Well I have several SD Dtv Tivo's and have been extremely pleased with them since the first DSR6000 I got when they first came out. The dtv Tivo's are really top of the line compared to most I have seen and used. I was ready to cancle after being a subscriber of dtv since '94 due to fact they were dropping Tivo (which is still going to happen in just a few years). But happily they extended there agreement a few more years. I kinda think they were concerned about being sued by tivo like E* was.
I recently tried to get a dtv hdtivo as I am slowly moving toward hd but the price is just too high, especially knowing that there going to be worthless in about a year or so and/or as soon as dtv can get there piece of crap limping along enough to shove it down there customers throats!
I even reluctantly accepted one of there new sd dvr's to try, that lasted about 2 days before the piece of crap come close to find it a home in the yard! All because they claimed they had No more oif the tivos and the tivo was an "inferior unit" compared to there new dvr. What a piece of garbage and a line of crap! Its all geared to get you to buy buy buy more from them and no longer will YOU control the way you watch tv, dtv will eventually control you. As in what you can save, how long you can save it, the quality and such.
I have shows that are over 4 years old on one of my dtivo's, i'm pretty sure there new dvr wouldn't allow that to happen as your limited as to how long you can save a show, especially ppv's. And as DRM (digital rights managment) gets more and more into the consumers homes, the more limitations will increase and everything you HAD will be locked down or severly limited.
Just Google TIVO + DRM, its already started :( When you have near dvd quality via the stream then that tends to really freak out the movie companies and such about someone making a copy to save or give to granny. TiVoToGo is almost gone, now the dvr manufacturers must now bow to everyone and ignore what there CUSTOMERS want. Its a shame the dtv has not allowed many of the tivo upgrade features to be active on there dtivo dvr's. I guess thats how they can play the "inferior dvr" word game with there customers by cripple what it can do.
VooM had it going on with REAL multiroom viewing and show transfering before its demise. I think you can still view the video on satelliteguys web site about the multiiroom features, it was quite impressive. the companies that produced the hardware have since been gobbled up now. I would love to see it released as open source, that would be a fun project! I WILL be cancling dtv after 11+ years when dtv ceases the support of the Tivo's and there customers are FORCED to junk there Tivo's for the new dvr.
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Well I have several SD Dtv Tivo's and have been extremely pleased with them since the first DSR6000 I got when they first came out. The dtv Tivo's are really top of the line compared to most I have seen and used. I was ready to cancle after being a subscriber of dtv since '94 due to fact they were dropping Tivo (which is still going to happen in just a few years). But happily they extended there agreement a few more years. I kinda think they were concerned about being sued by tivo like E* was.
I recently tried to get a dtv hdtivo as I am slowly moving toward hd but the price is just too high, especially knowing that there going to be worthless in about a year or so and/or as soon as dtv can get there piece of crap limping along enough to shove it down there customers throats!
I even reluctantly accepted one of there new sd dvr's to try, that lasted about 2 days before the piece of crap come close to find it a home in the yard! All because they claimed they had No more oif the tivos and the tivo was an "inferior unit" compared to there new dvr. What a piece of garbage and a line of crap! Its all geared to get you to buy buy buy more from them and no longer will YOU control the way you watch tv, dtv will eventually control you. As in what you can save, how long you can save it, the quality and such.
I have shows that are over 4 years old on one of my dtivo's, i'm pretty sure there new dvr wouldn't allow that to happen as your limited as to how long you can save a show, especially ppv's. And as DRM (digital rights managment) gets more and more into the consumers homes, the more limitations will increase and everything you HAD will be locked down or severly limited.
Just Google TIVO + DRM, its already started :( When you have near dvd quality via the stream then that tends to really freak out the movie companies and such about someone making a copy to save or give to granny. TiVoToGo is almost gone, now the dvr manufacturers must now bow to everyone and ignore what there CUSTOMERS want. Its a shame the dtv has not allowed many of the tivo upgrade features to be active on there dtivo dvr's. I guess thats how they can play the "inferior dvr" word game with there customers by cripple what it can do.
VooM had it going on with REAL multiroom viewing and show transfering before its demise. I think you can still view the video on satelliteguys web site about the multiiroom features, it was quite impressive. the companies that produced the hardware have since been gobbled up now. I would love to see it released as open source, that would be a fun project!
I WILL be cancling dtv after 11+ years when dtv ceases the support of the Tivo's and there customers are FORCED to junk there Tivo's for the new dvr.
I hope some of this info helps someone.