I guess they didn't release the screenshots yet? I'm curious what the UI and DirecTV added features will look like. The Comcast Tivo concoction is like part Tivo / part Comcast... so I'm curious what DirecTV has influenced.

Will the DirecTV interactive apps be available? How about DirecTV VOD via Ethernet? Multi-room sharing? Will the Tivo PC app work? Will Tivo have HME apps running too? Will it look like a Tivo HD, or did they take the 2 years to spruce it up a bit (HD GUI would be really nice).

So now that they declare it a failure, can MSO's start deploying new cablecard less boxes, like the inexpensive Motorola DCT-700, saving costs but yet more features than a cheap DTA?

Tru2Way should fix some of it. Here's a Tru2Way install from a Chicago test market on a Panasonic TV, complete with screen shots:
http://www.cabletechs.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=159:tru2way-betas&catid=40:trouble-calls-and-installs&Itemid=65

Please! You know I would LOVE one of these babies!!!

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Time for some updating Tivo! Your stretched SD interface circa 1999 isn't cutting it anymore.

Tivo really needs to update their whole user experience. It's so 2001-esque. Time to get it into the HD world with modern day information and social features.

I still don't have a Tivo, even though the Cable DVR's completely suck. Why? Well Tivo is still a monthly fee, but no Video On Demand. No Caller ID on Screen. It's STILL a stretched SD interface. If I have to pay for a DVR monthly, might as well just be the crappy cable DVR, as it can at least get VOD.

When your in an area that only has 42 HD channels, High Def VOD is really a godsend to supplement that low quantity of HD programming. Now if we had well over 100 HD channels, I would have plenty of content to DVR and make my own VOD library on the Tivo.... but that's simply not the case where I live. I'm a Comcast subscriber, so eventually we'll get up to date, but right now it's a waiting game... and they don't tell us anything in advance.

I have a survey on the BroadbandReports Comcast TV message board on what features they would like to see Comcast implement in future generations of their DVR platform. I have confirmation that Comcast is watching the thread, so if you are a Comcast subscriber, I urge you to go vote for the features you are most interested in. That poll is here:
http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r23344588-Comcast-On-Screen-Guide-Community-Feature-Wishlist

I believe you have to join BroadbandReports for your vote to count, but it's free, and there's a bunch of great forums on that site that you could find useful.

It's interesting to note, that currently as of this writing, the top 20 features voted on (in order) are:
1. Revamped HD Interface
2. Larger DVR hard drives
3. Multi-Room DVR
4. Channel Logos
5. Option to Map HD Ch to SD number
6. Triple tuner DVRs
7. Smart keyword searching including VOD
8. Better program information – ability to drill down and find related programs
9. Store guide data on hard drive (prevent “To Be Announced”)
10. Web based programming (DVR AND Settings – Parental Controls)
11. Ability to expand storage with eSATA or USB2.0
12. Pull guide data over much faster DOCSIS channel
13. Home network integration with DLNA/PlayON to share content to/ from PC
14. Use of REC2 light on newer DVRs
15. When selecting show in search – ask to record it in HD if available
16. Intelligent recording of repeats to prevent duplicate recordings
17. Bookmark VOD on web – retrieve it on box
18. Backlit remotes with more than 3 devices
19. Bring web video content to TV (Youtube/Vimeo/Google)
20. Ability to check Comcast account balance and pay bill from TV

That's one provider specific... but I think at least the whole HD interface, Multi Room, more hard drives and more tuners could apply for Tivo as well.

Maybe Motorola should be pressuring operators and software developers to write an operating system that showcases everything the DVR's can do. My DCX3400 with 320 GB hard drive is a nice piece of equipment, but it's running such a shitty operating system. It's fully capeable of a 16:9 HD guide with transparancies and alpha blending, but were stuck with this DOS looking program from Comcast.

Seriously, it's like installing Windows 3.1 on a Core 2 Duo with 2GB of RAM. What the hell is the point? I can't believe these guide programmers are completely OBLIVIOUS to Windows Media Center, Boxee, Apple TV, XBOX 360, PS3, WII, the I Phone and all the other advanced UI devices out there. You mean to tell me not ONE employee of Rovi or Comcast has ever seen an XBOX 360 Dashboard? They never seen Aero in Windows Vista or Windows 7? They never used an Apple product? That just CANT be the case. Let these developers out of their jail cells already! They are living in the late 80's!

Cool! Now only if it had a DVR interface, cable card slot and 3 or 4 tuners. Then I could get rid of my piece of shit Comcast / Motorola box.

Too bad the guide system sucks, it's more than 10 years out of date and it's a real challenge to find anything through their spaghetti maze of menu's.

And still, who cares about this... you have to pay at least $4.99 plus tax to watch one of these movies with only 24 hours to watch it. God forbid some emergency comes up and you have to stop the movie and run out of time to continue it. There's other more affordable ways to get HD movies.