Comments on: DirecTV and TiVo Users: What to do?

By: Michael

Michael — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 22:28:51 +0000

1 – Nope. Latest info is just “2010.”

2 – For standard definition, a TiVo can control a DISH receiver. But for HD, TiVo can’t work with DISH.

By: Clyde R. Reynolds

Clyde R. Reynolds — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 13:11:19 +0000

Two questions… (1) Does anyone have any idea when new TIVO/DirectV is actually going to come out? (2) I live in the out in the country and cable is not a option, but I’ve been told that that DISH TV works with TIVO but I see that TIVO has recently won some patent infringement suits against DISH TV. Does anyone know if DISH TV would work TIVO HD products and what the potential downside might be?

By: Mikkl Hays

Mikkl Hays — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 19:28:51 +0000

Direct-TV is doing a upgrade in the San Jose area. They are removing certin HD channel groups and adding new ones. They say this requires a new TiVo receivers. Which one of your dual reveivers is a replacement for the standard equipment supplied by Direct-TV.

By: DJ

DJ — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 17:35:10 +0000

Is there any update here?

By: Michael

Michael — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 17:15:09 +0000

What unit is your new DirecTV receiver? Is it a D12? If so, try just setting it up as a D10.

By: torula

torula — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 17:04:38 +0000

I have a humax DVD player burner I’ve had since 2005. I love it. Recently Direct TV has replaced my satellite in order to receive local channels. I now can’t get the 2 systems together. Cable is out of the question. I live in the country. I haven’t even begun to think about HD. I just want to get back to being able to record and burn DVD’s with my unit. Neither Direct TV or Tivo customer support could help me program my new set up. Should I just sell this unit and go with direct TV? or is there any waty to get them to work together? HELP!

By: gkkim

gkkim — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 06:35:06 +0000

…And the exclusion of the “low speed data” on DirecTV receiver (to allow for TiVo to make channel changes) on recent DTV receivers is more than just annoying.

Having the serial cable allows for faster/more accurate channel changes (vs. the IR blaster). And allows for the receiver box to be tucked away out of view. That is definitely an attraction towards a Cable Card/TiVo solution.

These guys better pick it up or else I am bailing shortly. Been experiencing my receiver losing program guide info that requires hard resets of the DTV receiver. 2-3 minutes a day of reboot is definitely adding up…

We should start a new twitter/facebook campaign to turn up the heat!

By: Rick

Rick — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 19:34:26 +0000

I am going to hate to change from DT sat to cable but am tired of wating for your TIVO unit . 10 yr. customer ! Your lack of understanding a tivo lover’s mingset is tragic or just plain Stupid ! You are soon to lose a major share of your client base !

By: gkkim

gkkim — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 10:33:44 +0000

Been wanting a DirecTV capable HD TiVo for a while. Almost switched to Comcast when TiVo was offering the free transfer of lifetime subscription over to the Series3/HD hardware, but stuck with std def and DirecTV.

Still bumming. My TiVo Series2 with (an upgraded 750GB drive) finally gave out, again. This time may be the main board and not just a drive like the last time around.

On the verge of buying a new LCD as well. What to do…?! This total blackout is annoying because I can’t plan on the purchase of the new tv, blu-ray, av receiver, etc.

The slippage from 2nd half of 2009 to 2010 can’t bode well for either TiVo (not gaining new subscribers) and DirecTV (subscribers on the verge of bailing).

By: Michael

Michael — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:54:54 +0000

I’d have to agree that there seems to be a total blackout on info about this product. But considering what Apple is able to do with products that require much more specialized hardware, and orders of magnitude more people and companies, I’m not too surprised. In this economy, losing a contract for a reason as extraneous as leaked info is especially painful.