Alert: Warning for people with TiVo

Tivo? What is this 2001?

 

Who knows. With cord-cutting being more commonplace, it may become fashionable again.

 

TiVo boxes are generally more responsive and have a better UI than the ones provided by cable companies. And it saves you from paying mutiple outlet/multiple receiver fees so usually pays for itself within a couple of years. I have directv exclusively now (used to have both Comcast and DTV). If my TiVo boxes were compatible with directv, I'd switch them in a second.

 

As a Dish customer I have the best technology you can get so I can see why Direct TV subscribers would want Tivo I suppose.

 

Unfortunately, while the Hopper receivers that Dish has are way better than what DirecTV offers, Dish was way late to the party vis-a-vis Bein Sports Spanish HD, ESPN Deportes HD, Fox Deportes HD, Fox Sports 2 HD, and the Premier League Extra time channels, which were added just a few months ago (are they even HD yet?), etc. At this point, I had already signed up with DTV and then did a new contract. As far as I know, Dish still doesn't offer FS Plus in HD or NBC Universo in HD, and they don't have GolTV or TyC Sports (both SD on DirecTV). Is Direct Kick HD on Dish? So even though the receiver tech is better on Dish, and Dish has (finally) filled some of the gaps in its HD offerings, I'd still have to go with DirecTV's better programming options. Obviously, if Dish fills the missing gaps, I'd reconsider when my contract expires due to the better receiver technology (unless DTV catches up there). Non-footballwise some of the stuff that my wife and kids watch are HD on DTV but not on Dish as well.

 

True, the Channel selection for Soccer and the majority of sports is superior on Direct TV. So for someone like you and others around here who need all those channels I can see why you cling to DTV.
But when it comes to Technology and the things I watch (I am also a College Football fanatic)
Dish just can't be beat.