Miscellaneous Heathen : Tivo Woes

Comment on Tivo Woes by your attorney

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 22:04:40 -0500

DIRECTV are buttfucking sacks of shit. Because of their new agenda my dvr content is regularly erased due to "software errors" and get this, the shit dvr controls are irregularly in place due to a "software error" having to do with their new rules on keeping recorded programs you have bought. Yousee this shit did not happen before the space grab. Likely for the interactive crap games and such. Could be for more HD programing I suppose, but I seriously doubt it. I think I might be one of the first people to have bought directv (1996) and am seriously considering switching over to ATT digital cable.

Comment on Tivo Woes by Chet

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 23:08:31 -0500

But don't you have a DTV DVR, and not a "real" Tivo now? One of the reasons TV providers like Comcast, ATT, Verizon, etc have developed their own DVRs is so they, not you, control what happens on them. Hence the mass deletions.

Comment on Tivo Woes by your attorney

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 13:22:30 -0500

I do, I also have a tivo that take HD only from OTA antennae but has been replaced with dvr. They used to not tellme how long I could hold a program. I am pretty sure att cable does not.

Comment on Tivo Woes by Chet

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 13:25:57 -0500

There is a thing called the Broadcast Flag that some HD devices honor, but a device from a provider like ATT or Comcast is wildly more likely to ignore you instructions than a real Tivo.

Also, if you do the all-in-one deal from ATT, you have to let them control your home network. I probably don't have to tell you what I think of that plan.