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Old 11-05-2007, 05:03 PM
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Originally Posted by agentorange View Post
I don't know for certain on using it as a PVR for your basic cable, but I would be willing to bet 100:1 that you can't use it for anything but DN. And no, you can't just replace your existing leased receiver you have to call DN first.
Thanks for the response. I searched a bit more after I posted here, and it seems you are correct: The DVR functionality is only for DN. The technical justification for this is the lack of an encoding circuit. It basically just captures the video stream off the satellite.
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