New Directv Tivo HD DVR.....?

[jkesnk]

Just talked to sales rep at Bestbuy and he said the Diretv reps said the new Directv HD Tivo was coming out in Oct or Nov....Can anybody verify this.....Best Buy is not getting anymore HR10-250's in....Stores and warehouse are out....Anybody have any info on this to back this up.....

[bkdtv]

DirecTV is phasing out all Tivos for new DVRs with their own software developed in-house. They want complete control over the interface. They also want to retake the 20% of DVR revenue ($1 of your $5 DVR fee) currently being paid to Tivo. That $1/mo may not seem like much for the TIvo software, but DirecTV expects there will be a time in the near future when almost every customer will have or want a DVR, and 20+ million customers * 12 months * $1/mo = around $250 million a year.

Soon, the only way to get Tivo will be to go to cable. Comcast and Cox both announced deals to offer Tivo software on their boxes. Tivo is expected to ship the Series3 HDTV DVR for digital cable and off-air next week.

[litzdog911]

Just talked to sales rep at Bestbuy and he said the Diretv reps said the new Directv HD Tivo was coming out in Oct or Nov....Can anybody verify this.....Best Buy is not getting anymore HR10-250's in....Stores and warehouse are out....Anybody have any info on this to back this up.....

The HR20 HD DVR is already available at Best Buy, but it's not Tivo-based. More info here ....
http://www.dbstalk.com/forumdisplay.php?f=113