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To: lml who wrote (1740)	8/10/2005 8:17:10 PM
From: pyslent	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 2093

The only DVRs currently in DirecTV's stable are TiVo-DirecTV combo boxes, so the free DVR is most assuredly the standard combo box (with TiVo), not anything new from NDS. Inventory clearing, perhaps, before rolling out the new NDS boxes? Whatever the motivation, this should be a good way for TiVo to pick up a lot of subs on DirecTV's dime.

To: lml who wrote (1740)	8/11/2005 3:54:57 PM
From: jlib	Respond to of 2093

The guy writing the article is not particularly technically knowledgeable otherwise he would have recognized the picture in the DirecTV offer as the HDVR2 (although they are probably also shipping the newer R10), both current DirecTiVo boxes, and would not have mulled over what operating system it was running. There are no DirecTV NDS boxes at this time. Beyond that, you are reading more into the article than is there. "The new DVR service will come from NDS" does not imply the box in the offer is from NDS. DirecTV is just dumping their inventory of DirecTiVos in anticipation of the eventual release of the NDS boxes. The rest of you post was spot on!