Tag Archives: DirecTV

DirecTV’s PC Tuner Moving Out Of The Vapor

Posted on Tuesday, January 8, 2008 by MegaZone

Earl Bonovich, a DBSTalk moderator and a reliable source in the past, has posted front and back scans of the product brochure for DirecTV’s new HDPC-20. This is a dual-tuner satellite receiver which will connect with a Windows Vista Media … Continue reading →

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New Chips From Broadcom And ViXS Point To Future DVRs

Posted on Friday, January 4, 2008 by MegaZone

The CES press releases keep rolling, and both Broadcom and ViXS have announced new chips which have direct applications in the DVR market. This is particularly interesting to me as TiVo has been using Broadcom SoCs since the second spin … Continue reading →

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DIRECTV to Present at the Citigroup 18th Annual Entertainment, Media and Telecommunications Conference

Posted on Thursday, January 3, 2008 by MegaZone

Jan 03, 2008 16:43 DIRECTV to Present at the Citigroup 18th Annual Entertainment, Media and Telecommunications Conference EL SEGUNDO, Calif. –(Business Wire)– Jan. 3, 2008 DIRECTV (NASDAQ:DTV) will present at the Citigroup 18th Annual Entertainment, Media and Telecommunications Conference on … Continue reading →

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WeaKnees Blog Talks DirecTV HD DVRs

Posted on Monday, December 31, 2007 by MegaZone

The WeaKnees Blog has posted an overview of the different DVR options to use with DirecTV HD, the HR10-250 (TiVo), HR20 (NDS) and HR21 (NDS) DVRs. It is a pretty good write-up, but there are a couple of mistakes, or … Continue reading →

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DirectTV Vista Media Center PCs May Yet Appear

Posted on Friday, December 21, 2007 by MegaZone

Remember when Microsoft and DirecTV announced that they were developing tuner modules and the associated software that would allow vendors to sell Vista-based Media Center PCs with built-in DirecTV support? No? Well, I can’t blame you, since it was at … Continue reading →

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