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09-03-2008, 06:25 AM
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ObamaGuy
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TiVo is (almost) Back!
For all the naysayers out there, check out this announcement .... TiVo is back! http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/...____AQW143.htm
Last edited by incog-neato : 09-03-2008 at 06:33 AM.
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09-03-2008, 06:27 AM
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Oh SNAP!
second half 2009 dang thats a long wait.
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09-03-2008, 06:30 AM
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Poster of News
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easier to read it right here 
http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/...____AQW143.htm
Sept. 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- DIRECTV, Inc. (Nasdaq: DTV), the nation’s leading satellite television service provider, and TiVo Inc. (Nasdaq: TIVO), the creator of and a leader in television services for digital video recorders (DVR), announced today that they have extended their current agreement, which includes the development, marketing and distribution of a new HD DIRECTV DVR featuring the TiVo(R) service, as well as the extension of mutual intellectual property arrangements.
Under the terms of the non-exclusive arrangement, DIRECTV and TiVo will work together to develop a version of the TiVo(R) service for DIRECTV’s broadband-enabled HD DVR platform. The product will support the latest TiVo and DIRECTV features and services, including TiVo’s Universal Swivel Search and TiVo KidZone. TiVo will develop the new HD DVR for an expected launch in the second half of 2009.
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09-03-2008, 06:32 AM
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ObamaGuy
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Yea, which could probably end up being 2010 (remember the HR10-250?) but it disproves what all those who predicted it's demise over the last year or so have been saying.
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Originally Posted by Dssturbo1
Oh SNAP!
second half 2009 dang thats a long wait.
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09-03-2008, 06:34 AM
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ObamaGuy
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Thanks, I changed the original post.
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Originally Posted by newsposter
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09-03-2008, 06:43 AM
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i wish they could just load Tivo software into the HR20/21/22 etc they already have out.
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09-03-2008, 07:01 AM
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BaDoop BaDoop BaDoop
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Paging Blankman, Paging Blankman....
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09-03-2008, 07:04 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Dssturbo1
i wish they could just load Tivo software into the HR20/21/22 etc they already have out.
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Doesn't that sound like what they are doing? I'd pay more/month for a TiVo software upgrade.
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Under the terms of the non-exclusive arrangement, DIRECTV and TiVo will work together to develop a version of the TiVo(R) service for DIRECTV’s broadband-enabled HD DVR platform.
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09-03-2008, 07:05 AM
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Tivo is (almost) Back!
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Originally Posted by incog-neato
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This little tidbit of news should go through this forum like a dose of epsom salts through a goose!
It's great news for all the Tivo lovers out there, provided they're willing to wait till the second half of 2009.
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09-03-2008, 07:10 AM
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BaDoop BaDoop BaDoop
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DirecTV must have been reviewing Blankman's poll... 
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09-03-2008, 07:22 AM
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Where's Earl?
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09-03-2008, 07:27 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by 20TIL6
DirecTV must have been reviewing Blankman's poll... |
Or they might know something about an upcoming decision?
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09-03-2008, 07:28 AM
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Hell HAS frozen over.
Hallelujah!
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09-03-2008, 07:28 AM
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BaDoop BaDoop BaDoop
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Gunnyman
Hell HAS frozen over.
Hallelujah!
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Is it snowing in Hondo?
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09-03-2008, 07:33 AM
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09-03-2008, 07:34 AM
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Wow, this certainly is a blow to all the folks who insisted there would never be a rejuvination of TiVo's and DirecTV's partnership that would include new hardware.
This news made my day! Can't wait until a year or so from now for some TiVo goodness!
KD
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09-03-2008, 07:46 AM
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ObamaGuy
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Yo! Mark Lopez ... what, no comment?
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09-03-2008, 07:46 AM
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BaDoop BaDoop BaDoop
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Quote:
Originally Posted by incog-neato
Yo! Mark Lopez ... what, no comment?
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He's shoveling snow.
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09-03-2008, 07:50 AM
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Is today Apirl 1?
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09-03-2008, 07:51 AM
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Pro Troll Magnet
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<------ Totally happy to be wrong!
What's that snowball doing down here?
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09-03-2008, 07:53 AM
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I <3 TiVo!
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Quote:
Originally Posted by blips
Where's Earl?
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LOL and all of the other holier than thou "DTV will never go back to TiVo" naysayers.
I LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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09-03-2008, 07:56 AM
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ObamaGuy
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Well, I don't know if I would wish for that. The Comcast TiVo software rollout has been a total disaster after being like 2yrs late in its rollout.
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Originally Posted by Dssturbo1
i wish they could just load Tivo software into the HR20/21/22 etc they already have out.
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09-03-2008, 07:58 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by kdelande
Wow, this certainly is a blow to all the folks who insisted there would never be a rejuvination of TiVo's and DirecTV's partnership that would include new hardware.
This news made my day! Can't wait until a year or so from now for some TiVo goodness!
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Why is it a blow? Someone always has to be on the other side of any argument. Just because I argued it wouldn't happen doesn't mean I'm not happy it is. Good for Tivo and DirecTV.
The downside is having to wait a year and a half or so with no HD via DirecTV if people don't upgrade to the HR20/21/22 in the meantime.
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09-03-2008, 08:00 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by blips
Where's Earl?
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He left the forums a while ago because he's working for DirecTV now.
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09-03-2008, 08:29 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by incog-neato
Well, I don't know if I would wish for that. The Comcast TiVo software rollout has been a total disaster after being like 2yrs late in its rollout.
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yep, the hardware not in TiVo contrl has simply not worked out at all for them. Better to have Tivo do the hardware design as well. 
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09-03-2008, 08:30 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by shibby191
He left the forums a while ago because he's working for DirecTV now.
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Your kidding ....Now????
Bonanza
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09-03-2008, 08:39 AM
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Cracker Soul
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Crow here! Gitcher hot crow here!
Excellent news. Maybe someday I'll be back. The good news is that it sounds like they plan to offer the full stack of TiVo features which would really be the only way I'd consider going back. But there were multiple factors in my departure from DirecTV so we'll see how they progress over the next two years.
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09-03-2008, 08:45 AM
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So the question is, for those of us dinosaurs who are still using our old HD-TIVO units and SD TIVO units with the 3LNB dishes, do we wait until this release happens or do we bite the bullet now and try to get "upgraded" to the 5LNB and current crop of MPEG4 supporting Directv PVRs?
Regs,
Jeff
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09-03-2008, 08:48 AM
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Peekols
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I bet, that like the HR10-250 this thing will be pricey out the gate, I plan on upgrading to the HR21 soon, sunce I am eligible for a free one.
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09-03-2008, 08:54 AM
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Cracker Soul
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Quote:
Originally Posted by shibby191
Why is it a blow? Someone always has to be on the other side of any argument. Just because I argued it wouldn't happen doesn't mean I'm not happy it is. Good for Tivo and DirecTV.
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It's one thing to argue that there was no evidence that DTV needed TiVo. Some posters went to the lengths of attacking TiVo and attacking people who had the nerve to post in a TiVo forum that they preferred TiVo. Some posters denied clear problems with DirecTV's DVRs and personally attacked people who dared to complain about them.
Those posters should all be lining up to kiss RS4's butt in the town square right now.
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