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OK, so I broke down and bought a 60" HDTV...
I have been a DirecTV subscriber for over 3 years, having left Dish Network due to horrible customer service.
I have also had a DirectTV/Tivo system for over two years and can't see myself living without a DVR.
So of course i price the new DirecTivo systems with HD compatibility.... $1000 bucks... I paid $100 two years ago for a Tivo system. When you consider that the useful life of this technology is roughly 3 years before it will need replacing due to newer technology, that works out to $27.77 over 3 years. That doesn't even include the monthly or lifetime Tivo service fees.
So I look at Dish Networks offering. If I sign up for service i can get an HD DVR for $4.95 a month (on top of normal Dish service fees which are comparible with DirecTV). Over three years that is $178.20. That is a difference of over $800!!!!
Of course I don't want to go back to Dish Network, having been burned before, but damn, I am not spending $1000 on a cheap computer system with a GNU licensed OS.
I could build a DVR myself for cheaper, but the wife would need to be able to use it, and she likes the ease of the Tivo system (should have seen her freak when i switched my PC to Linux about 5 years ago.)
OK my rant is done now... thanks for listening.
mark
I have been a DirecTV subscriber for over 3 years, having left Dish Network due to horrible customer service.
I have also had a DirectTV/Tivo system for over two years and can't see myself living without a DVR.
So of course i price the new DirecTivo systems with HD compatibility.... $1000 bucks... I paid $100 two years ago for a Tivo system. When you consider that the useful life of this technology is roughly 3 years before it will need replacing due to newer technology, that works out to $27.77 over 3 years. That doesn't even include the monthly or lifetime Tivo service fees.
So I look at Dish Networks offering. If I sign up for service i can get an HD DVR for $4.95 a month (on top of normal Dish service fees which are comparible with DirecTV). Over three years that is $178.20. That is a difference of over $800!!!!
Of course I don't want to go back to Dish Network, having been burned before, but damn, I am not spending $1000 on a cheap computer system with a GNU licensed OS.
I could build a DVR myself for cheaper, but the wife would need to be able to use it, and she likes the ease of the Tivo system (should have seen her freak when i switched my PC to Linux about 5 years ago.)
OK my rant is done now... thanks for listening.
mark
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