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Hi all,
I'm a long time DirecTivo user, and lover, but now find myself
without it (it died, money refunded) and need a new one.
As you probably all know these units are pretty hard to find,
but CC has em for $99 after rebate, pretty attractive. This
thing about MS not supporting it, and RadioShack says the
DWD490RE has been discontinued - CC is not aware of that,
worries me.
I read a recent post about someone saying if there are no
more improvements, just bug fixes, that that would be fine
with them. I could live with that as well, I couldve lived with
that with my DTivo too, I loved it, the hardware just sucked.
But what about the program guide info, the stuff that makes
these type of units more than just a digital vcr, does that
come from MS or Directv into the UTV?
I saw the talk of switching over from DP to UTV, I'd like to
hear more from the DTivo to UTV people.
One last question, this Interactive TV, anyone use it or is it
just one of those promised features that rarely is available?
And, when/if you do use it, is it part of the 3 free hours a
month, or is that WebTV only?
I appreciate any feedback, going from DTivo to nothing really bites.
Chris
Former Sony SAT-T60 owner
2 RCA DirecTV units
Need time-shifting
I'm a long time DirecTivo user, and lover, but now find myself
without it (it died, money refunded) and need a new one.
As you probably all know these units are pretty hard to find,
but CC has em for $99 after rebate, pretty attractive. This
thing about MS not supporting it, and RadioShack says the
DWD490RE has been discontinued - CC is not aware of that,
worries me.
I read a recent post about someone saying if there are no
more improvements, just bug fixes, that that would be fine
with them. I could live with that as well, I couldve lived with
that with my DTivo too, I loved it, the hardware just sucked.
But what about the program guide info, the stuff that makes
these type of units more than just a digital vcr, does that
come from MS or Directv into the UTV?
I saw the talk of switching over from DP to UTV, I'd like to
hear more from the DTivo to UTV people.
One last question, this Interactive TV, anyone use it or is it
just one of those promised features that rarely is available?
And, when/if you do use it, is it part of the 3 free hours a
month, or is that WebTV only?
I appreciate any feedback, going from DTivo to nothing really bites.
Chris
Former Sony SAT-T60 owner
2 RCA DirecTV units
Need time-shifting