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Re: Price i think that's just it. The cable co/satellite co., dvr's aren't that bad. they may not have all of the bells and whistles like Tivo but they serve their purpose and are easy to use. I really like my Directv dvr. It works fine. |
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| It's not just that, they also can't take advantage of some features (On Demand) and don't work with all formats (Satellite).
I personally would gladly pay a few extra bucks a month for a real Tivo, if it actually worked. Comcast has been "working on" deploying the software on their own DVRs for a while now.
Of course, probably the same department that handles that "usage meter"... »Exclusive Screens Of Comcast's New Bandwidth Meter |
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said by obeythelaw:i think that's just it. The cable co/satellite co., dvr's aren't that bad. they may not have all of the bells and whistles like Tivo but they serve their purpose and are easy to use. I really like my Directv dvr. It works fine. The new Direct tv HD TiVo is planed for next year. |
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Linn Creek, MO | I for one will be getting the Directv HD tivo next year. |
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DirecTV HD DVR provides on-demand via broadband connect at home. IMO that's a nice little addition. I'd be curious to know if it needs a certain amount of downstream bandwidth for HD on-demand to work. |
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said by Joe12345678:said by obeythelaw:i think that's just it. The cable co/satellite co., dvr's aren't that bad. they may not have all of the bells and whistles like Tivo but they serve their purpose and are easy to use. I really like my Directv dvr. It works fine. The new Direct tv HD TiVo is planed for next year. i didn't realize that Directv will be jumping back onto the Tivo bandwagon. If so, i'll take one. |
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said by Joe12345678:said by obeythelaw:i think that's just it. The cable co/satellite co., dvr's aren't that bad. they may not have all of the bells and whistles like Tivo but they serve their purpose and are easy to use. I really like my Directv dvr. It works fine. The new Direct tv HD TiVo is planed for next year. I still see people with the old DirecTivos installed. Heck if I still had directv I would still have mine... hard drive was upgraded, encryption disabled and network card installed so I could extract the video and watch it on my PC. No CableCo DVR can do that.... shit I would love to telnet into my AT&T DVR and get a busybox shell.
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said by Joe12345678:said by obeythelaw:i think that's just it. The cable co/satellite co., dvr's aren't that bad. they may not have all of the bells and whistles like Tivo but they serve their purpose and are easy to use. I really like my Directv dvr. It works fine. The new Direct tv HD TiVo is planed for next year. Didn't they say that LAST year?
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join:2005-09-28
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what do you mean working on, it is available in the NE region and has been for well over 1.5 years. It may not be in all area's but it will be getting there. |
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| My point exactly. It's been available for years in one very small area. And has not expanded at all since then. |
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