Re: OT: DirecTivo vs. 'New Direct TV DVR'?

2007-05-22 Thread Richard Soule
Thomas Charron wrote: > Are you connecting with the HDMI cable? It's annoying, but it will > only do 1080i UNLESS you use the HDMI. Yeah, using HDMI. I'm not quite sure why HDMI is an issue? When you have a 1080p TV there really isn't that much difference between a 1080i signal and a 1080p sig

Re: OT: DirecTivo vs. 'New Direct TV DVR'?

2007-05-22 Thread Thomas Charron
On 5/22/07, Thomas Charron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 5/22/07, Ben Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The S3 has two CableCard slots and works fine with digital cable, > > including high def. However, satellite TV is not as heavily regulated > > as cable TV, so the satellite industry does

Re: OT: DirecTivo vs. 'New Direct TV DVR'?

2007-05-22 Thread Thomas Charron
On 5/22/07, Ben Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 5/22/07, Travis Roy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > S3 will probably work with DirecTV with an IR blaster, but you won't > > get HD. Similar to the older SA TiVos > The S3 has two CableCard slots and works fine with digital cable, > including hi

Re: OT: DirecTivo vs. 'New Direct TV DVR'?

2007-05-22 Thread Ben Scott
On 5/22/07, Travis Roy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > S3 will probably work with DirecTV with an IR blaster, but you won't > get HD. Similar to the older SA TiVos To the best of my knowledge: The S3 will only work with terrestrial OTA or cable. No satellite. It only has coax inputs (one each f

Re: OT: DirecTivo vs. 'New Direct TV DVR'?

2007-05-22 Thread Thomas Charron
On 5/22/07, Travis Roy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Anyone know if I'm getting ripped off? Should I really be paying > >> for a > >> new DVR when my old DVR is only 2 years old? > > I think the resounding answer will be yes, you're getting ripped > > off, but unfortunately, what can you do. W

Re: OT: DirecTivo vs. 'New Direct TV DVR'?

2007-05-22 Thread Travis Roy
> >> Anyone know if I'm getting ripped off? Should I really be paying >> for a >> new DVR when my old DVR is only 2 years old? > > I think the resounding answer will be yes, you're getting ripped > off, but unfortunately, what can you do. When they started migrating, > they'd already terminate

Re: OT: DirecTivo vs. 'New Direct TV DVR'?

2007-05-22 Thread Thomas Charron
On 5/22/07, Richard Soule <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My 11 year old TV crapped out yesterday so I ended up picking up a 50" > 1080p Plasma (Panasonic TH50PZ700U). > Wow! HDTV is really good. Blu-ray through the PS3 is pretty amazing. The > BBC version of Planet Earth on Blu-ray is one of the mos

Re: OT: DirecTivo vs. 'New Direct TV DVR'?

2007-05-22 Thread Travis Roy
> > I don't know about the DirecTiVos but the regular TiVos don't do > HD. Only the S3 which uses a CableCARD. I'm not sure it will work > with DirecTV. > The HD DirecTiVo (can probably find on ebay) will do HD, but only for premium channels, and they will be phased out eventually. S3 wi

Re: OT: DirecTivo vs. 'New Direct TV DVR'?

2007-05-22 Thread Tom Buskey
On 5/22/07, Richard Soule <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: That said when I called DirecTV to get HD channels (old TV wasn't HD) I was informed that DirecTV no longer has an agreement with TiVo and no longer offers DirecTivo. DirecTiVo is a combo box that combines all of the features of DirecTV with

Re: OT: DirecTivo vs. 'New Direct TV DVR'?

2007-05-22 Thread Travis Roy
> > That said when I called DirecTV to get HD channels (old TV wasn't > HD) I > was informed that DirecTV no longer has an agreement with TiVo and no > longer offers DirecTivo. DirecTiVo is a combo box that combines all of > the features of DirecTV with TiVo in one box. The UI rocks. > That is c

OT: DirecTivo vs. 'New Direct TV DVR'?

2007-05-21 Thread Richard Soule
My 11 year old TV crapped out yesterday so I ended up picking up a 50" 1080p Plasma (Panasonic TH50PZ700U). Wow! HDTV is really good. Blu-ray through the PS3 is pretty amazing. The BBC version of Planet Earth on Blu-ray is one of the most amazing things I have ever seen on a TV. That said when