Posted by: BlueSky
Question - Using TiVo with DirecTV - 10/12/07 11:20 AM
We have DirecTV with the DVR they provide. It's called the R15 and apparently was designed by demons from Hell who delight in seeing mortal humans go slowly insane as they cope with the R15's numerous shortcomings and DirecTV's horrendous customer service. If you're considering a new system, run from the R15 like it's a starving pit bull and you're wearing a steak suit with a bacon hat. Not that I'm bitter.
Anyway, we're ready to send our DVR back to DirecTV with explicit instructions on what they can do with it, but...it appears you can't use a TiVo with a satellite system and keep the option of watching one program while recording another or recording two shows at once. They have a dual-tuner model but TiVo's site specifically says their dual-tuner DVR won't do double duty with satellite systems. I assume it's because a standard satellite system only provides 1 input; ours has 2 because the POS R15 is a dual-input DVR but presumably if we return it they'll kill the second input...or can they, without coming out and physically removing it?
Any insights or suggestions would be appreciated.
Anyway, we're ready to send our DVR back to DirecTV with explicit instructions on what they can do with it, but...it appears you can't use a TiVo with a satellite system and keep the option of watching one program while recording another or recording two shows at once. They have a dual-tuner model but TiVo's site specifically says their dual-tuner DVR won't do double duty with satellite systems. I assume it's because a standard satellite system only provides 1 input; ours has 2 because the POS R15 is a dual-input DVR but presumably if we return it they'll kill the second input...or can they, without coming out and physically removing it?
Any insights or suggestions would be appreciated.