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Originally posted by Gattigap
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
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Just that there are dtv-branded tivos still out there at certain 3rd party retailers, which unlike the standalone tivos, just cost $5/6/mo paid to dtv (no extra charge for extra receivers), instead of 16/mo paid to tivo. Those boxes also have less features than the standalone tivos (no tivo-to-go, networking, etc.)
