4TB DVRdaddy External DVR Hard Drive Expander for DirecTV HR34, HR44 and HR54 Genie DVR. +4,000 Hours Recording Capacity and!

This was a very nice and complete package. Everything you needed was included with this kit even the esata cable. It is a super easy set up and I had no issues with this drive. So far the drive is working perfect. The drive is quite and was much smaller in overall size than I thought looking at pictures. The drive does not appear to have any lag and is playing back video perfectly. The drive case does have a bright blue light on it but i just set the drive on the floor behind a dresser and its not an issue at night. If it is a small piece of black tape solves that problem if it would bother you. I Highly recommend this DRVdaddy drive. Remember when you connect an external drive to your DVR you loose the on board storage while its connected so order a larger drive to compensate for the loss. I am using this external drive with a Directv Genie HR 54 box.

Initially it was a wonderful thing that worked really well. I loved having so many movies and shows stored on my external DVR and only using a small fraction of the hard drive space. Sadly, in 3 months time I began experiencing problems with the DVR hard drive. My shows would freeze up or stop completely 5 minutes into a show. I noticed that their's no phone number on their website so I went ahead and sent an email. While I heard back a few days later, I shared my situation with the person and have heard absolutely nothing since then. It appears at the moment that their's no effort to stand behind the product with their 2 year warranty. I'd love to report back a different story to you all, but sadly this is where it stands. Be careful if customer service and a product warranty are important to you.Update: 2-7-18 I've sent the owner an email a week, and he's refused to respond. No phone number on the website can be found to call, so basically i'm screwed. Think twice people... this guy does not stand behind his 2 year warranty in the least!

The down side of this is you can not use it in addition to the space on dvr and you cannot transfer from dvr hard drive plus you have to reschedule all recordings and we are not sure that it’ll be useable if we ever leave direct tv

The capacity of this disk is excellent and installation was a breeze. The only issue is that is makes a lot of noise, it appears to be seeking all the time and the head is moving on the disk. You need to put it in a more sound proof area.

I wish I could transfer the stuff from my DVR to external hard drive!

This DVR allows us to save more shows that we love. It is easy to connect and use and arrived as promised. One thing to note is that the shows existing on the Direct TV DVR are not accessible without disconnecting the drive. One thing that will come in handy will be the ability to connect another drive when this one fills up. This will allow us to keep the shows we love and not have to worry about running out of room on the dvd. The only downside to using more than one DVR is keeping track of what shows are on what DVR as only one can be connected at a time.

Expander was easy to install and is working just fine. The seller was immediately responsive when the original eSATA cord was damaged and sent a new one within a few hours of receiving my email. It is true that you have to reselect the programs to record and also reset your favorite channels but I already knew that and wasn't surprised. The occasional noise it makes isn't intrusive after getting used to it and the blue lights are easily "fixed" with a bit of black tape.

This device worked solidly for about 2 months, then it would randomly disconnect so shows would be recording on the DirectTv DVR, then I would reconnect it and fine for a day or two. So long story straight I had half my shows on one DVR and the other on this device. I tried to get support from DVR Daddy...NO RESPONSE. I tried to get help from Amazon and they tried to reach out to DVR Daddy...no response twice. One year warranty is BS. DVR Daddy does NOT stand behind their product. I would recommend you try any other manufacture.