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| Pricing will be very interesting.... How much were the HR10-250's (DirecTiVOs) when they came out?
Something like $1000.00 ?
Eventually they came down - but they were not cheap.
For the vocal minority of people who were/are TiVO fanatics, this is certainly welcome news.
Like someone else mentioned, I've never had reboot/missed recording or any other issues with my HR2x's. And with the additional features DirecTV has been adding/testing/working on, right now I have no interest in switching. A year is a very long time - so we'll really have to wait and see what the new TiVO looks like and how it performs against what DirecTV has at that time.
From a "why are they doing this" perspective - that's the interesting question. It's possible that financially it will make more sense for them to keep their own branded DVRs as a "base" line, and sell the TiVO enabled units as an 'upscale' alternative. If so, it's possible that development on the HR2x units will be scaled back to just fixes and stability, with no new features. With what I've seen in the pipeline, that's a stretch - but who knows.
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| They were very expensive. i bought seven of them when they came out in May 2004 and sold four of them for over $1600 each which was able to cover most of the cost of the three I kept.
said by dbmaven:How much were the HR10-250's (DirecTiVOs) when they came out? Something like $1000.00 ? Eventually they came down - but they were not cheap. For the vocal minority of people who were/are TiVO fanatics, this is certainly welcome news. Like someone else mentioned, I've never had reboot/missed recording or any other issues with my HR2x's. And with the additional features DirecTV has been adding/testing/working on, right now I have no interest in switching. A year is a very long time - so we'll really have to wait and see what the new TiVO looks like and how it performs against what DirecTV has at that time. From a "why are they doing this" perspective - that's the interesting question. It's possible that financially it will make more sense for them to keep their own branded DVRs as a "base" line, and sell the TiVO enabled units as an 'upscale' alternative. If so, it's possible that development on the HR2x units will be scaled back to just fixes and stability, with no new features. With what I've seen in the pipeline, that's a stretch - but who knows. | |
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said by dbmaven:How much were the HR10-250's (DirecTiVOs) when they came out? Something like $1000.00 ? Eventually they came down - but they were not cheap. This is exactly how DirecTV lost my business to Comcast. They wanted $1000 for a box that everyone knew would be made obsolete within a relatively short period of time because of lack of MPEG-4.
Renting a pair of DCT-6412s for $10 per month each from Comcast was a no-brainer compared to dropping $2,000. I hated losing my beloved TiVos, but I learned that TiVo's extra features really weren't that important, and we've gotten by just fine on alternative DVR platforms.
By the time Series3 CableCARD TiVos came out, I completely lost my interest in TiVo. Big upfront cost, monthly fees, and cablecard rental? Way too expensive. More power to you if you can afford that.
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A year is a very long time - so we'll really have to wait and see what the new TiVO looks like and how it performs against what DirecTV has at that time.
Which brings up my other problem with TiVo. I appreciate that they want a reliable, consistent interface, but their software is just too slow to evolve. It took way too long to get something as simple as folders. The ADS plastered all over my mother's expensive Series3 box are just a big slap in the face, too
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 I don't know about being a Tivo fanatic but I can tell you that I had an HR-10 and loved the functionality. Then, I was stupid enough to upgrade to the Direct HD-DVR and I have regretted it ever since. I have a hard time getting "won" over when I lost the buffers that I used regularly, the damned thing locks up about 3 times a week, recording starts 3 min late, sound and picture goes out of sync daily, and the list goes on. I also love the notification that tells me that I have lost the sat on the other tuner. It continually pops up on a program I am watching that has not lost sat and I feel so informed. The Direct apologist tell me that I would probably be unhappy if I bought a car and they had moved the clock location. In this case that would be true since they put the clock in the trunk. You can also be directed to a website with all the "work arounds" listed. I never needed work arounds before and I am a bit tired of being a beta tester for Direct and paying them for the priv. I am glad you have never had any of these issues with your HR-20. If you did you would probably get tired of contacting them and having them give you a phone number that when called, connects you to someone that is more interested in trying to upgrade you rather that fix your problem. I have been a Direct customer since the beginning of they service offering so I speak from experience when I say many years I was happy with the service but I am about ready to dump them. | |
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