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Unless DirecTV plans on implementing more than one eSATA connections on this consolidated design, I am not looking forward to it.]]>Jan 20th 2010 8:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/directvs-public-beta-of-multi-room-viewing-for-existing-dvrs-is/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/directvs-public-beta-of-multi-room-viewing-for-existing-dvrs-is/
Don't you think the new DirecTV set tops will contain a MoCA adapter, or maybe 802.11n wifi so that you don't have to run Cat5 to each room?

I never personally had a dish provider (always lived in a place where trees prevented reception). Not quite sure of the cabling architecture and if MoCA would work, given Sat's frequencies up to 2.4 GHz on the wire.]]>Jan 20th 2010 8:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/directvs-public-beta-of-multi-room-viewing-for-existing-dvrs-is/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/directvs-public-beta-of-multi-room-viewing-for-existing-dvrs-is/
Yes of course there are plenty of ways to bridge Ethernet over other technologies, but the box itself only supports Ethernet, so no point in mentioning the plethora of options here.]]>Jan 20th 2010 8:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/directvs-public-beta-of-multi-room-viewing-for-existing-dvrs-is/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/directvs-public-beta-of-multi-room-viewing-for-existing-dvrs-is/
I've been a subscriber of theirs for over 10 years now and I'm just constantly amazed and frustrated by their lack of forward thinking for the consumer. First they take Tivo out of the game, then they take forever to bring it back with HD...

Arrrrgggg! I'm just so frustrated with them I can't even form coherent and complete sentences...]]>Jan 20th 2010 8:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/directvs-public-beta-of-multi-room-viewing-for-existing-dvrs-is/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/directvs-public-beta-of-multi-room-viewing-for-existing-dvrs-is/
Actually DirecTV's implementation is way better than Tivo's. For starters TiVo doesn't let you schedule recordings across the network, or let you have a single list of shows to watch. But worst of all is that TiVo only works if copies are permitted and many providers mark everything as Copy Once, so you can't use MRV at all. ]]>Jan 20th 2010 8:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/directvs-public-beta-of-multi-room-viewing-for-existing-dvrs-is/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/directvs-public-beta-of-multi-room-viewing-for-existing-dvrs-is/Jan 20th 2010 8:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/directvs-public-beta-of-multi-room-viewing-for-existing-dvrs-is/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/directvs-public-beta-of-multi-room-viewing-for-existing-dvrs-is/Jan 20th 2010 9:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/directvs-public-beta-of-multi-room-viewing-for-existing-dvrs-is/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/directvs-public-beta-of-multi-room-viewing-for-existing-dvrs-is/Jan 20th 2010 9:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/directvs-public-beta-of-multi-room-viewing-for-existing-dvrs-is/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/directvs-public-beta-of-multi-room-viewing-for-existing-dvrs-is/Jan 20th 2010 10:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/directvs-public-beta-of-multi-room-viewing-for-existing-dvrs-is/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/directvs-public-beta-of-multi-room-viewing-for-existing-dvrs-is/ ]]>Jan 20th 2010 11:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/directvs-public-beta-of-multi-room-viewing-for-existing-dvrs-is/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/directvs-public-beta-of-multi-room-viewing-for-existing-dvrs-is/Jan 20th 2010 12:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/directvs-public-beta-of-multi-room-viewing-for-existing-dvrs-is/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/directvs-public-beta-of-multi-room-viewing-for-existing-dvrs-is/Jan 20th 2010 12:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/directvs-public-beta-of-multi-room-viewing-for-existing-dvrs-is/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/directvs-public-beta-of-multi-room-viewing-for-existing-dvrs-is/Jan 20th 2010 12:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/directvs-public-beta-of-multi-room-viewing-for-existing-dvrs-is/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/directvs-public-beta-of-multi-room-viewing-for-existing-dvrs-is/
Sorry, but no thanks.

MS already had all of this working, all DirecTV had to do was make a tuner. ]]>Jan 20th 2010 12:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/directvs-public-beta-of-multi-room-viewing-for-existing-dvrs-is/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/directvs-public-beta-of-multi-room-viewing-for-existing-dvrs-is/Jan 20th 2010 1:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/directvs-public-beta-of-multi-room-viewing-for-existing-dvrs-is/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/directvs-public-beta-of-multi-room-viewing-for-existing-dvrs-is/
Hell, I actually used the directv2pc app yesterday for the first time in a while (I had used it in the beta when it first came out), and it works wonderfully. I have one copy of it running on my desktop (Connected via gigabit router) and another copy on my laptop (connected by either its own dedicated 5GHz N network, and also has a fallback 2.4GHz N network being broadcast from two base stations at opposite ends of my house connected together via the Belkin Powerline HD kit (God, that thing is amazing)), and they both stream 1080i perfectly fine with no drops and no lag. I also have my desktop set up to stream TO it, which generally does not work as well.

At least their not limiting the media connectivity to viiv pc's anymore. THAT was a retarted move. ]]>Jan 20th 2010 1:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/directvs-public-beta-of-multi-room-viewing-for-existing-dvrs-is/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/directvs-public-beta-of-multi-room-viewing-for-existing-dvrs-is/Jan 20th 2010 2:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/directvs-public-beta-of-multi-room-viewing-for-existing-dvrs-is/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/directvs-public-beta-of-multi-room-viewing-for-existing-dvrs-is/http://www.dbstalk.com/showthread.php?t=171258]]>Jan 20th 2010 3:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/directvs-public-beta-of-multi-room-viewing-for-existing-dvrs-is/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/directvs-public-beta-of-multi-room-viewing-for-existing-dvrs-is/
I already linked that as the source of my post. Do you not see the DBSTalk link below the text of the post?]]>Jan 20th 2010 3:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/directvs-public-beta-of-multi-room-viewing-for-existing-dvrs-is/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/directvs-public-beta-of-multi-room-viewing-for-existing-dvrs-is/Jan 20th 2010 4:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/directvs-public-beta-of-multi-room-viewing-for-existing-dvrs-is/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/directvs-public-beta-of-multi-room-viewing-for-existing-dvrs-is/Jan 23rd 2010 6:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/directvs-public-beta-of-multi-room-viewing-for-existing-dvrs-is/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/directvs-public-beta-of-multi-room-viewing-for-existing-dvrs-is/Jan 20th 2010 3:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/directvs-public-beta-of-multi-room-viewing-for-existing-dvrs-is/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/directvs-public-beta-of-multi-room-viewing-for-existing-dvrs-is/Jan 20th 2010 3:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/directvs-public-beta-of-multi-room-viewing-for-existing-dvrs-is/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/directvs-public-beta-of-multi-room-viewing-for-existing-dvrs-is/Jan 20th 2010 4:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/directvs-public-beta-of-multi-room-viewing-for-existing-dvrs-is/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/directvs-public-beta-of-multi-room-viewing-for-existing-dvrs-is/Jan 21st 2010 12:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/directvs-public-beta-of-multi-room-viewing-for-existing-dvrs-is/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/directvs-public-beta-of-multi-room-viewing-for-existing-dvrs-is/
I'll point out that the post from D* says to not spend any money to network your boxes and they'll be offering some network upgrade option soon. This will probably work over MoCA/SWM ethernet adapters. Would be nice to have these adapters built in to the STB, no?]]>Jan 22nd 2010 11:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/directvs-public-beta-of-multi-room-viewing-for-existing-dvrs-is/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/directvs-public-beta-of-multi-room-viewing-for-existing-dvrs-is/Jan 23rd 2010 6:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/directvs-public-beta-of-multi-room-viewing-for-existing-dvrs-is/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/directvs-public-beta-of-multi-room-viewing-for-existing-dvrs-is/
It's different because you can record or watch more than two HD steams. ]]>Jan 23rd 2010 6:29PM