alaTest has collected and analyzed 82 user reviews of DirecTV HR24 from Amazon.com. The average user rating for this product is 4.0/5, compared to an average user rating of 3.5/5 for other products in the same category on Amazon.com. People are impressed by the design and image quality. The size and price also get good views, whereas there are some negative views about the reliability.

Reviewer Adrienne Maxwell decided to upgrade her system with the DirecTV HR24 Satellite Receiver and HD DVR, and it proved to be quite the upgrade according to her review.

This receiver is what makes DIRECTV WHOLE HOUSE DVR/HD SERVICE better than ANYTHING Dish Network or cable has!!

The HR24 is a big improvement over the HR22 and DirecTV knows it but they have a million HR22s that will keep working for years. So... if you get your HD DVR from DirecTV it will likely be a recycled HR22. To get an HR24, you have to buy it from a...

No mention on ABT's site that B-Band connectors are needed for this item. It won't work without them. I had to purchase them on [@]. The item arrived very quickly and it was well packed.

Much faster response. No other difference on menus etc to the HR 21. Don't even try to purchase direct for Direct TV.... Abit is the way to go!!

Bought 2 to replace old non-HD Tivo's that we had for several years. We have had to learn the differences using the remotes from our old units, but very pleased with the features and quality of these. We had first ordered new DVR's from DirecTV but...

BEST DirecTV HD receiver yet! Brighter, clearer, sharper picture and WAY FASTER operation!!

The HR-24 is by far the best of the HR-2x product line. Menus are extremely fast in comparison to older products. The remote is much easier to setup then previous units.

Efficient, Fast

much better than the HR23 DVR I had. fast and quite. Only issue is there is no off-air, so I'm losing local shows. Local shows still have the Dolby sync issue, but it is better.