceton InfiniTV you can record 4 shows at once from a cablecard. They're supposed to be shipping a 6 tuner version sometime in the next year. I love my Mediacenters, I have one on each TV in the house.

Elaborate on your setup if you don't mind...


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[Sooner Bob]

That's bull**** dude, cablecards are universal, if they work with a TV or Tivo, they'll work with PC cablecard. Cable companies just don't know how to set them up. You can file a report with the FCC and light a fire under their butts. If you get the Ceton InfiniTV you can record 4 shows at once from a cablecard. They're supposed to be shipping a 6 tuner version sometime in the next year. I love my Mediacenters, I have one on each TV in the house.

Do most cable companies provide the cablecards that are required to use PCI devices like the InfiniTV?

[SoonerDude]

That's bull**** dude, cablecards are universal, if they work with a TV or Tivo, they'll work with PC cablecard. Cable companies just don't know how to set them up. You can file a report with the FCC and light a fire under their butts. If you get the Ceton InfiniTV you can record 4 shows at once from a cablecard. They're supposed to be shipping a 6 tuner version sometime in the next year. I love my Mediacenters, I have one on each TV in the house.

This is a rural cable company, the FCC is always more lenient on the small town cable and telephone companies because of their limited resources. They only send techs out M-F 8am - 5pm. I had to miss work to try to get this working the first time, and with their idiotic techs, I'd likely have to take more time off until they finally got it working. Not worth it to me. Their internet is horribad too so I'm just canceling all of their services.

[caldie]

I called Direct last night to tell them I was switching to Dish. They dropped my bill $25/month for the same programming plus gave me the genie for free plus a 2nd HD receiver for free. Could have done better switching to Dish outright but I prefer Direct and like having access to Sunday Ticket.

[Bk2X]

I dropped DirecTV back in July and got Dish. I like the Hopper setup and I most definitely love the sling adapter but DTV offered me 700 dollars in credits to switch back yesterday. I turned it down because they still can't stream live sports or any channels I watch for that matter outside of LAN.

Obviously, I could buy a Vulkano or the full Slingbox but it's the principle of it...

[dathan-alley]

That's bull**** dude, cablecards are universal, if they work with a TV or Tivo, they'll work with PC cablecard. Cable companies just don't know how to set them up. You can file a report with the FCC and light a fire under their butts. If you get the Ceton InfiniTV you can record 4 shows at once from a cablecard. They're supposed to be shipping a 6 tuner version sometime in the next year. I love my Mediacenters, I have one on each TV in the house.

I also have Allegiance Communications. I live in Ft Gibson, OK, and Allegiance Communications is giving me the run around while I am trying to get their cable card paired with my Ceton Infinitv4 USB. Do you have any advice?

[LASooner]

I also have Allegiance Communications. I live in Ft Gibson, OK, and Allegiance Communications is giving me the run around while I am trying to get their cable card paired with my Ceton Infinitv4 USB. Do you have any advice?

Contact Ceton

[OUn8v]

Allegiance sucks....big time !! I've thought about satellite internet. I have had DISH and Allegiance Cable....now with DIRECTV and liking it.

[CrimsonHeaven]

Directv Genie
Thoughts?
Do you like it?
Getting mine tomorrow.

I like the concept and when it works it is great. The recording possibilities are virtually endless. However, we have been completely losing the satellite signal for hours or minutes at a time since we had it installed. Directv has continued to issue their standard set of excuses, the last being solar flares.

[bJ0]

i have genie as well as cox's whole house dvr. cox cuts out (mosaics, etc) 1000x more than dtv. its funny, when cable gets ****ty, i switch to satellite. whoulda thunk it?

[SoonerDude]

Allegiance sucks....big time !! I've thought about satellite internet. I have had DISH and Allegiance Cable....now with DIRECTV and liking it.

Yep, they suck bad. Back when it was still Charter it was really good. My internet speeds were great. No clue why they sold to Allegiance in Oklahoma. Allegiance has run the service into the ground. I'll be switching my internet back to Dobson soon.

[barlowd]

So does anyone know who the Genie chick is?

[OUMallen]

I love the genie.

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