Can someone help me decipher this DirecTV deal?

Matt Ackeret wrote:
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Phill. wrote:
If you have 3 receivers you can watch 3 different programs, and pay

Just to nitpick one point -- with this deal he was talking about, he
could watch/record *4* things at once -- 2 on the DirecTivo, and one
each on the regular DirecTV boxes.

Actually, Matt, that's *five* things--record two on the DirecTivo, watch one
recording on the DirecTivo, and watch one on each of the standard receivers.

Those "3 room DirecTV deal free" ads sure are widespread.. (I guess
I'm seeing them in the newspaper mostly.) This is the first time
I've seen someone mention a "3 room" deal that has a Tivo in it.
(obviously
much more expensive though.)

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tooloud wrote:
Matt Ackeret wrote:
In article ,
Phill. wrote:
If you have 3 receivers you can watch 3 different programs, and pay

Just to nitpick one point -- with this deal he was talking about, he
could watch/record *4* things at once -- 2 on the DirecTivo, and one
each on the regular DirecTV boxes.

Actually, Matt, that's *five* things--record two on the DirecTivo, watch one
recording on the DirecTivo, and watch one on each of the standard receivers.

I meant 4 different things live.. I'm not really counting the ability to
watch something *else* on the Tivo that was already recorded. (Not that
I'm discounting that possibility, I do it all the time on my Tivo of course..)

I just actually care about # of things at a time.. and argh, trying to
sample some of the new shows, I'm ending up Tivoing 1, videotaping 1,
and watching another live. (I only have 1 VCR reliable enough for unattended
operation.. and don't really intend on buying more.. I'll have a
DMR-E80 at some point to hopefully virtually retire the VCRs.. Hmm, when
does that PS2 + DVR come out?? I've still got a bunch of unused Sony
credit card points.)

* Lenroc Wrote in alt.video.ptv.tivo, on Mon, 29 Sep 2003 13:35:00 -0700:
On Mon, 29 Sep 2003 20:23:11 +0000, Phill. wrote:

Lots of Apartments these days have farms of minidishes on the roof.

My apartment complex will not allow installation of dishes in any area
that is considered to be a "common area", including outside of my patio
"boundaries", or on the roof.

I also am prohibited from drilling into an exterior wall for any reason.

The FCC recently gave small dish users a lot of flexibility (namely by
saying that leasors cannot prohibit leasees from placing dishes in
"leased" or non-common areas), but it can still be hard to install a dish
in some cases.

I had the same problem, I built a small plank that stuck out my bedroom
window and mounted the dish on it. Worked like a champ for over a year
till I moved.

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In article ,
(Matt Ackeret) wrote:

In article ,
tooloud wrote:
Matt Ackeret wrote:
In article ,
Phill. wrote:
If you have 3 receivers you can watch 3 different programs, and pay

Just to nitpick one point -- with this deal he was talking about, he
could watch/record *4* things at once -- 2 on the DirecTivo, and one
each on the regular DirecTV boxes.

Actually, Matt, that's *five* things--record two on the DirecTivo, watch one
recording on the DirecTivo, and watch one on each of the standard receivers.

I meant 4 different things live.. I'm not really counting the ability to
watch something *else* on the Tivo that was already recorded. (Not that
I'm discounting that possibility, I do it all the time on my Tivo of course..)

Sorry DirecTivo does not have Picture-In-Picture. You can only watch one
thing at a time, although it can be recording 2 things.

The fine print in these deals is that for 2 receivers it requires a 1
year committment, for 3 receivers, 2 years.