 djrobx
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Re: Pricing will be very interesting.... 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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