TiVo, I'm breaking up with you

The problem with DirecTV DVR is that with the Whole Home DVR system, it only provides full functionality for one TV. It doesn't allow you to pause and record on each connected TV. I am an employee with DISH Network and love my whole home DVR system. For instance, the 6-Room DVR installation that comes free with an initial installation of DISH will cost you $396 up front plus additional service fees with DirecTV. Not to mention that DirecTV does not allow you to do a free DVR upgrade if you subscribe to the Basic programming package...so you will need to subscribe to a package running about $100/mo in order to take advantage of Free DVR and HD Free. Anyone interested in moving away from TiVO and actually "upgrading" go to Dish.com and enjoy!!

Direct tv hd dvr is the worst what a hunk of junk and once you buy it your stuck with it

Wow. I'm blown away at your monologue. I've had DirecTV since 1996. Besides the occassional outage for 5-15 minutes (2 or 3 times a year during crazy-ass hurricane-like weather), it's been a gem! The Hughes Tivo/DirecTV unit I've had has changed the way our family watches TV. Granted, I wish it was even more friendly and allowed a wireless bluetooth or RF keyboard. As for as the technology, I want to be able to input queries with more intelligence using a keyboard (e.g. show me all suspense movies rated at least 3 stars produced before the year 2000 with the actor Robert De Niro). Back in 1996, I used a Windows-based software program that allowed such queries (Electronic TV Host I think). Why our search abilities are less these days, I don't know.

Even with it's shortcomings, the Tivo DirecTV unit is infinitely better than DirecTV's own PVR. I freakin' hate that peace of crap. We have one in our bedroom and we've yet to use the PVR functionality. The first new unit we purchased at Circuit City didn't record and made a funny noise coming from the hard drive. The second refurbished unit (direct from DirecTV) has yet to be able to even pause a show. Whoever decided to put this chuck steak into production should be BBQ'd.
A prime example of corporate America filled with dumb-ass executives making huge decisions that bring down the stock price and screw the customer at the same time.

Why? Because DirecTV doesn't support the latest Tivo (DTV is version 6.2 while Tivo is now 7.2), so I'm going direct to Tivo for my DVR business now. And I wanted HDTV in time for the Super Bowl.

But your 7.2 TiVOs don't support HD either. By the time the Series 3s come out (with features that would have been printworthy in 2004) many people will have moved on to cable/satellite DVRs or (a minority) homebrew.

Anna, don't. Tivo loves you. He was just tired. Actually ou dont even have t HAVE a dtv tivo box, a stand alone tivo will work prefectly fine AND You could put it on your network and do all kinds of cool stuff liek remote viewing and sceduling, tickets and junk. The DTV/Tivo units can't do that, pisser, I have one of them too.

I loVE my Tivo. LOVE it. i could never switch. After Dtv has dropped it complelty we're going tivo standalone.

OMG, I love, love my cable DVR. I have a Sonic Blue and could never figure out how to work it (it's practically new and just sits in the closet). After two years I went to High Definition and found that the cable company was offering DVR. Now I have two. Have talked my Dad and a friend into getting one. I learned how to use it in a matter of minutes.

I have never had TIVO so maybe I don't know what I'm missing.

how much you want for your tivo?

lol That's cute. Mind if I post this in the rec.arts.tv (Usenet) newsgroup?

I have not heard a single good thing about the new Direct TV DVR.

I'm a cable user, and I use the cable DVR box because it gets hi-def. (My TiVo is still around as a secondary unit.) After TiVo, I find the cable DVR to be miserable on almost every level. I can't wait for the new TiVo to come out so I can have hi-def and TiVo.

Good luck, though. I think you'll need it.

If you ask specifically for a TIVO DVR DirecTV will send you a R10. They are still about $50 each (less than $100 I am sure before rebate). You can allways still get one from eBay also as a last resort.

Either way, if TIVO and DTV part ways, your TiVo DVR will still be able to receive the MPEG2 signal for a long as all the other DTV equipment is out there.

Remember, UltimateTV? (The DVR from Microsoft). It kicked the bucket years ago, yet still works with DirecTV, and DirecTV let's still use it.