Comments on: Latest Update on the DirecTV TiVo HD

By: Tired of Waiting

Tired of Waiting — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 01:34:19 +0000

Bad news, folks. TiVO CEO Tom Rogers tells CNET’s Molly Wood that the Directv TiVO won’t be around until “later this year.”

http://news.cnet.com/8301-30966_3-20002650-262.html

That’s right. We’ve gone from “sometime 2009″, to “early 2010″, to “first half 2010″, and now it’s “later [2010].” And who knows what it will slip to next. I’m sure “early 2011″ will be next.

My Freaking Goodness. Enough is enough. We had some great times together, but now it’s time to say goodbye.

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 17:19:03 +0000

I’m guessing that since it’s the verge of April, they really didn’t mean “Early 2010.”

Man, I’m so frustrated waiting for this thing, it’s just gonna be anti-climactic no matter what they put out.

I never thought Tivo would overpromise and under-deliver, but here we are.

Unless this thing knocks my socks off (such as sharing HDTV across multiple tivos thru the ethernet) I’m going to be disgusted.

Remember folks…they were supposed to put this out way back in mid ’09. We’re now approaching mid ’10, and there’s no end in sight, and no word whatsoever.

Sheesh.

By: Tired of Waiting

Tired of Waiting — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 17:20:38 +0000

That’s just some forum shlub speculating. According to Engadget, TiVO has something to announce on March 2nd. And the DirecTV Twitter feed still insists that the product is on track for the first half of this year.

Still, this has gone on long enough. I’m convinced these two companies are either lazy or incompetent and are just begging to have their market share stolen.

By: Restless

Restless — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 15:52:21 +0000

According to this, it won't be until the end of the year.

By: Tired of Wating

Tired of Wating — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 02:42:39 +0000

Your days are numbered, DirecTV. Enough already. No official word from you on exactly what you’re shipping, your advertised timeframe is far too general, and this thing has already slipped at least once. Enough.

The good and trustworthy folks at Engadget say you’re new Tivo platform will be based on your old and crappy HR boxes.

Every tech blog on the planet was sure you’d announce *something* about your Tivo plans at CES. Why? Well, because it made sense.

And yet here we are, mid January 2010, and we’re still entirely in the dark.

Your days are numbered. Give us something concrete, and soon, or it’s adios DirecTV.

By: Michael

Michael — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 00:44:30 +0000

Considering that DirecTV isn’t even on the list of exhibitors, I’m not sure how that would work, but I’m certainly hopeful.

By: Jay

Jay — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 00:38:07 +0000

Fudzilla reports that it’s likely that DTV (and TiVo?) will make an announcement regarding the vaporware HD DirecTiVo at CES later in the month. True or not? I have no idea, but I’m cautiously hopeful and just dreaming of the day I no longer have to use my DTV POS DVR.

http://www.fudzilla.com/content/view/17029/1/

By: Tom

Tom — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 20:16:02 +0000

I also have had directv with tivo since 2004, when I bought my new house. I switched from cable. We have had a small-ish TV since then, and not really needed HD. But this X-mas we got a 46-inch, and now you can tell the difference between standard and HD. However, I really like the Tivo interface, and don’t want to leave it.

But if this new receiver does not come out soon, the cable company will be coming to my house.

By: Tired of Waiting

Tired of Waiting — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 17:54:04 +0000

Loyal DTV customer since 2004. I originally subscribed because they had partnered with TiVo, and was thrilled with the offering. But now, I have one TV with that original TiVo box and it could fail any time now, and another TV with a DTV HR box that I got in 2007 and the software/performance is a joke.

I had high hopes for the Microsoft/DirecTV offering, but so much for that. I also had high hopes to see a new DirecTV/TiVo device in 2009, but no dice, and practical silence from DTV on what’s going on.

I have had it with waiting for DirecTV to provide a new offering that’s exciting and works well. Here’s where I’m at:

If DirecTV offers a new TiVo solution, but with the crappy/slow HR hardware, I will cancel.

If DirecTV offers a new TiVo solution, with good hardware, but doesn’t give me at least one box for free, I will cancel.

If DirecTV offers a new TiVo solution, with good hardware, but increases my monthly bill in any way for it, I will cancel.

I’m tired of waiting for DirecTV to do right by their loyal customers.

By: Steve

Steve — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 13:48:38 +0000

Won’t be switching here, been using two HR21 Pro’s for over a year with zero issues.