“In a Genie Whole-Home HD DVR setup, you and your family can watch live or recorded programming on four separate TVs at the same time.” If you expect to have more than four TVs in use at the same time, we recommend using HD DVRs for those extra TVs to ensure the best entertainment experience.”
However, only four TVs-including the TV connected directly to Genie-can show live or recorded content at the same time.
“Genie can provide full HD DVR functionality and DIRECTV programming to up to eight connected TVs. We found this information from DIRECTV’s FAQ section: Just to clarify, you have 1 Genie + 4 Minis, right?Īssuming your Genie is a “main room” (living room/entertainment room/etc) and then each of the 4 bedrooms has a Mini Genie. Thanks for telling us what you think about the NFL Sunday Ticket, and again, we’ll be sure to make a note of it in our review.
If you have another question, let us know.
Also, for this upcoming season, Twitter will be live-streaming all Thursday night NFL games. If you have those five channels and DISH’s Hopper DVR, which can record up to 8 channels at once, you’re covered if they’re multiple NFL games on at once. Of course, NBC, FOX, and CBS are major networks, so they’re included with any package. We checked the broadcast schedule for the 2016-2017 NFL season, and most, if not all, games are broadcast on NBC, FOX, CBS, ESPN and the NFL NETWORK. We rated DISH higher than DIRECTV, and if you select a DISH package with ESPN and the NFL Network (yes, it’s available on DISH), you probably won’t miss any NFL games.
If you’re looking for an alternative to DIRECTV, we’d recommend DISH. It seems each year we hear it may no longer be exclusive, like the NBA League Pass, but until that happens it’s a daydream for football fans. It’s a bummer, but If you want the NFL Sunday Ticket there’s nowhere else to get it but DIRECTV. We’ll add the heads up about signing up during the NFL season to our review. With that in mind, I’d recommend following our social media accounts for the latest on news like this: This is a complicated issue and there is much debate, so we expect to see these sorts of pricing and packages changes to continue. In essence, the FCC wants to allow for expansion of competitive third-party devices, whereas the cable companies prefer to have more control with proprietary equipment, citing both technical and intellectual property concerns. Promotional offers (specifically equipment pricing) across many brands have changed as a result. The FCC and cable companies are in dispute over DVR/Receiver rights. Our post will be updated to reflect this and other changes accordingly as they come. The current package prices DO include all equipment AND advanced receiver service fees for up to 4 rooms (A Whole Home DVR + 3 additional receivers).
Enjoy a free subscription to NFL SUNDAY TICKET for a season if you get CHOICE or above. Not only do you get a few more key sports channels, like NFL Network, but football fans will also get a nice bonus from DIRECTV.