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Originally posted by Flinty_McFlint
How much do you generally record or need to keep around (do you need more than say 100 hours of space?). Do you like the Tivo interface, or would you want to switch to Dtv's offering?
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I have DirecTV (with one dish, two receivers).
I would like 80+ hours or space. More is fine but not critical.
I liked the TiVo interface. I don't know much about the other interfaces, but would prefer that they not suck.
From the little bit of research I've done, it sounds like:
* The old DirecTV with Tivo (the R10) was good, but it's no longer in production, and I would have to go find a box at a dealer somewhere. This means, I'm afraid, that I may have to install it myself instead of calling DirecTV to come install it for me.
* The new DirecTV DVR (the R15) is built on a different system than TiVo. It is cheaper ($5/mo to Dtv instead of $16/mo to Tivo for programming updates) and would be installed by DirecTV, but from what I've been able to gather, it sucks as compared to TiVo.
* A standalone TiVo box runs anywhere from $0 to $200 or so depending on hard drive, but (a) there's no integration with DirecTV, so I can't take advantage of the dual tuner for some reason, and (b) there's the $16/mo instead of $5 month.
Is there anything I'm missing here?
Thanks,
Gattigap
