VUDU vs Satellite

[RonV]

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You guys are lucky. When I had my Dish Network hardware installed, on one of the trips the tech hung out in his van looking at Polish girlie magazines!

I could be even worse. The guy one street over from me has 4 Dish Network dishes on his house. Each one points in a different direction....He must have subscriptions to every non-English offering. He has two in his chimney. And one on each corner of his roof. I hope they never need to service them.

[HeadHodge]

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I could be even worse. The guy one street over from me has 4 Dish Network dishes on his house. Each one points in a different direction....He must have subscriptions to every non-English offering. He has two in his chimney. And one on each corner of his roof. I hope they never need to service them.

Maybe you've accidentally stumbled on Obama's hide out.

There's a big bounty award out there waiting for you.

[MaxH]

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I had a Comco$t "technician" argue with me for 20 minutes trying to explain that component carried a better picture than HDMI. Gee, analog vs. digital, hmmm...and he was one of the better ones, really, at least he was communicative.

[HeadHodge]

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I had a Comco$t "technician" argue with me for 20 minutes trying to explain that component carried a better picture than HDMI. Gee, analog vs. digital, hmmm...and he was one of the better ones, really, at least he was communicative.

So now you're all wired for component??

[NA9D]

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Maybe you've accidentally stumbled on Obama's hide out.

There's a big bounty award out there waiting for you.

Hey, Hey, Hey...Unless you have the man as your Senator, you cannot make fun of him!

[HeadHodge]

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Hey, Hey, Hey...Unless you have the man as your Senator, you cannot make fun of him!

Love you like my brother!!

[HeadHodge]

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Maybe you've accidentally stumbled on Obama's hide out.

There's a big bounty award out there waiting for you.

Ooooppps, another damn Todian-Slip. I think I meant Osama. My bad!!

I'm really confused. So who's running for president and who's just running???

[Rusdude]

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Since there was a mention of DirecTV's PC tuner, I thought this link might be of interest -- http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/08/d...tuner-is-real/

[NA9D]

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Since there was a mention of DirecTV's PC tuner, I thought this link might be of interest -- http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/08/d...tuner-is-real/

Wow. Looks like they are beginning to implement some of the ReplayTV functionality into their new tuner (Replay already had a PC based DVR and room to room streaming).

[HeadHodge]

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Since there was a mention of DirecTV's PC tuner, I thought this link might be of interest -- http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/08/d...tuner-is-real/

Cool... Thanks!!

It looks sorta big though, so wonder if it really could be integrated into the guts of a TIVO or if would have to be an add-on box to TIVO. (of course, that's only if TIVO ever decided to do something like that).

[NA9D]

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But everyone keeps on talking about DirectTV going back with Tivo. They just purchased the assets and technology of ReplayTV. I doubt they are going with Tivo anytime soon. And given that the ReplayTV interface was better (IMVVHO), I can't see why they'd want to get into bed with TiVo again (why does TiVo make me think of jock itch whenever I hear the name or see the symbol? ).

[HeadHodge]

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But everyone keeps on talking about DirectTV going back with Tivo. They just purchased the assets and technology of ReplayTV. I doubt they are going with Tivo anytime soon. And given that the ReplayTV interface was better (IMVVHO), I can't see why they'd want to get into bed with TiVo again (why does TiVo make me think of jock itch whenever I hear the name or see the symbol? ).

Well I agree, I don't see Directv ever looking back and going back to Tivo.

I was suggesting that perhaps Tivo could license the Directv PC card technology from them and incorporate into a Tivo built and owned product.

BTW What's jock itch????

[redwein]

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And given that the ReplayTV interface was better (IMVVHO), I can't see why they'd want to get into bed with TiVo again (why does TiVo make me think of jock itch whenever I hear the name or see the symbol? ).

Perhaps ReplayTV was better (I never saw one so I couldn't say) but it doesn't really exist anymore. So it does make a lot of sense to compare the Tivo functionality with the DVRs of DirecTV and Comcast, etc., since those are really the only choices that people have today. Personally, I find Tivo to be the best choice of anything I have seen that is available today, and no that doesn't mean I like an itchy jock.

[HeadHodge]

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BTW What's jock itch????

Hey forget I ever asked that question.

I talked to my therapist about it today and found that she has in fact been frequently taking care of this condition for me!

I had no idea.... I'm so embarrassed....

[HeadHodge]

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So it does make a lot of sense to compare the Tivo functionality with the DVRs of DirecTV and Comcast, etc., since those are really the only choices that people have today.

Agreed, but my point is that it would be really great to be able to compare a Tivo that supports both Comcast and DirecTV against their respective DVR products.

But since I can't get a Tivo that supports Sat, it's fairly moot for me to discuss it. I really would get one if I could. It's the same for me and FIOS too. I'm sure it's really great, but I simply can't get it and therefore can't either praise it nor condemn it.