http://hd.engadget.com/2008/03/17/a-first-look-at-the-directv-am21/ Engadget HD Comments for A first look at the DirecTV AM21 http://hd.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://hd.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2010 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/03/17/a-first-look-at-the-directv-am21/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/03/17/a-first-look-at-the-directv-am21/Mar 17th 2008 9:56PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/03/17/a-first-look-at-the-directv-am21/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/03/17/a-first-look-at-the-directv-am21/Mar 17th 2008 10:10PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/03/17/a-first-look-at-the-directv-am21/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/03/17/a-first-look-at-the-directv-am21/Mar 17th 2008 11:57PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/03/17/a-first-look-at-the-directv-am21/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/03/17/a-first-look-at-the-directv-am21/Mar 18th 2008 1:10AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/03/17/a-first-look-at-the-directv-am21/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/03/17/a-first-look-at-the-directv-am21/Mar 18th 2008 1:31AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/03/17/a-first-look-at-the-directv-am21/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/03/17/a-first-look-at-the-directv-am21/Mar 18th 2008 9:40AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/03/17/a-first-look-at-the-directv-am21/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/03/17/a-first-look-at-the-directv-am21/As for the "monthly fee"... you would pay that fee, if you owned the equipment too... it is called a mirroring fee in that case. So you could pay the $199 lease amount... with the $4.99 monthly fee (noted as LEASE fee on your bill)... or you could pay the $499 to own amount for the receiver, and pay the $4.99 monthly mirroring fee...

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When the HR20 was first introduced it was $299.
Since then the HR21 was released.... and now the price is down to $199

The HR20 are no longer being produced... and after the AM21 is released to market, the HR20 will only be issued by DirecTV as a direct replacement to HR20's that are having issues.

Why it seperate? The cost factor... ~$60 to include the ATSC equipment in the DVR.

With DirecTV now having HD coverage via SAT in over 70 markets (with the majority having the big 4, not all ... but most).... there is a SIGNIFICANT population that do not need, nor want ATSC tuning.

For Example... MDU installations, often don't have support for ATSC/OTA....
The savings for DirecTV and ultimately the customers not having to pay for that unneeded equipment in the box.

And this then gives those customers that want that feature, the option to have it.

So they had two choices:
1) Increase the cost of the HR21 to all customers regardless if they needed ATSC or NOT
2) Lower the cost of the HR21, and offer an add-on box so only those that want the additional features, can obtain it.

]]>Mar 18th 2008 10:20AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/03/17/a-first-look-at-the-directv-am21/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/03/17/a-first-look-at-the-directv-am21/As for the "monthly fee"... you would pay that fee, if you owned the equipment too... it is called a mirroring fee in that case. So you could pay the $199 lease amount... with the $4.99 monthly fee (noted as LEASE fee on your bill)... or you could pay the $499 to own amount for the receiver, and pay the $4.99 monthly mirroring fee...

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When the HR20 was first introduced it was $299.
Since then the HR21 was released.... and now the price is down to $199

The HR20 are no longer being produced... and after the AM21 is released to market, the HR20 will only be issued by DirecTV as a direct replacement to HR20's that are having issues.

Why it seperate? The cost factor... ~$60 to include the ATSC equipment in the DVR.

With DirecTV now having HD coverage via SAT in over 70 markets (with the majority having the big 4, not all ... but most).... there is a SIGNIFICANT population that do not need, nor want ATSC tuning.

For Example... MDU installations, often don't have support for ATSC/OTA....
The savings for DirecTV and ultimately the customers not having to pay for that unneeded equipment in the box.

And this then gives those customers that want that feature, the option to have it.

So they had two choices:
1) Increase the cost of the HR21 to all customers regardless if they needed ATSC or NOT
2) Lower the cost of the HR21, and offer an add-on box so only those that want the additional features, can obtain it.

]]>Mar 18th 2008 10:26AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/03/17/a-first-look-at-the-directv-am21/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/03/17/a-first-look-at-the-directv-am21/
I am waiting for a new tv, new media center(s).

I want to know/be sure that the Media Center I build will work with the HDPC-20. Will I be able to play HD content recorded from the HDPC-20 on other media centers, or will I have to use extenders (I think I'll have to use extenders)]]>Mar 19th 2008 9:23AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/03/17/a-first-look-at-the-directv-am21/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/03/17/a-first-look-at-the-directv-am21/Apr 6th 2008 12:17AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/03/17/a-first-look-at-the-directv-am21/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/03/17/a-first-look-at-the-directv-am21/Apr 6th 2008 12:17AM