DirecTV's other PVR (not TiVo)

by Erik Lane 30. November 2004 04:06

Found this article from Engadget about the new PVR that DirecTV will be offering along with their current one powered by TiVo.  The article says that TiVo revealed recently that 75% of new subscribers from last quarter came from DirecTV meaning that once the DirecTV wells drys up that TiVo will be in trouble.  Man, I hope not.  What TiVo needs to do is build their standalone versions with a dual-tuner just like the DirecTV boxes do.

Most people don't realize how important the dual-tuner is.  I've gotten people interested in TiVo before to the point that they purchase a stand alone version.  They like it but it's not as big a change is TV watching because their TiVo can only record one show at a time - what happens if you've got two shows on at the same time or you want to watch live TV for some reason (can't think of one but you know what I mean).  For some reason TiVo has avoided building their stand alones with a dual-tuner and maybe it time to add that?  They may have a deal with DirecTV so that only the DirecTV boxes have them...I don't know but seems like the only thing that makes sense to me.

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Dave Burke
Dave Burke on 11/30/2004 3:59:00 PM

Erik, you're exactly right.  The dual-tuner issue is huge.  When I hear why people chose a local provider's DVR or http://www.tivo.com" target="_blank">TiVo the dual-tuner issue always comes up as one of the reasons.  Good point about it not being that big a change with only one show at a time recording capability.

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