Comments on: Status Quo for DirecTV & TiVo

By: Troy

Troy — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 15:06:31 +0000

Woohoo Tivo is coming back to direcTV

By: Classified

Classified — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 07:50:45 +0000

“Tivo’s interface has been described as stagnant.” Why change what works so well, I do not need a new interface every year I need one that works, Thank you Tivo and if it ever dies I will move on to some one else who has tivo. As for freeze in a storm…the sme thing hppens for all the recivers if the dish is blocked no signal, don’t be stupid and think before you post.

By: tjhooker

tjhooker — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 12:59:43 +0000

See links below for why DirecTv needs to at least partner with TiVo. Their DVR software (HR20 – HR21) is a nightmare. Audio sync issues, frequent lockups and worse BLANK RECORDINGS! The one thing a DVR should do well! Don’t take my work for it just google it. Some people will defend them, I think mainly because DTV has made them feel like “part of the process” with their “Cutting Edge” testing program. The problem is that the “process” to get basic functions to work shouldn’t take two years.
Reference:Here http://dbstalk.com/showthread.php?t=133180
Here:http://blogs.zdnet.com/perlow/?p=9171
And here: http://dbstalk.com/showthread.php?t=133006

By: bitguru

bitguru — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 03:27:56 +0000

I have never seen the Tivo interface, but I take it on faith that it's better than most (all?) the DVR interfaces out there because that's what everyone says. (That and the DVI interfaces that I have seen aren't very good.) What I don't understand is why the other DVR interfaces aren't slowly closing the gap. That's what usually happens (right?) and Tivo's interface has been described as stagnant.

By: Shelly

Shelly — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 16:49:23 +0000

Ken, I am in the exact same position as you. I have the old HD DirecTivo I have been waiting and hoping for a new mpeg4 Tivo/Directv box. This news just might make me start looking elsewhere.

By: Tracy

Tracy — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 14:21:04 +0000

I, too, LOVE LOVE LOVE my TiVo. It was freezing up on me when storms rolled through so I decided to go with a DirecTv DVR… this thing was JUNK. I returned it within 2 weeks and they sent me a “new” one… SAME JUNK. Can’t switch between tuners and watch 2 channels like you can with TiVo. Clunky and not user friendly remotes and menus. I returned the “new” DVR to DirecTv and got out my old TiVo again. I can deal with frozen screens during a storm… to have all the other stuff I want. HATE the DirecTv DVR’s. Can’t say enough about how bad they are. They froze constantly. Had to be reset every time and that took FOREVER.

If DirecTv doesn’t bring back the TiVo option, when my TiVo dies… I’ll be gone. I love my TiVo more than I love my DirecTv!!

By: Disgruntled DirecTV

Disgruntled DirecTV — Tue, 27 May 2008 07:50:09 +0000

I just wrote this to DirecTV……basicly an impending cancelation notice, I have been a platinum pack subscriber since 2001.

When I originally signed on with DirecTV, it was due to the direct digital recording your tivo units offered over the stand-alone units. Additionally I did not miss the cable box needed to record premium channels.

Now with the full test-drive of your HD DVR I can say it is junk compared to the TiVo in all aspects. I notice it glitches and requires a power-cycle to recover, it’s user interface is clunky and non intuitive and the remote control is anything but user-friendly.

Since you dumped tivo, Comcast has went fully digital and TiVo made a cablecard compatible device.

So it looks as if the only way I can use a TiVo and not have two boxes on the tv set is to go back to Comcast.

I’m not switching right now, but if the two TiVos in use die, and there is no option to replace them with TiVo’s that will be the end of me and DirecTV

Will you give me a new Mpeg4 Capable TiVo, before these TiVos break, I like the DirecTV channel selection, but I like my TiVo more

This was typed in thier crappy web form on their site. I fully intend to revise this letter and send it to DirecTV investor relations. If you want an Mpeg4 capable TiVo tell them DirecTV is unimportant and how you watch your TV is important to YOU.

By: Ryan Nelson

Ryan Nelson — Wed, 21 May 2008 17:23:54 +0000

It’s good to see that I’m not alone. I was hoping that Tivo could somehow force DirecTv’s hand and make them release a mpeg4 compatible box, which would take me about a millisecond to buy. Instead, I’m forced to stick with my HR10-250 and a second piece of crap high def directv DVR. I have them both connected to my preamp and switch between them, but just use the directv dvr for recording and do the lion’s share my surfing and viewing on my Tivo. There is *real* money to be made by releasing a new one- hopefully a chunk of concrete will hit them in the head and eventually they’ll realize this.