DIRECTV Residential HD Satellite Receiver with IR/RF Remote (H24)

For those who want an excellent receiver without having to have a DirecTV tech come to your home for whatever reason (e.g. time, schedule). A couple of things to know before you order this receiver. First, you do not own the receiver, you are still leasing it from DirecTV. Second, you will need to contact Solid Signal to ping the receiver to activate it. Third, the $99 you are paying Solid Signal is an activation fee. DirecTV will charge you a one time fee of $99 for the receiver. Finally, if you are replacing an SD receiver you have to contact DirecTV to activate HD on your account. When I first received the receiver it would not allow me change the Display Preference to show HD channels as the option did not exist. I was puzzled and after spending a lot of time on the phone and chatting with DirecTv I asked DirecTV to remove older SD receivers from my account, which I was going to do anyway and replace with two of these receivers, then all of sudden I had access to HD channels. This receiver is a huge improvement over the D11 and D12 series receivers and can receive both SD and HD broadcasts.

I had a little problem getting it running correctly but a call to the Solid Signal Tech got it running in short order. Great service!

Great service and fast shipping .

some problems carry over from previous models caller id is inconsistant. need to reboot when it fails. audio fails need to switch to a local channel or to a signal from a different satellite to bring audio back.annoyances but overall better.

The H24 is a very good receiver

This receiver was great for me as I am on a boat and limited on space. Direct TV would not supply it to me.

I needed to upgrade a standard Direct TV receiver to a HD receiver. The switch-out was easy - just called Direct TV with the serial #. They sent me a box to take the old receiver. The new unit works great with my wifes new HD TV. [...]