Last I heard, new DirecTivos are supposed to be available by the end of this calendar year.
DirecTV also bought ReplayTV, so they are pretty much protected from TiVo's patents by cross-licensing agreements. -- David Risner Software Engineer MERLOT, California State University On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 11:51 AM, PGage <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 10:28 AM, M-D November <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Not even close to the same thing. The VCR pause button was only >> capable of stopping the tape - if you were watching a show as it >> aired, the video would continue and only the recording would pause. >> TiVo's patent covers the ability to "pause live TV" (which is possible >> thanks to hard disks, digital video, and a 1/2 second lag) - which >> Dish brags about constantly in their commercials. >> >> Honestly, I find it hard to believe that Dish, knowing that DirecTV >> has a relationship with TiVo, would be willing to take the nuclear >> option here, especially since it's customer service suicide. But then >> again, stranger things have happened... >> > > Does DirecTV still have a relationship with TiVo? It is impossible to get a > TiVo brand DVR from DirecTV anymore (even though they are far superior). I > have two TiVo DVRs that I am nursing like sick puppies because I don't want > to transition to the DirecTV brand (my third is one of theirs). I wish > DirecTV would buy TiVo and just use their tech. > > -- > TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "TV or Not TV" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en > -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
