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 NightfallMy Goal Is To Deny YoursPremium,MVM
join:2001-08-03
Grand Rapids, MI
 ·Site5.com
 ·Comcast
 ·Callcentric
| The way I see it I have had Directv with Tivo for over a year and a half now, and in that time I have come to love Tivo. I have seen the DVRs that come out on Dish Network and Comcast, and they are nothing compared to the Tivo.
Take name based recordings for instance. My Tivo has it. Dish and Comcast don't. Which means I don't have to worry about a special time that a program has, or times when the program changes a time slot. I just tell it to record and then sit back and let Tivo do the rest.
The price on my Directivo is VERY affordable. I got 2 Tivos for free when I got my dish installed. I can get another one for $50 or less right now. Monthly cost is only $5 and that covers every Tivo in the house.
Now, if I had a standalone model, I wouldn't like it to much. Right now, my Directivo can record anything on any channel without the use of an IR blaster. It is just a pain in the ass setting something up to interface with a proprietary cable or dish system. That is where Tivo is failing in my opinion, because a lot of other people don't like that either! The reason why Tivo is such a great thing on Directv is because of the ease of use and interoperability with their current system.
I am as dedicated to Tivo as I am my computer. My love for the system goes out the door when something better comes out. I am really looking forward to the Directv branded DVR that is coming out later this year.
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 imrfPremium
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Utica, MI | said by Nightfall:Take name based recordings for instance. My Tivo has it. Dish and Comcast don't. Dish doesn't, but the Motorola and Scientific Atlanta boxes do have named based recording.
Which means I don't have to worry about a special time that a program has, or times when the program changes a time slot. I just tell it to record and then sit back and let Tivo do the rest. In theory. Tivo isn't infallible. I know quite a few people who have had Tivo miss quite a bit of programming. Nothing is perfect.
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NightfallMy Goal Is To Deny YoursPremium,MVM
join:2001-08-03
Grand Rapids, MI Reviews:
·Site5.com
·Comcast
·Callcentric
| said by imrf: said by Nightfall:Take name based recordings for instance. My Tivo has it. Dish and Comcast don't. Dish doesn't, but the Motorola and Scientific Atlanta boxes do have named based recording. Which means I don't have to worry about a special time that a program has, or times when the program changes a time slot. I just tell it to record and then sit back and let Tivo do the rest. In theory. Tivo isn't infallible. I know quite a few people who have had Tivo miss quite a bit of programming. Nothing is perfect. I have seen some of the eariler Motorola and Scientific Atlanta boxes on the Comcast network and they didn't have name based recordings. I have heard about software upgrades that provide this, but they aren't released yet. Can you provide a link showing this information?
I am not saying Tivo in infallable. Any piece of technology out there isn't infallable. What I am saying is that Tivo has been out for a long time. It is established and does the job well. Have you actually taken the time to compare the DVR that Dish Network offers and the one that Directv offers? What about comparing the Comcast DVR? I was a beta tester and then worked with the final product before I went with Directv. The Tivo is a night and day difference in my opinion. Trust me, I researched this extensivly before I went with Directv and the Tivo. It just works, and that is the simple fact of the matter.
To each their own though.
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imrfPremium
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Utica, MI | said by Nightfall: I have seen some of the eariler Motorola and Scientific Atlanta boxes on the Comcast network and they didn't have name based recordings. I have heard about software upgrades that provide this, but they aren't released yet. Can you provide a link showing this information? SA has had NBR for over a year and a half now with the SARA IPG. It was on all the SA DVRs that Comcast uses in the one NJ system and the VA system. I-Guide has had NBR since it came out too, which is on all the 6412s. The 6208s didn't have it because the blue guide didn't support it. I don't know what earlier SA units you saw from Comcast since there isn't a SA unit on a Comcast network in MI, only the two states I just said.
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Have you actually taken the time to compare the DVR that Dish Network offers and the one that Directv offers? What about comparing the Comcast DVR?
Why would I. I would not spend a grand(now $550) on the joke HD-DVR that Dish network released, nor would I spend a grand on the HD DirecTivo when I knew it would be dead soon. I had a Tivo, and hated it. It's slow and is dislike the guide.
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It just works, and that is the simple fact of the matter.
As do the Motorola and SA DVRs. They both do first-run recording with little issues, are dual tuner, record HD and so on, at a more affordable rate than the sat HD-DVR counterparts.
Your happy with your DirecTivo, for now, fine, but there is absolutely nothing wrong with the cable based DVRs. They do as they are intended to do for the market that they are made for. The majority of the people in the US does not care about Tivo, which is why it has take them almost 8 years to sign up 3 million people between stand-alone units and DirecTV customers. SA has done that in 2 years with theirs. | |
wierdo
join:2001-02-16
Tulsa, OK Reviews:
·Cox HSI
 ·T-Mobile US
| Do the Mot and SA boxes have Wishlists which can follow shows across both timeslots and channel moves? Can you tell your DVR to record movies in which actor "foo", but only if director "bar" directed? Or any other such combination of actors, directors, producers, or whatever else. Or perhaps just to catch the particular version of movie "foo" starring actor "bar", but not actor "baz".
I do all of these things regularly without thinking. I also have TiVo record shows featuring certain keywords, which I would hope you can do on any platform. | |
imrfPremium
join:2002-06-06
Utica, MI | No, neither do that, nor do I or 99% of the targeted customers care that they don't. It can easily be added later on, if the demand is great enough. | |
wierdo
join:2001-02-16
Tulsa, OK Reviews:
·Cox HSI
·T-Mobile US
| You must be less picky than I am.  I don't watch a lot of network TV shows, and some of the shows I watch either get shuffled between channels or are shown on multiple channels. It's nice not having to go through and specify that, yes, I would like Law & Order whether it comes on CBSE, CBSW, or TNT, instead only having to ask once. Also nice for situations where a special event getting recorded in place of a show you normally want to record (in situations where both tuners are occupied). When you pre-empt a show by asking for another to be recorded, TiVo will look around and see when else it can record it. If you use a Wishlist, it doesn't matter what channel the second showing will be on. I use that a lot for HBO shows which are re-run later on HBOW, and even later on HBO2.
I suppose if you don't have your DVR recording a lot of things, it doesn't really matter, because it's easy to keep up with what all it will be recording. T'was a lot easier with 14hr single tuner machines. With 250 hours and with TiVo recording about 40 hours of programming each day, keeping up with what it's recording when is pretty much impossible. No, I don't watch it all, but I _always_ have something to watch, if TV watching is what I want to do.
The only reason 99% of DVR users don't want such features is simply because they've never been exposed to it. It's unfortunate that TiVo hasn't exposed more people to these wonderful features through co-branding deals. | |
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