Say I have a standard DirecTV receiver box and get standard service, whatever the cheap account is. Can I buy one of the HD receiver boxes on ebay or amazon or whatever for ~$100 and swap my card into ...

Humax, a manufacturer of digital satellite set-top boxes for the global market, announced it has entered into a development and supply agreement with DirecTV for set-top receivers and integrated ...

DirecTV has announced the deployment of the first satellite receiver built exclusively for its commercial DirecTV for Business customers, the H26K. Starting with the launch of its bars and restaurants ...

Sony Electronics today unveiled the SAT-HD200 set-top box, an advanced DIRECTV high-definition receiver featuring multiple format modes, keyword search, favorite channel list, 20-event reminder, and ...

DirecTV is bringing UltraHD movies to more subscribers with its new 4K Genie Mini set-top box. The device, which DirecTV says is “about the size of a paperback book,” receives 4K video from the main ...

Q. I have DirecTV and would like to eliminate the monthly cost of the second box I rent from the service. What options do I have to keep watching it on that set? A. This reader doesn’t have any great ...

Managing Editor Josh Goldman is a laptop expert and has been writing about and reviewing them since built-in Wi-Fi was an optional feature. He also covers almost anything connected to a PC, including ...

The DIRECTV Group, Inc. (NYSE:DTV), the parent company of Hughes Network Systems, Inc. (HNS), and Thomson (NYSE:TMS)(Euronext Paris:18453), the world leader in integrated solutions (technologies, ...

EchoStar Communications Corp., the country’s No. 2 satellite TV company, touts its proposed buyout of market-leading DirecTV as a vital shot in the arm for competition with the Big Bad Cable Companies ...

I believe that the Series 2 Tivos are standalone units. They don't have any sort of receiver or tuner in them. I've never heard that many good things about them because they are limited in ...

Andy Pargh wrote into Engadget with a question concerning DIRECTV. He had just purchased his sixth receiver and was surprised when he was informed that he didn't own the equipment; DIRECTV did. There ...