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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community Sep 6, 2006
Pros: Great quality recordings and it's awesome to be able to pause Live TV.
Cons: Lots of Glitches
Summary: About a year ago, we switched from Cable TV to Satelite TV.... After reviewing the different companies and packages, my husband decided to go with DirecTV. Originally we did not have the DVR option. About 3 months into our DirecTV contract my husband ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Aug 26, 2008
Pros: It is in English - other than that...........JUNK
Cons: WOW - to many to mention, avoid at all costs, go to Dish
Summary: I can't believe they allow these things out of the box, and expect customers to like them. Perhaps if it was your first DVR, you'd think it was cool. If however you have any sort of technical savy you realize VERY quickly what a joke this thing is. If ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Aug 8, 2008
Pros: It was inexpensive.
Cons: Frequent resets required, recording and reception problems, very slow to respond to remote control commands
Summary: Caveat emptor!! I originally received a DVR when a DirecTV system was installed in my home on February 12, 2007. The problems with my DVRs have been constant and pervasive, as documented below. 2 or 3 replacement DVRs were supplied by DirecTV after ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jun 6, 2008
Pros: was a good unit until recently
Cons: very temperamental device
Summary: I have owned an R15 box for maybe 2 years and have not had many problems with it. A few of the issues that are mentioned in other reviews have surfaced occasionally. Overall I think I got a pretty good unit, until recently. Just in the past week it has ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Apr 4, 2008
Pros: None
Cons: Bad interface, horrible people.
Summary: I had a DirecTV with TiVo--which said it could no longer make a phone call and would cease to work. I called DirecTV who sent out a repairman, replaced the TiVo I'd bought with this model, told me that I had to sign a new two-year contract. I found that ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Feb 1, 2008
Pros: Its a DVR!!!
Cons: Slow, freezes
Summary: I've been a Tivo fan and when directv got their own version of a dvr I was bummed but had to go with it due to the free upgrade. I have 4 different DVRs in my house and 2 are tivo. The tivo ones are much better and last longer. This R15 model has had ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Dec 27, 2007
Pros: As compared to other DVRs there are unfortunately no Possitives including the Color
Cons: Software issues, slow, freezes, doesn't record all programs, non-user friendly, poor record quality.
Summary: I have the DirecTV R-15. I've owned 4 of them. The first one locked up on a daily basis. It had to be reset multiple times a day. When you reset the unit, it takes a good few moments to reboot and then takes up to 36 hours to download the full ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Sep 22, 2007
Pros: Good, easy to use receiver for just watching live TV.
Cons: Search capabilities so limited that they are almost useless.
Summary: For the past month I had been using a DirecTV TiVo model R10 that I had purchased. Although it’s not perfect, I loved it. However, I had some issues with receiving local channels, and DirecTV said that there was nothing they could do from their end and ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jun 17, 2007
Pros: Hardware platform would be great (if it didn't have NDS software running on it).
Cons: Unstable and unreliable; multiple malfunction issues.
Summary: The R15 came after the DirecTV with TiVo (R10). The R10 made DirecTV a clear winner; the R15 has me thinking that cable or Dish Network might be a better choice. The user interface is OK, but is clumsy and clunky in comparison to TiVo. It has a few ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Mar 12, 2007
Pros: 100hrs of record time
Cons: Poorly-engineered. Period.
Summary: If I had to guess, DirecTV management is well aware of their mistake with regard to their current DVR equipment provider. The equipment they use now, the R15, is simply horrible. I've been a customer of theirs for 3-4 years now, and was extremely happy ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jan 25, 2007
Pros: It's a DVR, still better than watching commercials or live TV.
Cons: Unit performance is so incredibly poor and inconsistent, you'll find yourself begging for mercy.
Summary: I used to have a DirecTV Tivo unit, the R10. Unfortunately, it crapped out one day, so I went to the store to pick up this unit to replace it. The R15 is the first DVR offered by DirecTV that isn't based on Tivo, it is based on their own software, and ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Nov 13, 2006
Pros: I see none.
Cons: It doesn't work, period.
Summary: Being a software engineer myself, I am truly ashamed to see this misery made by my collegues from a company called NDS. R15 is -- let's put it mildly -- a disaster. Let's start from fast forwarding; the guys didn't figure the art of positioning in ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Oct 9, 2006
Pros: DVR technology is nice convenience.. when it works
Cons: Too many problems; unreliable operation
Summary: Back in January 2006, I finally decided get my first ever DVR and as a DirecTV customer took advantage of the rebate offer to basically get a free R15 unit. Now, I've never had a DVR before and not biased due to previous experience (i.e. TiVo). ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Aug 4, 2006
Pros: Digitally recording TV shows (up to two shows), pausing live TV
Cons: Difficult remote, fast forward feature subpar, poor performance of the unit
Summary: Let me say that if you have never experienced a digital video recorder (DVR) and obtain this unit - you will be somewhat satisfied. Being able to digitally record and pause programs is an important step to watching the television YOU want to watch ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jul 30, 2006
Pros: Pause live TV. Record series. Basic DVR functionality.
Cons: S.L.O.W. Misses recording. Can't distinguish between first run and repeats.
Summary: It turns out we were definitely spoiled by our TiVo powered DVR (a Samsung). When it died, our only option for replacement was an R15 - DirecTv's first attempt at making their own, non-TiVo DVR. Alas, I'm putting a review here since we're trying to ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jul 21, 2006
Pros: 100 hour recording; no telephone connection required
Cons: slowness; confusing interface; unreliable scheduling; cannot switch between tuners
Summary: If a small group of inexperienced developers had a month to design a DVR from scratch, I believe they would come up with a machine like the R15. It gives the impression that deadlines had to be met and quality was of minimal concern. How else do you ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
May 12, 2006
Pros: Easy setup, quiet operation
Cons: Cannot autotune, no digital outs, guide text is small.
Summary: This is the first DVR that I have owned and we got it as a "bonus" from DirecTV. We had switched from Dish Network because we got a better deal financially, and the DVR was thrown in with the package. This unit is capable of recording while you are ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jan 16, 2006
Pros: Caller ID. Large hard drive
Cons: Terrible Interface. Not Intuitive. Vastly Interior to TIVO
Summary: I have had DirecTV Tivo for several years (on a Samsung box we bought from DirectTV) and we loved it. The interface was so easy and intuitive. We decided to buy an R-15 for our den (we wanted the new features like the larger hard drive and caller ID) ... read more
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Not rated yet by the Epinions community Mar 8, 2012
Pros: NONE! Have nothing good to write about this DVR
Cons: That I wasted $99!
Summary: Purchased replacement R15 from DTV for $99 .... with 2 year commitment BIG MISTAKE!!!!!!!!!! Never had a problem with TIVO DVR doesn't work more 10 ft (line of sight) with RF Remotes. Tried 2 different RF remotes ........same
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Rated Show by the Epinions community Feb 22, 2008
Pros: None
Cons: DVR doesn't work. I had 4 (!) fail on me in under a year.
Summary: I was a happy DirecTV customer for a long time. Then I received this DVR as a "replacement" for an R10 DVR I purchased at Best Buy. This DVR never worked from Day 1, and DirecTV scammed me into another two year contract to boot. I was told over the
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