DireTv Negotiatring With Tivo Again?

Ummm.... no, at least nothing that is public knowledge...
And certainly that type of information would have to be in a public announcement of sorts, as it would have an impact on stocks of both companies.

Not something that would just be given to a CSR to "tell a calling customer"

But... all I can say is... don't get your hopes up.

An I am sure you are referring to the HR20 and not the H20.

Believe me, the forums will know info like this WAAAAAYYYYYY before any CSR will. CSRs are really uninformed. Back in the day when DBSForums was big there were a few CSRs that hung out there because they would learn even basic information there days or weeks before they were told about things.

Please don't feed the trolls!

MisterEd said:

Please don't feed the trolls!

Click to expand...

But he's negotiatring!

Hey ...easy on the new guy, huh?!

In fact, just yesterday while getting my nose hairs waxed my 'barber' told me the exact same thing.

Truth be told, this rumor had started weeks ago and there has yet to be any real confirmation of such. But don't tell my barber that.

I would believe your barber before trusting the "information" spread by some CSRs

FYI: I've asked for the thread title to be changed to add a question mark to the title. This will hopefully avoid confusion and prevent more cries of "troll" ...

At this point in time I just don't see it happening. DirecTV is in full swing with the HR20, and with most of the bugs worked out and the added features over Tivo, it would make no economical sense to go back with Tivo. However, what I could see them doing is negotiating some sort of agreement to use some of Tivo patents like suggestions, wishlists etc.

You fell victim to one of the classic blunders! The most famous is never get involved in a land war in Asia, but only slightly less well-known is this: never believe a CSR on any future product! Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! Ha ha ha... (drops dead)

rminsk said:

You fell victim to one of the classic blunders! The most famous is never get involved in a land war in Asia, but only slightly less well-known is this: never believe a CSR on any future product! Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! Ha ha ha...

Click to expand...

This is a good post. :up:

Maybe this CSR sits next to the office where such meetings are held? :-D

rminsk said:

You fell victim to one of the classic blunders! The most famous is never get involved in a land war in Asia, but only slightly less well-known is this: never believe a CSR on any xxxxxx product! Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! Ha ha ha...

Click to expand...

Fixed.

TiVo - You keep using that word -- I do not think it means what you think it means.

PRMan said:

Fixed.

TiVo - You keep using that word -- I do not think it means what you think it means.

Click to expand...

This many Princess Bride quotes in one thread? INCONCEIVABLE! :up:

rminzzini said:

You fell victim to one of the classic blunders! The most famous is never get involved in a land war in Asia, but only slightly less well-known is this: never believe a CSR on any future product! Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! Ha ha ha...

Click to expand...

(Keels over)

Buttercup said:

And to think, all that time it was you on hold with Customer Service.

Click to expand...

Dread Pirate Wesley said:

We were both on the line. I spent the last few years learning how to ignore a DirecTV CSR.

Click to expand...

Markman07 said:

Maybe this CSR sits next to the office where such meetings are held? :-D

Click to expand...

Maybe this is why it's so little known, DirecTV and TiVo are holding negotiations in India!

A glimmer of hope on the horizon... several stories out on the wire about this. Oops, can't post links yet...

Sorry, need one more post to give you the link...

And another story:

http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/84562