Comments on: Analyst Feels Good About DirecTV & TiVo

By: ryandh

ryandh — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 02:54:04 +0000

Wow Dave, how old is that pic? I actually still have an SX66 I sling with once in a while. It does have a nice big screen..

I use MRV between my Tivo HDs quite a bit. It’s more recording ABC and NBC on one box and recording CBS and FOX on the other and then every couple days transferring stuff around based on where I want to watch it.

By: Dave Zatz

Dave Zatz — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 15:49:07 +0000

If it makes you feel any better Big John, when we move next month I’m going to keep Comcast for the TiVo units and try to get Dish in my office.

Having spent a decent amount of time with the Dish DVR recently, I agree with Eric that it’s a very usable solution. I dig the built-in powerline networking and ability to add USB drives (more common than eSATA) – including those travel units with no power supply. (Though there is an activation fee…)

20TIL6, if only MRV were faster… I’ve redone my network a few different ways and I still can’t get real-time HD transfers. I’m hoping for a better network environment once we move, though.

By: Big John

Big John — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 14:55:44 +0000

Oh sure, now they hint at it while I’m up for a job with a cable company (which brings heavily discounted service). I guess I could go with both…

By: 20TIL6

20TIL6 — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 14:25:41 +0000

Hey Eric,

The TiVoHD and S3 can do multiroom viewing now. Regarding the 3 tuner thing, with MRV and a pair of TiVo units, that’s 4 tuners.

By: Dave Zatz

Dave Zatz — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 13:07:52 +0000

Michael, good point. I’ve tweaked the post and I’ll be more specific/careful next time.

By: Eric

Eric — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 05:30:21 +0000

The first time I played with the DirectvTivo dual tuner receiver, I wanted it so badly. But free analog cable came with my apartment, so I chugged along with a Series 1 Tivo for many years. When the Series 2 DT was released, I quickly jumped on that and was very happy.

I recently moved and upgraded to an HD TV. I thought long and hard about DirecTV but I was so unimpressed by the NDS receivers, that I went with Dish. Albeit more clunky and less intuitive, the VIP722 does some amazing things that not even a TivoHD or Series 3 can do. Namely the multiroom viewing and the 3 tuners.

Now if DirecTV relicenses Tivo, I’m going to have to seriously reconsider my satellite provider.

By: Michael Portuesi

Michael Portuesi — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 01:22:22 +0000

Just as an aside, when I see the acronym “DTV” I immediately think “digital television”, not “DirectTV”. In the future you might want to make sure to disambiguate the two.

By: Sully

Sully — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 20:03:56 +0000

“There�d probably be a small drop in video quality, but the trade for that functionality could be worthwhile.”

Who wants a single tuner DVR?

I see DirecTV looking seriously at TiVo on their existing HR20/1s as an “upgrade” if Comcast is able to successfully do so on their system. (And much of the legwork has been done already in making the TiVo-OCAP app platform independent)