HDTV Comcast HDTV DirecTV Tivo info

I've got Tivo and DirecTV. I want to go HD. I've heard Comcast going Tivo soon maybe. Testing this last week is what an article I read mentioned.

I'm not sure what to get. Comcast HD or DirecTV HD. I need Tivo though as that's the only UI I like really.

Here's the pros and cons as I see it from my own opinion. I might be wrong though.

Comcast
Pros
1: On Demand
2: Local in HD without an antenna?
3: Going to be able to offer Tivo maybe sometime?
4: Tivo Series 3 from weeknees site allows you to download movies, stream music and stuff from the pc and other features maybe? You can upgrade the hard drive their for more recording time. I'd only record in the best quality.

Comcast cons
1: No Tivo
2: Not as many HD channels

DirecTV pros
1: Way more HD channels?
2: Tivo HD maybe?
3: On Demand maybe someday?

DirecTV cons
1: No tivo?

Not sure what else there is for either services.

I hope there'll be some more responses. Right now the big thing is the $300 dvr fee for DirecTV. 2 of those where Comcast doesn't make you pay this sort of money.

I guess the major problem is no tivo on directv.
Here is what I've learned so far.
Comcast.
1: over $140 per month
2: no tivo right now, but can buy tivo series 3 for $300 minimum. Tivo available in future with comcast though. free upgrade to new dvr they told me.
3: less hd channels I believe. lot less, but don't know 100%.
4: crummy capacity on comcast dvr of 60hr sd and 15hr hd. this is utterly pathetic.
5: on demand we would use

directv
1: cheaper per month by $40 or more
2: no tivo period
3: way more hd channels i believe
4: upfront $600 cost for 2 dvrs at $299 each for the HR21.

so with comcast it is way way more per month, but no upfront $300 per dvr fee. probably free upgrade to new dvr with more capacity when available. directv tho has more hd channels and is cheaper per month, but the upfront cost is enormous i think. and yer stuck with it.

comcast seems like the easy choice here. except for the more per month fee. so you'd get tivo, on demand, free dvre upgrades when available.

I'm still not sure what to do, but I'm probably leaning toward directv because of the hd content. however eventually comcast will have more too. also tivo on comcast is a huge thing as well.

I prefer tivo by far to anything else. i will never use ebay either. i just thought of that i could use my tivos for SD with directv and HD only on the directv dvr. cool.

We're leaning towards DirecTV. I'm just bothered by the upfront cost, no on demand, no ability to free hd dvr upgrade like with comcast when new ones come out and no Tivo. Also no ability to upgrade hard drive in DirecTV HD dvr that i know of.

I think he means comcast.
Far as I know, all dvrs from anyone have a season pass feature.
bfdtv, what do you mean mhz? What's mhz on the comcast system? Also how would i find out but then i don't know what it is so don't know why I'd care, lol.

Is the DirecTV on demand like Comcast on demand?
If I went that way then I'd probably get the everything package from directv.

also are local in HD on the same local channels or does the directv system put them at different numbers?
DNS on the channel list page for directv lists the locals ABC, NBC etc for east and west at channels like 81 or something. So I'm curious if locals are in HD with directv hd if they would just come in HD or if there's a different channel for that or something. I would guess if locals are in HD with the directv hd it'll just show HD. I don't know though.

I guess from using the standard directv hr15 with 100hr recording, i really do not like the UI specially only having one recording buffer and tivo has 2. live recording buffer that is.

Tukwila, WA no.

We've decided on getting DirecTV HD but not sure when. We'd get 3 HD receivers now that my father wants an HDTV . Gonna have to try to get DirecTV to not charge us $300 per receiver tho in the upgrade.