According to Dish, it's the first HD DVR in the satellite industry available with no upfront charge.
Though I like DirecTV's channel selection more, from all the research I've done, DISH has the better HD DVR.
"We are pleased to answer the call of TiVo fans by making the new TiVo HD DVR from DIRECTV available nationwide, " said Tony Goncalves, senior vice president, Product Management, DIRECTV.
ENGADGET: DirecTiVo now available nationwide, please try to contain your excitement
We caught up with Verizon at the booth and had a chance to spend some time with the new whole-home HD DVR and its clients, we were expecting last year.
So we're posing the question to you, and we're looking for your input on the performance of your HD DVR, the general quality of service, appearance of HD channels and overall satisfaction.
"The DLNA premium content guidelines used by the DIRECTV Genie allow full HD DVR functionality without the need for receivers in every room, " said Romulo Pontual, executive vice president and CTO of DIRECTV.
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We suppose it is possible that previous SD TiVo's are more responsive, but the Series3 is by far the most responsive HD DVR we have used and a pure delight compared to the HR10-250.
"DIRECTV customers nationwide can now experience the TiVo HD DVR from DIRECTV, which combines TiVo's award-winning user interface with DIRECTV's great lineup of HD programming, " said David Sandford, Vice President, General Manager of TiVo's service provider business.
ENGADGET: DirecTiVo now available nationwide, please try to contain your excitement
If you're tired of waiting for DirecTV's continually-delayed HD DVR, or just one of the lucky few who actually have access to FiOS service (and want to extract every ounce of greatness from it), Verizon is looking to hook you up.
ENGADGET: Verizon to offer "Home Media DVR" to FiOS customers
The SXRD has a cable card slot, but I have it connected via a HD-DVR box from Comcast.
Dish also sells digital TV receiver equipment, some with HD and DVR features, to its customers and third-party retailers.
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Subscribers enjoy the largest high definition line-up with more than 200 national HD channels, the most international channels, and award-winning HD and DVR technology.
Customers have access to the most HD channels, the most international channels, state-of-the-art interactive TV applications, and award-winning HD and DVR technology including the ViP 922 SlingLoaded DVR, the world's only DVR with TV Everywhere functionality.
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ViP series has Ethernet connection and will allow them to connect to Internet video library and access to your DVR, even HD programming.
The company maintains high standards of customer service, is proactive in bringing HD channels and the latest DVR technologies to the market, focuses on subscriber credit quality and offers the NFL Sunday Ticket all of which support its outlook.
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The ability to access a robust DVR library and distribute all live and recorded HD content to eleven independent zones will be supported by Niveus' most powerful media server, the Pro Series n9, set to be released in Q4 2008.
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DirecTV paired its HD interface with the five tuner, RVU ready HR34 Home Media Center DVR back in March, so what will it do next to take advantage of the multiroom boxes with five tuners and massive hard drives?
WD's My Book AV DVR expander addresses these issues by providing users with up to 120 additional hours of HD storage for their TiVo, DirecTV, Dish Network and other compatible DVRs.
This first DVR looks to be incapable of recoding HDTV and they made no mention of any new HD DVRs this year (so there may be a glimmer of hope for TiVo after all since they have the only hi-def DTV DVR).
Apparently the DVR system will utilize a run-of-the-mill Motorola QIP6416 (dual HD-tuners and a 160GB hard drive) as the "hub" and a Motorola QIP2500 (basic STB that can receive content from the hub), both of which will communicate via MoCA (Multimedia over Coax Alliance) technology.
ENGADGET: Verizon to offer "Home Media DVR" to FiOS customers
Not only that, but while TiVo might have pushed the DVR into the mainstream, it hasn't meaningfully innovated since -- apart from HD output and the aforementioned streaming services, you'd be hard-pressed to tell a brand-new TiVo HD from an original unit by using it for five minutes.
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