DirecTV HR23 Satellite Receiver and HD DVR Reviewed

March 4th, 2010 admin

The HR23, which has been on the market since mid-2009, is currently DirecTV’s primary HD DVR (a new HR24 model was purportedly on display at CES 2010, but there’s no official release on it yet). We have not performed a hands-on review of the HR23, but this model is, in many respects, similar to the HR21 that we previously reviewed–with a few noteworthy changes. The HR23 has a larger hard drive than the HR21: 500…


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