DirecTV Multi-room Oddity

[Tom Snyder]

Odd. I have 2 Directv receivers in 2 different rooms. Had the same cable news channel channel on both, when a commercial break came on. One receiver aired a commercial for a medical alert bracelet, and the other had a commercial for DirecTV. When the break ended both boxes went back to the same show.

[Bluto]

Which boxes do you have?  I'm guessing they are different.  I've heard their DVRs can do 'local' commercials, whole the non-DVRs cannot.  Because the local commercials sit on the DVR.