Directv question- wired or wireless genie receiver

Wireless is always more desirable.

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Wired will always best signal quality and response times

I have a wireless and it works great but it's a split second slower browsing and changing channels

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thanks, this is the info I needed... I think ill go wired

I say go wireless, but I install it so I may be a little biased lol. The main reason I ask customers to at least consider wireless is the flexibility it affords you.

If you decide to change the orientation of your room or if you decide you no longer want a tv in one room you can easily hook the genie mini's up in the new location with no wiring work to do. While coax is not a hard thing to hook up most customers do not want to be bothered with it. If you are the type that doesn't mind running your own wires to a different room later on or if you know you are never going to move the tvs then go wired.

That's why the walkthrough to determine placement of everything is important. One thing to keep in mind is that the wireless video bridge does not have to be in the same room as the genie server. You can place it on the opposite side of the house if that is closer to the location of where the genie clients are being placed. As long as the wireless video bridge is tied into the coax network it can be placed anywhere around the house to allow for optimal signal to the genie clients.

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I have a wireless and it works great but it's a split second slower browsing and changing channels

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Any box will have that .5 to 1sec delay from the main box. I've had wired and wireless. Both the same. I have the wireless now. It's fine. Don't notice a different.

This is not correct. Genie clients, whether wired or wireless, use a tuner from the server. If you are using an hr44 or hr54 server then you have 2 tuners being used by that and 3 more available for clients to use.

I'm looking into one wireless receiver for our bedroom. My router is on the other side of the house but I can move it to the room right next to ours. Does that matter? I don't get the strongest wifi signal in that bedroom.

Is the picture from the wireless boxes as good as the wired ?

The slave units are a few seconds behind the master unit.