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    Thinking of switching from Dish to Direct

    Lots of flexibility with a DTivo If you are thinking of standard def you can get used/refurb/NOS "DTivos" (dual-tuner DirecTV receivers with integrated Tivo-based DVR) and enhance them to support many of the same features that standalone SD Tivos enjoy - such as MRV (multi-room viewing). DirecTV...
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    622 Hard Drive Upgrade

    It takes some additional software in any device to adequately handle removable devices. Generally, DVR software is written with 'permanent' devices (internal hard drives) in mind; ones that don't get added and removed. A DVR maker could make a 'quick n dirty' modification to the software to...
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    R15 HD Replacement

    The R15s are too new at this point for people to have a lot of these answers. That's why I'm sticking with my (hacked) S2 DTivos - I have 3 of them running and 2 in reserve... at least I know what I can do with those.
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    R15 units rolling out now

    Extensive review/tour of R15 Screenshots, pictures of front, back, insides, comments on various functions: http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?t=270214
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    2 separate 522s reformatted same day

    Worked for me... see this post.
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    What the hell is going on?!!!!

    Two years ago I was in the same boat... flakey Dish DVR, ate all my recordings, new software downloads meant new surprises, etc. I had been a E* customer since 1996 but said enough was enough - I moved to DirecTV and my DirecTivos have been ultra-stable and have never failed to record a show. I...
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    Tivo -vs- Echostar case delayed to March 2006

    Click here for story text
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    Newbie questions. Be kind

    Wealth of info on upgrading your DirecTivos at http://www.tivocommunity.com/
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    Directv DVR

    This post is from someone that has 'played' with the new R15 for a few hours.
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    Switch to Dish

    If you're serious about DVR stability and features, then consider getting/staying with DirecTV. I had Dish from 1996 thru 2004, got fed up with the DVR goofyness, went with D* and two DirecTivos, which work without a hitch and are feature-rich. Case in point: Compare the Dish and DirecTV...
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    Rumor True! XM Is Coming To Directv!

    Based on the list posted in another topic, only two talk channels: "High Voltage" (gets you Stern clones Opie & Anthony) and "MLB" which has baseball talk and some games (mostly old ones). The page at http://www.directv.com/see/landing/xm.html should be re-written: Great Tunes. Wimpy Talk.
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    DirecTV / XM Rumor

    From the DirecTV web page http://www.directv.com/see/landing/xm.html : From the faxed list that Scott posted I see just *two* talk channels - hardly worthy of the buildup given in the above text posted on their web page.
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    DirecTV / XM Rumor

    I wonder if they will be strictly music, or some of the 'other' channels (talk, old-time radio, etc.) will be included?
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    DirecTV DVR vs Tivo. Differences?

    For certain, not an R15 as they are not available yet. Go into the SETUP menu, then SYSTEM INFO screen and report your IRD MODEL - I've never seen an R10 before, but based on a tidbit that I read it will say IRD model R52180 if it is an R10. Yes, and you will need to get a USB-to-Ethernet...
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    DirecTV DVR vs Tivo. Differences?

    For basics on the DirecTivos, this forum or the DirecTivo forum at http://www.tivocommunity.com - there is also an 'underground' forum there that discusses many hacking things but doesn't permit discussions of digital extraction. The easiest hack on any Tivo/DTivo is adding disk space. Rough...
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