directv / tivo hi-def receiver --- when? (1 Viewer)

[Ted Lee]

hi all -

does anyone know when the hi-def version will come out? i'm hearing sometime early this year?

ted

 

[Todd Henry]

Last I heard was late March /early April.

Todd

 

[Shane Martin]

List is $1,000 if you are curious.

 

[Ted Lee]

1K?!? mudder fudder!!! i've heard street prices in the 500 range...

better hope my bb discount kicks in big-time...

 

[Robert_J]

You can pre-order for Value Electronics right now and get $100 off. Comes out to $899.

-Robert

 

[Hugo]

Robert, could you post the address where I can get the receiver? Thanks.

Hugo

 

[Robert_J]

Direct links to non-sponsers are not popular here. It would be triple W dot valueelectronics dot com.

-Robert

 

[Micah Lloyd]

Cool. I pre-ordered... $100 is $100. The sad thing is that it'll be half the cost in a year. Oh well.

I saw this unit at CES and wanted to walk away with it.

Thanks!

 

[Mitcheizik]

I just called Direct tv to ask them when the tivo/Hd was coming out( before I read this thread) and the guy said he knew nothing about this, and then did some searching on the website? and said their is no info.

 

[Micah Lloyd]

From DirecTV's own web site. It's a couple of months old, though.

 

[Mitcheizik]

MIcah, thanks for the info.

 

[Ted Lee]

they're going with hdmi instead of dvi?

gawd-darnit...i just *knew* that was gonna happen!

ugh...i can't keep up.... :frowning:

 

[Stephen Tu]

Supposedly an HDMI->DVI adapter cable will be included, so no worries, though you might have to buy one if you need a longer run.

 

[Ted Lee]

well, i guess that's good news. as soon as i got my mits/samsung dvi setup, i read that they think hdmi is going to be the connection of the future. figures!

 

[Robert Crawford]

So this unit is a HD receiver combined with a Tivo unit that can record a movie in HD from HDNet Movies and later display it on your display in HD?




Crawdaddy

 

[Micah Lloyd]

Yeppers. AND it has two OTA tuners. You can record HDNet while recording over the air while watching something already recorded.

 

[Robert Crawford]

Cool, I can record HDNET while watching TCM.

 

[Michael Reuben]

Damn, I really wish I could get DirecTV. :frowning:

M.

 

[Rodney]

Even better than that. You can record HDNET and record TCM while watching a previously recorded show (either HD or not!)

Now that's cool!