Product Description

DIRECTV Receivers are designed from the bottom up to deliver unrivaled TV enjoyment. Whether you choose the standard model, HD, DVR or the state-of-the-art DIRECTV Plus® HD DVR, you'll experience 100-percent digital TV with features that give you maximum convenience and flexibility.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #21388 in Consumer Electronics
• Brand: DIRECTV
• Model: R22

Features

• Pause and rewind live TV for up to 90 minutes
• Record up to 100 hours of standard definition programming on the built-in DVR
• Dual tuners let you record 2 shows simultaneously or watch one while recording the other

Customer Reviews

DirecTV are Thieves!!! BEWARE!!!
I bought this unit thinking that I could do away with my $5/mo lease fee. It turns out, the lease is for the card that goes in the box, not the box itself. It gets worse... much worse! I have had DirecTV for 4.5 years now, and I have had nothing but problems. I paid for HD for over 2 years, had people out here trying to fix things, and never really got my HD channels. They always lost signal. Since I am very busy, I just kept paying for the service for far too long. Finally, I figured, I'll get rid of the HD, since it doesn't work, and I'll get a DVR. What a mistake! I called and put on the DVR service back in April, and they never told me that by activating the box, I was agreeing to a 2 YEAR CONTRACT! I called today after many years of disappointing service from DirecTV to cancel my service, and they told me that I am under contract until April 2011. I told them that I never signed anything and was never told about this, and they said that it would be in my purchase agreement from Amazon. Look around... I don't see anything! On top of that, they said that I will have to send them the receiver I just purchased. They said that it is theirs, and that all I paid for was a lease agreement. So, if you buy this thing, you are purchasing the right to a two year contract with DirecTV, and after your two years are up (and hopefully you are smarter than me and cancel your service) you can give your receiver to them, or pay a $200 recover fee. What a racket!

STAY AWAY FROM DIRECTV!!!

Great Fit
I've had this 3 months
No problems to note in official features or functions
The officially unsupported media share feature is great but a bit glitchy but that's why it is unsupported.
I'm thinking about getting a second unit this one can record on demand, and 2 other sat channels at the same time. I want even more during news hour.

It's not HD, but it'll work
It's not the box that I thought it was, but it's still a good box. I could only wish that I had purchased the one that I thought (HR22) not the R22. Oh well...