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New DIRECTV SWM-8 Pricing: $199!

July 8th, 2008 · No Comments

That pretty much says it all - starting today, we’re pricing our DirecTV SWM-8 units at $199. These amazing units allow for one cable to enter your house carrying up to eight tuners-worth of data, for up to eight receivers or four DVRs. All on one cable!
+These units include power supplies (DirecTV branded).
+These units include [...]

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Tags: DirecTV · Product Information · WeaKnees News

DirecTV TiVo OS Version 6.4a - Add Kits Fail

July 7th, 2008 · No Comments

We sell add kits for almost all versions of TiVo DVRs (as opposed to replace kits, which we do have for every single model). These add kits won’t install with version 6.4a of the DirecTV TiVo software on these models:

Hughes HDVR2
Hughes SD-DVR40, SD-DVR80, SD-DVR120
RCA DVR39, DVR40, DVR80, and DVR120
DirecTV R10
All Samsung DirecTV TiVos
Philips DSR7000, DSR704, [...]

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Tags: Customer Contacts · DirecTV · Product Information · WeaKnees News

Tom’s Letter: The TiVo is More than a DVR

July 1st, 2008 · No Comments

We’ve said it a few times on this blog, and we continue to insist that a TiVo is much more than a DVR. Now, in his letter to shareholders, Tom Rogers, the CEO and President of TiVo, goes further: DVR means “digital video retriever.”
The letter is a good read. He writes about the future of [...]

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4 Input SWM Expander In Stock

June 27th, 2008 · No Comments

The Single Wire Multiswitch for DirecTV (or SWM) has made installing DirecTV or expanding an existing installation much, much easier. And the SWM world is still evolving with new products. We’ve just received our first shipment of SWM E4 Expanders. These units hold four SWM units. The Expander attaches directly to the four SWMs (or [...]

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Tags: DirecTV · Product Information · WeaKnees News

miscFAQ: Phone Lines and DirecTV TiVos

June 24th, 2008 · No Comments

We often get asked questions about phone lines and their need and use with DirecTV TiVos (or DirecTiVos, as many call them). So here’s some Q & A:
Does my DirecTV TiVo get guide data from the phone line or the satellite?
DirecTV TiVo combo units get their guide data from the satellite, sent down as data [...]

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Tags: DirecTV · miscFAQ