I recently cancelled my DirecTV service. I have several DirecTV DVR's including an upgraded HR22 bought from Weaknees a few years ago. I did not realize that DirecTV listed the HR22 as leased until now. My mistake was not following the advice posted here in the forum to call them and ask that it be listed as owned.
Anyway, DirecTV now wants me to ship back the HR22 to them since it was listed as leased. They told me they would charge me $470 if it's not returned in 7 days.
I may or may not switch back to DirecTV in the near future. If I do, I am going to want an upgraded HD unit as our main receiver. DirecTV of course tells me that I can't get the same unit back and that they do not offer any upgraded HD DVR's.
So.... can I swap out the hard drive in the unit with one from one of my R10's before I send it back? That way if and when I do start DirecTV service again, I can just swap out the hard drives with the receiver they send me.