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- Dell turns on satellite TV
- Dell turns on satellite TVBuy once, pay forever.Sorry, but the gotcha here is that you must also sign up for the TiVo "guide" at $10 a month. No thanks.Uncompetitive offer in a terribly competitve marketThere are so many people offering DirecTV with major freebies that I can't understand what...
- Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, Network technology, Other Choices, satellite television, personal video recorder, DirecTiVo, TV, TiVo Inc., satellite, Dell Computer Corp.
- Discussion threads 2003-10-20
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- DIRECTV: Well HERE's Your Problem, Ma'am...
- Shortly after I posted my diatribe on my problems with my DIRECTV HD receivers and the company's horrible customer service, I was contacted by Stuart Sweet, a moderator on a popular Satellite TV forums site, DBSTalk. Apparently, my post had created quite a stir and I was asked to register...
- Tags: Digital Video Recorder, DirecTV, Satellite, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-07-20
- DIRECTV, what about "Make the products work" and "Keep the customers happy" do you not understand?
- Well, I was going to write my post-mortem of the iPhone launch and go into an entire diatribe on crappy customer service and the perils of early adoption, but then I found myself with a much better target than AT&T Wireless and Apple -- the idiots...
- Tags: Customer Service, DirecTV, HR-20, HR-21, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-07-14
- Vista Media Center takes over the living room
- [Update 24-August, 2:00PM: By popular request, I've assembled a list of the parts that went into this system, including specs and prices.] In June, I recounted my out-of-the-box experience with a new Dell PC running Windows Vista, starting with a failed BIOS upgrade, undergoing a successful repair, and establishing that the basic hardware and software...
- Tags: Media Center PC, PC, System, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows, Vista Media Center, Ed Bott
- Blog posts 2007-08-24
- Seven screen shots: forthcoming Verizon FiOS TV Interactive Program Guide
- Seven screen shots: forthcoming Verizon FiOS TV Interactive Program GuideI want this available nowIt's the only way Time Warner will make their pricing and services better, if they get some competition.Nice but ...no real functionality that my DirecTivo has not had for years. The weather, traffic, and movie posters are...
- Tags: Video on demand (VoD), Pricing, Digital media, TV & Home Theater, Fios, Verizon FiOS TV Interactive Program Guide, Verizon Fios TV, Verizon Fios, Verizon Communications Inc.
- Discussion threads 2007-06-05
- Digital media systems: a feature comparison
- Digital media systems: a feature comparisonThere is a Series 2 Dual Tuner boxTivo released the Series 2 DT Dual Tuner boxes earlier this year (May, I think) and I know at least one person who actually uses one.http://www.tivo.com/2.0.boxdetails.asp?box=series280hrDTDVRTiVo CorrectionsThe TiVo Series3 has basically all of the features of the Series2...
- Tags: Corporate communications, DVR, Digital video, Network technology, Vista MCE, digital media, S2DT, tuner, TiVo Inc., video, cable, TiVo Series3
- Discussion threads 2006-10-25
- Who's got the best seat in the digital living room?
- Who's got the best seat in the digital living room?None of them worth the cost or effort.Bottom line, I haven't seen a "system" that is user friendly or does what the consumer really wants.No rush here folks, this turkey is a long ways from being done.The next major battlegroundI like...
- Tags: Corporate communications, Network technology, TVs, Sage, TiVo Inc., video, TiVo Series3, BTV Link, S2DT, PC
- Discussion threads 2006-10-25
- Major League Baseball takes swing at Sling Media
- Major League Baseball takes swing at Sling MediaLogicI am as much for protecting Intellectual Property as the next one, but I cannot help but laugh with glee when the illlogic of one party steps on the upside down lawn rake of technology and whacks them in the face. If I...
- Tags: Games, Cable, Network technology, MLB, Sling Media
- Discussion threads 2006-06-06
- 42% of rural customers get their TV through satellite, 37% through cable
- 42% of rural customers get their TV through satellite, 37% through cableIf it wasn't for...The astronomical cost of DirecTivo HD receivers, and the inability to get local stations over HD, I'd go back to DirecTV in a heartbeat.My cable company does a good job, and the High-Def DVR they have...
- Tags: Network technology, TVs, TV & Home Theater, cable, satellite, TV
- Discussion threads 2005-08-15
- Where's the iTunes for movies?
- Where's the iTunes for movies?Bandwidth and banditsLegal movies via the net will have to wait until REAL broadband is available to most home. The pitiful 1.5 - 5 MB offerings from ISPs today just doesn't cut it, especially when you consider how, IMO, unreliable it is. (Cable modem...
- Tags: Digital music, Digital media, movie, Apple iTunes
- Discussion threads 2005-07-06
- TiVo refocuses on cable and satellite allies
- TiVo refocuses on cable and satellite alliesToo Bad TiVo Costs More and Does Less than CompetitionI have Dish Network's DVR unit 522... it holds 80 hours and costs $5 a does 2 TV's... gets it's programming info directly through the Dish, unlike TiVo that needs a phone line.Tivo costs more,...
- Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, DVR, Consumer electronics, Network technology, TiVo Inc., VCR, TV, satellite, cable, programming
- Discussion threads 2005-07-02
- TiVo, DirecTV extend ad pact
- TiVo, DirecTV extend ad pactAdvanced AdvertisingAfter I experienced a test run of TiVo's new "advanced advertising" feature a few weekends ago, I decided it was time to dump TiVo and look for another service. When you ffw/rev, a popup suddenly apprears dead-center onscreen, blocking the focal point of the...
- Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, Network technology, programming, TiVo Inc., DirecTV, advertisement
- Discussion threads 2005-04-05
- FCC lets TiVo users share shows
- FCC lets TiVo users share showsMoney talksThe rest of us walk...Nothing like a "get out of jail free" card for what amounts to closed P2P networks. Wonder if my cable company can do the same thing with DVRs?SO, I can now do what I've done with VCR tapes.So I can...
- Tags: Federal government, Consumer electronics, VCR, TiVo Inc., FCC, propriety
- Discussion threads 2004-08-04
- Comcast takes on TiVo
- Comcast takes on TiVoI'm glad to see...Tivo have competition.Every since UltimateTV which was a superior service and box went under (thanks for abandoning us AGAIN, Microsoft) TiVo hasn't been doing much. The interface is dog-slow, and there hasn't been much in the way of improving it.Yes,yes. I know...
- Tags: Video on demand (VoD), DVR, Digital video, TV & Home Theater, TiVo Inc., Comcast Corp., VoD, digital video recorder
- Discussion threads 2003-12-03
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