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Technology Stocks : Tivo (TIVO) Interactive TV -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: TimF who wrote (1927)	1/30/2007 4:52:13 PM
From: Cogito	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 2093

Tim - I can't see why not. Such splitters do exist, and I have used them. They are not the same as standard cable TV splitters, however, because the DirecTV tuner actually works interactively with the LNB on the dish. Thus, they are somewhat expensive. Of course, you would have to activate the second receiver and pay to use it. - Allen

To: TimF who wrote (1927)	1/30/2007 6:15:18 PM
From: Dan3	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 2093

I have a pair of DirectTIVOs hooked up to one TV and it works perfectly. You need a multiswitch for the satallite antenna connections and an A/V receiver to switch the signal, or 2 inputs on the TV (or two TVs). By the way, cherish those DirecTIVOs, DirectTV won't let them be sold, any more. I'm now running a 6 month eval of Comcast before switching to TIVO series 3 (which Comcast will let you use). Current cable cards don't support upstream selections, and that's supposed to change soon. Comcast's DVR works, sort of, but it really is unusable compared to TIVO. Hard to understand how two such similar products could be so different in terms of usability. TIVO just works. Then you switch to the Comcast DVR. You hit a button. Sometimes something happens after a while. Sometimes it doesn't. You hit the button again. Nothing. You wait. You hit the button again. Suddenly all three button clicks are applied. You change a channel (or try to). If it works, there's a big blue banner that covers 1/2 the screen with the name of the show on it (but no show yet). After a few seconds, the show starts up in the background, but the blue banner's still there. Then it goes away. Then it comes back. Then it goes away again. If Comcast is trying to frustrate channel surfers, they have done a great job of implementing their requirements.... Comcast's schedule menus scroll quickly and are reasonably responsive. Comcasts little preview box in the corner that shows while you look at the guide works fine. If I hadn't had TIVO for years I'd probably think the comcast DVR was great.