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Need Advice Swapping Dvr...satelite To Cable

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#1 ·
HI ALL....IM NEW TO THE TIVO WORLD AND NEED SOME ADVICE ON CHANGING DVRs. I SWITHCED FROM SATELITE TO CABLE AND HAVE LIKE NEW DVR WITH LITTLE USE THAT DOES NOT CONVERT TO CABLE TELEVISION. i CURRENTLY OWN AN PHILLIPS DIRECTV DVR DSR708R/17 WITH TIVO. I'M TOLD THIS IS A GRET DVR AND STILL A SOMEWHAT NEWER MODEL. I NOW HAV A DVR SUPPLIES BY MY CABLE COMPANY THAT I CANT STAND AND WANTED TO SWITCH TO THIS MODEL WHICH IS ONLY SET UP FOR SATELITE. TRYING TO FIND A COMPANY/SOMEONE WHO I CAN SPEAK TO THAT WOULD BE INTERESTED IN EXCHANGING THIS MODEL WITH A TIVO DVR SIMILIAR TO THIS ONE THAT I HAVE, BUT TAKE ON CABLE AND NOT SATRLITE. IF ANYONE OUT THERE COULD HELP ME OUT IT WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. THANKS!!
 
#2 ·
PLEASE DON'T SHOUT! Typing in all caps is considered shouting. Thanks :)

There is no such beast as a DSR708 that will work with cable as it is a DircTV receiver with TiVo software. At this time, there is no dual-tuner TiVo, so the only way to get TiVo functionality is with a standalone TiVo box.

This is due to change later in the year (exact timescale is not yet determined) with the release of the Series 3 TiVo, which will have dual tuners and be cable card compatible, but that's the only hope I can give you at this time.
 
#3 ·
You are stuck with the DSR708. I don't know of anyone that would swap it out for you. I too left DTV because of their high upfront cost for "HD" and went back to cable., Brighthouse to be exact. They use the scientific atlanta 8300 HD and it is a piece of CRAP. If you are recording a show, you can't select it from the recorded list and choose play from the begining. You have to go to the live action and then rewind to the begining.

Your only option is a Series 2 and even that will fall short of your directv tivo. Why? Because the Series 2 can only record one one show at a time.
 
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