Mine is the HR24-200 model manufactured by Samsung. You may not know that 4 different companies manufacture these to keep up with demand. The HR24-500 has a rear fan to aid in cooling. The 100, 200, and 700 do not. The 200 and 500 have both optical and coaxial 5.1 audio connections, the 100 and 700 only have the coaxial connector. I would think the 500 model manufactured by the old Hughes company would be the best. Here is a breakdown on the different companies manufacturing Directv boxes:
-100 Thomson (mfg the HR24)
-200 Samsung (mfg the HR24)
-300 Philips
-400 Hughes
-500 Humax (mfg the HR24)
-600 LG
-700 Pace (mfg the HR24)
-800 NEC
Now for my review. Yes I know they are leased, so I`m not going to ramble on about being "ripped off". I `ve been a subscriber since 2004, so it`s not an issue for me. I leased my directly from Diretv for $99 plus tax after asking them for a "good customer" discount. The installer arrived the next day and swapped out my dish with a Slimline 3LNB. It had to be installed on the corner of my home on a pole due to the higher wind load of the larger dish. Other installers may want to put it on your roof with addition braces, I declined that option. Since I had a legacy installation, mine was connected using 2 leads with the B-Band converters. If you have any barrel connectors connecting different lengths of cable it is IMPERATIVE you use the BLUE centered ones designed for HD. Also RG-6 cable is required. After all was hooked up, the problems started. Pixelation, some channels working, some not. The box was reset, and all seemed fine, until the installer left. Some shows recorded that night did not. I had a "searching for signal 1 (771)" error. These were random, some were "signal 2", and others recorded, but were completely pixelated. The box would work fine one day, only to completely screw up the next. After 3 return trips by the installer, the box was replaced. Problem solved, no further issues. I can`t compare the speed to the HR20-23`s, but compared to my 2 R15-500`s standard defs, they are SUPER fast! All in all very happy with the quality of the picture, and overall function of the box.
by: RSR
-100 Thomson (mfg the HR24)
-200 Samsung (mfg the HR24)
-300 Philips
-400 Hughes
-500 Humax (mfg the HR24)
-600 LG
-700 Pace (mfg the HR24)
-800 NEC
Now for my review. Yes I know they are leased, so I`m not going to ramble on about being "ripped off". I `ve been a subscriber since 2004, so it`s not an issue for me. I leased my directly from Diretv for $99 plus tax after asking them for a "good customer" discount. The installer arrived the next day and swapped out my dish with a Slimline 3LNB. It had to be installed on the corner of my home on a pole due to the higher wind load of the larger dish. Other installers may want to put it on your roof with addition braces, I declined that option. Since I had a legacy installation, mine was connected using 2 leads with the B-Band converters. If you have any barrel connectors connecting different lengths of cable it is IMPERATIVE you use the BLUE centered ones designed for HD. Also RG-6 cable is required. After all was hooked up, the problems started. Pixelation, some channels working, some not. The box was reset, and all seemed fine, until the installer left. Some shows recorded that night did not. I had a "searching for signal 1 (771)" error. These were random, some were "signal 2", and others recorded, but were completely pixelated. The box would work fine one day, only to completely screw up the next. After 3 return trips by the installer, the box was replaced. Problem solved, no further issues. I can`t compare the speed to the HR20-23`s, but compared to my 2 R15-500`s standard defs, they are SUPER fast! All in all very happy with the quality of the picture, and overall function of the box.
by: RSR
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