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- The Best Thing In The World: TiVo Transfers
- The Best Thing In The World: TiVo TransfersRE: The Best Thing In The World: TiVo TransfersRecently dumped Comcast and got DirecTV, their HD DVR and guide blows away Comcast's. Only thing good I can say about Comcast is they had HD DVR before Tivo had any HD offering. ...
- Tags: DVR, TVs, TV & Home Theater, Digital video, Cable, TiVo Inc., Comcast Corp., TiVo Transfer, Best Thing, DirecTV
- Discussion threads 2009-04-17
- DirecTV releases iPhone app to taunt us cable customers
- If its superior number of HD channels isn't enough to elicit some envy from cable subscribers, DirecTV is rubbing it in a little more with the official release of an iPhone app that basically lets you control your DVR from anywhere. More specifically, you can search for...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Digital Video Recorder, DirecTV, App, Cable, DVR, Network Technology, TVs, Digital Video, Tv & Home Theater, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Networking, Sean Portnoy
- Blog posts 2009-03-30
- DirecTV, Verizon FiOS lead in offering HD channels
- DirecTV, Verizon FiOS lead in offering HD channelsBad ComcastThe Comcast story just gets keep getting worst. Comcast has a monopoly in our area. They act like they have that monopoly.We wish we had a viable alternative to Comcast.Comcast more HDs .... not even if you count on-demandIf...
- Tags: TVs, Comcast Corp., Verizon FIOS, Verizon Communications Inc., DirecTV
- Discussion threads 2009-02-16
- DirecTV, Verizon FiOS lead in offering HD channels
- If you believed the commercials, it would be clear that Comcast is the leader when it comes to providing the most HD programming. But anyone who has Comcast as their cable provider knows that the cable giant makes that claim based on the amount of on-demand high-def programming it makes...
- Tags: Channel, Comcast Corp., Verizon Communications Inc., Fiber-optics, DirecTV, HD, Fiber Optics, Optical Networking, Network Technology, Cable, TVs, Telecommunications, Networking, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Sean Portnoy
- Blog posts 2009-02-16
- DirecTV kills its Media Center tuner project
- DirecTV kills its Media Center tuner projectWow, that sucksAs an avid Media center user/enthusiast this comes as a big blow for the platform. Personally it doesn't affect me as I live in Canada and don't get Direct TV. However, as heavy user and big fan of the Media...
- Tags: Media Center PCs, TVs, TV & Home Theater, OTA HD, Media Center PC, DirecTV, OCUR, Media Center tuner
- Discussion threads 2008-12-09
- DirecTV kills its Media Center tuner project
- Nearly three years ago, at CES 2006, DirecTV announced that it was working on a tuner that would allow Windows Media Center to receive high-definition premium satellite signals. Earlier this year, there were rumors that the project was in beta test, and several high-profile web sites even spotted the hardware...
- Tags: Media Center PC, DirecTV, Media Center PCs, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Microsoft Windows, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Operating Systems, Software, Ed Bott
- Blog posts 2008-12-09
- DirecTV’s HD tuner set to debut with Windows 7?
- DirecTV’s HD tuner set to debut with Windows 7?Yes I have ....... Have you used a TiVo??I doubt since you actually think that MC has a better interface.TiVo is not perfect, but I had more problems getting MC to do what I actually want/need it to do that I ever...
- Tags: Media Center PCs, TVs, TV & Home Theater, Blu-ray, OEM-version, TiVo Inc., DirecTV, Media Center PC, SDV Tuning Adapter Support, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 7
- Discussion threads 2008-11-08
- DirecTV's HD tuner set to debut with Windows 7?
- DirecTV's HD tuner for Media Center PCs, first announced at CES three years ago, has achieved the same notoriety as Bigfoot, the Yeti, and the Loch Ness monster. The occasional sighting is always enshrouded in fog and mystery, and no one has ever reported spotting one of these mythical creatures...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, DirecTV, Creature, Microsoft Windows, TVs, Media Center PCs, Tv & Home Theater, Operating Systems, Software, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Ed Bott, Media Center PC, Microsoft Corp., Satellite, H.264
- Blog posts 2008-11-08
- Is there still an opportunity for TiVo?
- Is there still an opportunity for TiVo?TiVo & DirecTVTiVo are not competing with DirecTV by selling their own boxes since the TiVo HD box does not work with satellite, only cable. By partnering with DirecTV they would then have the cable market AND the satellite market available to them....
- Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, DVR, TiVo Inc., DirecTV
- Discussion threads 2008-09-03
- Is there still an opportunity for TiVo?
- I used to watch TiVo. There's actually a double-meaning there. As a consumer, I loved my TiVo box and the TV-viewing flexibility that it introduced to my household. As a journalist, I watched the company, as well. No contest: I liked the service far more than I...
- Tags: TiVo Inc., DirecTV, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-09-03
- TiVo's new strategy: Too little, too late?
- ZDNet Senior Editor Sam Diaz says it's time for TiVo to focus its resources on licensing its technologies for the non-TiVo DVR boxes offered by cable and satellite TV providers. TiVo should abandon developing its standalone set-top boxes, since it has never been good at luring a mainstream customer base,...
- Tags: Strategy, TiVo Inc., Satellite TV, Tv & Home Theater, TVs, Network Technology, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Networking, Sam Diaz Memo, Tivo, DirecTV
- Videos 2008-09-03
- 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: Well HERE's Your Problem, Ma'am...
- DIRECTV: Well HERE's Your Problem, Ma'am...Continuing Saga to show how great D* is now adayFrom a 7+ year customer and I am a paper thin from calling it for D*.http://www.dbstalk.com/showthread.php?t=133090RE: DIRECTV: Well HERE's Your Problem, Ma'am...I've been with DTV since December 1994. I am also a FCC certified card carrying...
- Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, Network technology, DirectTV, Ma'am, Well HERE, DirecTV, closet
- Discussion threads 2008-07-20
- DIRECTV, what about "Make the products work" and "Keep the customers happy" do you not understand?
- DIRECTV, what about "Make the products work" and "Keep the customers happy" do you not understand?DIRECTV postJason - Sounds like an incredibly frustrating experience. I am really surprised the DirecTV employee would suggest disconnecting your service. The "D-word" should never be initiated or used by the employee -- Call Center...
- Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, DirecTV, TiVo Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-07-14
- 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
- Dishing It Out
- There may soon be just one satellite radio company. Now, the stars seem to be aligning for there to be just one satellite TV company, as well. First, in radio. The FCC is close to making a decision that will let Sirius Satellite Radio Inc acquire arch-rival...
- Tags: AT&T Corp., DirecTV, Satellite, Satellite Television, Liberty Media Corp., John Malone, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Satellite TV, Network Technology, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Consumer Electronics, Networking, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld
- Blog posts 2008-07-02
- DirecTV HR21 (DirecTV Plus HD DVR)
- Although CNET did not review the DirecTV HR21, we did review the HR20. The two DirecTV satellite DVRs are basically identical aside from coloration (the HR21 is black while the HR20 is silver) and the fact that the HR21 lacks a built-in ATSC tuner, so it cannot receive or record...
- Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, digital video recorder, DirecTV HR21, DirecTV, HR20
- Product reviews 2008-03-18
- (Photos: Top 10 reviews of the week)
- (Photos: Top 10 reviews of the week)More...It does have a network connection capability. I have mine attched to my router and use it to download on demand movies and receive my convertor updates faster than with the phone line connection. I understand if I use an external hard drive, I...
- Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, DirecTV, Dishnetwork, Top 10 Reviews, photograph
- Discussion threads 2008-03-02
- Verizon: Want our Triple Play? Sorry, can't have it
- As I wrote about last week, I just made the decision to switch our phone from Verizon to Time Warner Cable and TV services from Time Warner Cable to DIRECTV. My ideal solution would have been to sign up for Verizon's FIOS service for everything, but alas, FIOS TV service...
- Tags: Phone, Verizon Communications Inc., DirecTV, Service, Telecom & Utilities, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Josh Taylor
- Blog posts 2008-02-05
- So long Time Warner Cable, hello DIRECTTV
- So long Time Warner Cable, hello DIRECTTVCorrection[i]I couldn't imagine life without NY1, a local all-news station that's exclusively on Time Warner Cable[/u]Cablevision also carries NY1, and you are right, it blows all other news networks out of the water, if you ask me.RE: So long Time Warner Cable, hello DIRECTTVcommentaryVerizon...
- Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, Corporate communications, INTERNET, Network technology, Cable, Time Warner Inc., DirecTV, DirectTV, GolTV, video
- Discussion threads 2008-01-29
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