solsurfer
08-29-2006, 02:29 AM
We just moved, so I need to get DirecTV transfered to the new place. I thought I'd take the opportunity to upgrade the TV's to HD, but need some advice. We have 3 rooms, 2 of which will have new HD flat screens and the 3rd will at some point.
Right now, I have one standard, hacked Dtvio. Ideally, I'd like to have a HDTivo in each room, and I'd get all 3 right now, since I'm nervous they will no longer be available after DTvio starts selling thier own HD-DVR. I called DTV and they said they could give me a HD Tivo for each room for $300 bucks each, and would knock $100 off the first one. $200 bucks for one seems fair, but $300 for the extra rooms seems steep. Especially considering the HD capacity will be disabled when DTV switches to MPEG4 in the near future. (The rep tells me that local channels will no longer be available in HD, but all the other HD channels and functionality will still work. Is this true? Seems like a big loss, or am I making too big a deal of this?)
I know they often give deals to good customers, and thier voice mail tells me I'm an A customer, so I was wondering how much of a discount I should really push for (threaten to cancel, etc)?
And maybe the threat of the HD-Tivo going away isn't that big a deal as maybe a new box will come out (Series 3?) that will enable me to have a dual tuner HD tivo in DTV's brave new world? So I should just get 1 box and wait for something better?
Or it's not worth having HD in every room?
Oh - and any advice about getting an installer who can route through the walls?
What do you guys think? Any and all advice would be much appreciated.
Thanks!
Right now, I have one standard, hacked Dtvio. Ideally, I'd like to have a HDTivo in each room, and I'd get all 3 right now, since I'm nervous they will no longer be available after DTvio starts selling thier own HD-DVR. I called DTV and they said they could give me a HD Tivo for each room for $300 bucks each, and would knock $100 off the first one. $200 bucks for one seems fair, but $300 for the extra rooms seems steep. Especially considering the HD capacity will be disabled when DTV switches to MPEG4 in the near future. (The rep tells me that local channels will no longer be available in HD, but all the other HD channels and functionality will still work. Is this true? Seems like a big loss, or am I making too big a deal of this?)
I know they often give deals to good customers, and thier voice mail tells me I'm an A customer, so I was wondering how much of a discount I should really push for (threaten to cancel, etc)?
And maybe the threat of the HD-Tivo going away isn't that big a deal as maybe a new box will come out (Series 3?) that will enable me to have a dual tuner HD tivo in DTV's brave new world? So I should just get 1 box and wait for something better?
Or it's not worth having HD in every room?
Oh - and any advice about getting an installer who can route through the walls?
What do you guys think? Any and all advice would be much appreciated.
Thanks!