DirectTV DVD DVR anytime soon?

We are thinking of moving from Comcast to DirectTV. We recently got a
Pioneer 57H unit, which I am less than elated with, due to poor digital
image quality anyway (I am still in 30 day period and can return it if I
decide to go that route).

Is there any word of a DVD version of the DirectTV TiVo anytime soon?
Given that the current unit is only $100, I would have no problem buying
it now and upgrading in a few months. Not sure I want to give up on DVD
capability entirely though...

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- Burt Johnson
MindStorm, Inc.
http://www.mindstorm-inc.com/software.html

(Burt Johnson) wrote:
Is there any word of a DVD version of the DirectTV TiVo anytime soon?
Given that the current unit is only $100, I would have no problem buying

New products have been announced and/or are on the market
already. Search the articles here in this newsgroup over
the past week or go to one of the popular tivo web forums
such as dealdatabase.com and search their archives.

r5 wrote:

(Burt Johnson) wrote:
Is there any word of a DVD version of the DirectTV TiVo anytime soon?
Given that the current unit is only $100, I would have no problem buying

New products have been announced and/or are on the market
already. Search the articles here in this newsgroup over
the past week or go to one of the popular tivo web forums
such as dealdatabase.com and search their archives.

I did a Google on "DirectTV DVD Tivo". Though I got several hits, none
of them really offered all 3 in a single machine (they were all on a
single page, but different machines).

Do you know any specific product I can search on?

--
- Burt Johnson
MindStorm, Inc.
http://www.mindstorm-inc.com/software.html

"Burt Johnson" wrote in message
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r5 wrote:

(Burt Johnson) wrote:
Is there any word of a DVD version of the DirectTV TiVo anytime soon?
Given that the current unit is only $100, I would have no problem
buying

New products have been announced and/or are on the market
already. Search the articles here in this newsgroup over
the past week or go to one of the popular tivo web forums
such as dealdatabase.com and search their archives.

I did a Google on "DirectTV DVD Tivo". Though I got several hits, none
of them really offered all 3 in a single machine (they were all on a
single page, but different machines).

Do you know any specific product I can search on?


There is no Directivo w/ DVD on the market, nor has one been announced..
There is a Pioneer standalone Tivo w/ DVD recorder already on the market,
and I think Toshiba has announced plans for one, too. Toshiba already has
one with a DVD player built in.

maharg18 wrote:

There is no Directivo w/ DVD on the market, nor has one been announced..
There is a Pioneer standalone Tivo w/ DVD recorder already on the market,
and I think Toshiba has announced plans for one, too. Toshiba already has
one with a DVD player built in.

Yes, I know of those units. As my initial message said, I have one of
the Pioneer units and am not very happy with it.

I am now looking to switch from Comcast to DirectTV, so am looking for a
DirectTV TiVo to go with it. Would like an integrated DVD-R recorder
with it, but I guess I'll live without one if they are not on the
immediate horizon.

--
- Burt Johnson
MindStorm, Inc.
http://www.mindstorm-inc.com/software.html

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maharg18 wrote:

There is no Directivo w/ DVD on the market, nor has one been announced..
There is a Pioneer standalone Tivo w/ DVD recorder already on the
market,
and I think Toshiba has announced plans for one, too. Toshiba already
has
one with a DVD player built in.

Yes, I know of those units. As my initial message said, I have one of
the Pioneer units and am not very happy with it.

I am now looking to switch from Comcast to DirectTV, so am looking for a
DirectTV TiVo to go with it. Would like an integrated DVD-R recorder
with it, but I guess I'll live without one if they are not on the
immediate horizon.


Woops.. Sorry, I didn't see that part in your original post.. Anyway, I
doubt we'll see a Directivo w/ DVD built in ANYTIME soon.. As much as
Directv dislikes showsharing, etc, it'll probably be a long time till we see
it.

Burt Johnson wrote:
Yes, I know of those units. As my initial message said, I have one of
the Pioneer units and am not very happy with it.

I am now looking to switch from Comcast to DirectTV, so am looking for a
DirectTV TiVo to go with it. Would like an integrated DVD-R recorder
with it, but I guess I'll live without one if they are not on the
immediate horizon.

It's difficult to predict at this time, but the odds don't favor a
DirecTV-integrated model with built-in DVD recorder. Frankly, I was
surprised to see the Pioneer SA models, but then I realized that since
they're just performing the same tasks any OTA DVD-recorder is performing,
it's not quite the same as taking an MPEG-2 bitstream from DirecTV and
converting it to a DVD-compatible MPEG-2 bitstream and winding up with a
near-perfect copy of the original DirecTV program.

You could always couple a separate DVD-recorder with a DirecTV-integrated
TiVo, for a lot less than the Pioneer SA TiVo/DVD-recorder cost you.
There'd be a slight loss in signal quality thanks to the
digital-to-analog-to-digital conversion process, but you should still wind
up with fairly high quality DVDs.

--Paul
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