Category Archives: DirecTV

DIRECTV: TiVo Owners, Reboot

Posted on Wednesday, January 24, 2007 by MegaZone

DIRECTV says recording problems with its TiVo HD DVR — and other TiVo DVRs — can be fixed with a simple reboot. Check out the post over at TVPredictions.com. Basically, DirecTV is saying that they’ve fixed the problem with recordings … Continue reading →

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Customers miffed over DirecTV with TiVo problems

Posted on Sunday, January 14, 2007 by MegaZone

Customers of DirecTV with TiVo have been blanketing the satellite provider’s online user forums with complaints of a malfunction in the DVR service. Complaints of the problem first surfaced in early December, but DirecTV spokesman Robert Mercer said Friday he … Continue reading →

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DirecTV effectively snubs TiVo users – again

Posted on Thursday, January 11, 2007 by MegaZone

As owners of DirecTiVos know, DirecTV has deliberately crippled the feature set on those units. Despite the hardware and software both being capable of supporting all of the standalone TiVo features – Music, Photos, HME, online scheduling, etc – DirecTV … Continue reading →

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Update on the DirecTiVo lifetime transfer to the Series3

Posted on Wednesday, December 27, 2006 by MegaZone

WeaKnees Blog has posted an update about doing the transfer of an old DirecTiVo lifetime subscription to a new Series3. The important bit is: The word hasn’t spread too well among the TiVo operators, so it seems, but everyone who … Continue reading →

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DirecTiVo with lifetime now eligible for transfer to Series3?

Posted on Friday, December 22, 2006 by MegaZone

The WeaKness Blog is reporting that lifetime is now transferable from the DirecTiVo to a new S3. I’ve gone looking for any ‘official’ support of this claim – http://www.tivo.com/vip – as well as looking for any other blogs, TiVoCommunity.com, etc … Continue reading →

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