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It is of course a business decision DirecTV is making. They could have made an MRV splash during the CES if they wanted to, there would be the immediate benefit to counter the ATT/Verizon MRV ads plastered all over the places to compare with the lack of it on cable and DBS. In the business...

I know a booth is expensive, but we are talking DirecTV here! They have a lot to show off, all the things they did with their Cutting Edge program. Put eight HRXXs MRVed together, with a big banner: "The best MRV with 2.4 TB storage, 16 live tuners, no Uverse nor Verizon can even come close...

Thank goodness we still have time to tell them don't make 3D without glasses please. At least with funny glasses, it forces you to use it ONCE IN AWHILE, and when you are not wearing it, you are back to reality. With 2D color TV people have already lost touch of reality, living in the "TV...

On that point I agree, when I called to use cancellation as a way to get better deals, I actually was ready to cancel and pay the termination fees, if any. He took the risk and won, they could have disconnected him on the day that was scheduled, and billed him the termination fee.

It all has to do with supply and demand. In high demand, I know folks switch jobs just to get better pay and benefit, in fact using one offer against the other for the best deal. But when economy soured, they stayed put, just the way things are, as long as you know a way out. Those who decide...

I recommend you wear a good quality condom when you dial any 800# as well, just because you think you are clean does not mean you may not pass on any virus or get screwed over by the other. Always good to have protection.

Not so easy, these days many call to disconnet simply because they can no longer afford to pay. Sending them a $400 bill will not lead D* anywhere with them, especially in cases similar to yours. I know two guys who bought into the NFL ST deal, and after the games were over and the discount...

I had switched between the two at least 3 or 4 times in the past many years, both retentions would tell me why I did not want to go to the other side, and they both used some facts they learned about the other side. Only that in my case, the E* retention was more educated about the D* facts...

Equally significant numbers: net profit down 46%, earning per share down 38%. Mostly the result of the new sub acquisition cost and retention cost I think.

Where is the D* twitter update? The quote and link you posted are the TiVo SEC filing.

Of course, but did that make them wanting to move their butts faster? NOT! That $104M (minus the appropriate interest) should have been handed over to TiVo over two years ago. It was delayed for two years, that fact only made them less threatened. Many TiVo folks are using this $104M...

The reason I speculate why all the delays, is that no body wants to pay TiVo for using TiVo's interface. Why? They can do with their own DVRs just fine. The only reason is TiVo can sue them for infringement if they do not sign agreement with TiVo. But the TiVo v. E* lawsuit has been going...

Which explains why the need for the B band converters and why OTA diplexing had problems. As long as the lower frequencies are available? Surely SWM does not eliminate high frequencies in the coax.

I understood you correctly, which led to my speculation that the coax MRV should work for you. Without SWM, not only each tuner requires its own dedicated coax cable, but a B band converter must also be added on to that cable. We know already the B band converter interferes with the OTA...

That may be true, but I like to speculate that it is really the elimination of the band converters/filters that is the key. In the case of the MDU situations, even though there is no SWM even close to his unit, a coax MRV should still work as long as a proper switch is installed, and no band...

No idea how MDU differs, but my speculation is without the SWM, the HDDVRs must use a B band converter for each tuner, that might cause problems for the coax-MRV. Otherwise, coax-MRV is just that, coax-MRV, as long as you have a coax ready to go without some band converter in the way. Pure...

And that is my own experience as well, after switching from E* to D*. Who knows, maybe D* is working on a more reliable way to do MRV, with coax MRV I can see a less complex network system dedicated to MRV. Frankly I am glad I stopped participating in the MRV CE program a month ago, and if D*...

But you are missing the point I was making, I was refering to the DirecTV MRV effort, not the ethernet effort. DirecTV had not officially announced and marketed an ethernet MRV. Yes, they did carry out, and still are doing an extensive ethernet MRV CE program, which is not an official...

I hope you really meant "every retailer" not everyone, certainly not everyone is already aware of the CAT5 solution, a lot of people don't even know VOD exist. Again, I don't think anyone is saying they will stop developing ethernet solutions. The only thing is, DirecTV as I recall never...

I don't think we are saying DirecTv will not support both MRV formats, only that it is interesting they only showed the retailers the SWM MRV, not the CAT MRV. It showed the direction they are going.

But if DirecTV in the end only makes the coax/SWM MRV available as a supported feature, this CAT5 MRV CE will be a joke. Not saying it will happen this way, but correct me if I am wrong, DirecTV never showcased a working CAT MRV demo before, yet they managed to showcase the SWM/coax MRV in...

Better or not, will it make the CAT5 MRV CE program a joke? There was no such statement from DirecTV, only TiVo has been beating this drum. DirecTV's continued silence on this subject is very telling. My point was DirecTV had not uttered a single word about this new TiVo thing since the...

Are they trying to move away from the CAT5 based MRV? Also still not a single word of the new TiVo?

Check out the thread I started about the AAA member discount deal for new D* subs: http://www.satelliteguys.us/directv-forum/121280-how-get-additional-240-off-new-directv-customer.html

Well just received an email from GM telling me the good news that Sirius XM will continue in my truck. Unfortunately after two weeks of sampling the service in my truck, all my family agreed to rather stick to the good old local AM/FMs. One of my coworkers also had the XM service when he...