Please Explain Latest Wiring and Requirements for Whole Home DTV

Your old system used non-SWM. This required that each tuner need a coaxial cable. Hence, there were two coaxial wires running to each DVR. Those times are over. Now, with SWM systems, only ONE coaxial cable is required to be run to each receiver. It doesn’t matter the tuner number of the receiver, all tuners will be accounted for. Your 2 TV system will likely be an HS17 along with two Genie mini clients because the HS17 itself doesn’t work as a TV. Although, if you asked for an HR54, it would be only one Genie mini client since the HR54 hooks up to a TV. Also, if you plan to add more than one DVR in the future, it’s best to ask for the HR54 upon ordering because the HS17 restricts your entire system to just one hard drive and all Genie clients.

Now, to your concerns. They will not dispatch two DVRs, most likely the HS17 and Genie clients. Unless, of course, you ask for the HR54 and a Genie client. Whole Home DVR with a SWM system is through coax, NO Ethernet required at all. The only time you would want an Ethernet cable or wireless WiFi connection would be for on-demand, PPV, TV apps, play from beginning, etc. If you get the HS17, three cables enter the house. There’s one to the HS17 and two to the 2 TVs being used. Unless, both TVs are wireless Genie clients. Then, there would only be ONE cable going directly to the HS17 and the other two Genie wireless clients use the HS17’s built in Wireless Video Bridge (WVB). Therefore, they don’t need a wired coax connection or internet at all. However, with the HR54, you’ll need one coax cable going to it and one cable to the Genie client (unless the client is wireless.) There will be no separate coax going from the dish because the LNB itself only has ONE coaxial output. There are no special adapters needed.

As far as splitters go, they are usually outside and the one cable from the LNB goes to it. Depending on whether you order wireless Genie clients or not, you may not need a splitter. However, if you stick to wired Genie clients and an HS17, a 4-way splitter outside will be in use. One cable with the POWER PASS red output goes to the HS17 and the other two outputs go to the locations of the 2 TVs. As far as an HR54 and wired Genie client go, you only need a 2-way splitter since, as stated before, the HR54 hooks up to a TV as opposed to the HS17

@qlopp I personally would rather choose the HR54 and Genie mini because it’s one less Genie mini to worry about and you always have the future option of adding standalone HD and HDDVR receivers, whether this be to further expand storage or have a receiver to take with you when camping or RV-ing

The technician, if after inspecting the current dish and installation, finds it satisfactory, will likely just swap the LNB from SWM to non-SWM and add an in-line SWM splitter. Although, if the mount on your roof is NOT a stub mount and does not have monopoles, the tech will probably advise toward them because they strengthen the pole. Two monopoles means four screws. Also, a regular pole does not have four screws as you state, it has SIX. 

They CAN put a new dish assembly on the old pole since the 2 inch OD size has not changed for several years now. Unless the pole is weak and the tech has a reason to not use it, it should be completely reusable for the new dish and LNB. 

I find the HR54 and HS17 in terms of speed to be very similar. I myself never owned either. However, from reports and testing them at friend’s houses etc. I find both to be not very different at all except while the HS17 restricts your account to just Genie clients the HR54 allows all receivers to be activated. Additionally, while the HS17 itself doesn’t hook up to a TV, the HR54 does.

And, yes, Genie minis have complete DVR-capabilities for both the HR54 and HS17. 

Also, it is worth mentioning that the HR54 has 1TB of storage while the HS17 has 2TB. Though, once you get a few HR24s activated on the account with the HR54, the amount of storage is increased by a lot.

Wall fishing is custom work so is not part of the standard install with is a house wrap coax from the dish is run outside to the SWM splitter that maybe put inside then coax is run to the other clients/receivers on the outside.