Sat/PVR Questions (1 Viewer)

[Jared_B]

I currently have the Hughes HD DirecTV receiver, hooked up to a rooftop antenna for local HD. I don't have a dish or service.

I would like to get DirecTV, but I also want a Tivo/UltimateTV setup. What is the best way for me to do this?

Get a Tivo/UltimateTV + DirecTV package that includes the standard dish and installation, then buy the HD dish later?

Get the HD dish alone, install it myself, then buy a separate Tivo/UltimateTV box?

What are the pros/cons of Tivo vs Ultimate TV?

 

[Robert_J]

What are the pros/cons of Tivo vs Ultimate TV?

There's a good thread on this at Tivo Community in the DirecTV section. The biggest con for UltimateTV is the support. Microsoft has pulled a lot of the developers off of U-TV and put them on X-Box.
-Robert

 

[Jeff Bamberger]

DirecTiVO has dual tuners, allowing for recording of two channels at the same time....amongst a host of cool features......definitely check the tivocommunity link. A wealth of good info there.....

 

[Jared_B]

DirecTiVO has dual tuners

The salesmen at Best Buy (I know...) told me the opposite - the TIVO could not record 2 channels at the same time, while UTV could. That's why I'm here...

 

[Alf S]

Jared,

I have an Ultimatetv receiver (RCA DWD490RE) and really like it. If you're lucky enough, maybe you can find one at Radio Shack in your town, they go for $79.

For the money, it's worth it for me. I subscibe to the $9.99 a month UTV service so I can record on both tuners, and my wife wants to surf the web while watching our little one during the day, so we pay $5 extra to use my own ISP for unlimited surfing.

Since there's no contract, I cancel the UTV part if I get tired of it.

So far it's worked great...you'll find lots of naysayers who swear by Tivo, and that's great, but for me paying $50 (open box at local A/V store) and $9.99 a month isn't to bad for all the features you get.

Check out AVSForum.com for a complete UTV forum (plus Tivo etc) lots of good info there.

Alfer

 

[Lew Crippen]

I’m sure that you are aware Jared, that none of the PVRs will record and playback HD signals.

 

[Jared_B]

Unfortunately, I am aware that they won't do HD recording.

I did some looking on the sites some of you posted. It seems that there is a series 2 Tivo coming out soon that should have two tuners? Anyone know more about this?

 

[Michael D. Bunting]

Jared:
I just pre-ordered the Hughes Series II DIRECTV w/ TiVo from the Tacoma, WA Circuit City
It is indeed $199.99
Here is some more info on it:
Thread discussing the $199.99 (or $189.99) price at Circuit City:
http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb...threadid=77948
Thread discussing the pending release date (unknown):
http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb...threadid=75379