Originally posted by kosmo vinyl:
the new tivo's certainly sound the way to go if only because of the inclusion of cable cards... my issue with tivo was having to buy the unit and the sub, then i was stuck with the thing and not being able to upgrade, also wish it had an integrated tuner,
That subscription fee is only for stand alone TiVo's. With DirecTV you pay a $5 fee for as many DVR's you'd like, plus $5 per each additional tuner (whether it DVR capable or not). So for example, a two room set up with two Tivo's costs $15 (compare that with a two room set up with no DVR's at $10). I expect something similar when TiVo jumps over to cable technology. The question is going to be what about the added features? The TiVo-to-go feature is not currently supported by DirecTV (by D*Tv's doing, not TiVo), so that may be an additional charge.
The new TiVo's are tempting me away from DirecTV back to cable, but I doubt I make the switch. I really like the NFL Package and won't leave it. And my D*TV service is far better than any cable company I've ever used. As soon as they make the high-def DVR from DirecTV to support my MPEG-4 local high-def broadcasts (not supported by the current high-def TiVo), I may have to say goodbye to TiVo. I'm very saddened by this, but just like leaving Mac 12 years ago when they weren't serving my needs at a reasonable cost, I will have to do the same to TiVo. I won't pay cable more to give me less just because of TiVo, much like I wouldn't pay Apple more to give me less, just because one or two superior programs.
I think cable users should be very excited at this point for the new TiVo Series 3.
By integrated tuner, I assume you mean stereo tuner?