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**Salliter** · 06-13-2012, 09:54 AM

What does TiVo offer over a standard DVR? The DVR (HR23) we have is good.
Well, they were sorta rubbish but DirectTV has been rolling out "secret" weekend updates for select boxes on those weekends which I got on all our units. A new GUI that is HD and pretty and a million times faster.
Also have the HR22. Both with the updated firmware that basically made the boxes like they were brand new, latest and greatest. Seriously, it was like we got new updated units with how fast they got.

Only thing that they don't do that other companies do is the transparent menu. Wish DTV had that, or if they do, at least our boxes.

As far as the weather, like I said, very little issues. When it does cut out, I think it might have to do more with how high the clouds are reaching in the atmosphere.

To my knowledge and from what I've been told, a significantly better UI, wishlists and suggestions, faster, and various other things that vary pretty widely based on which DVR it's being compared to.

And always the years I've always consistently heard negative things from other Tivo users switching to other brands. Might be losing the familiarity of the UI or that Tivo is just a better experience, or a combination of the two. I don't know. But I've never used a non-Tivo DVR, so, and I can't exactly test drive one before making a commitment to a satellite company.

06-13-2012, 09:54 AM	#17
Salliter Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 441 Senior Member	What does TiVo offer over a standard DVR? The DVR (HR23) we have is good. Well, they were sorta rubbish but DirectTV has been rolling out "secret" weekend updates for select boxes on those weekends which I got on all our units. A new GUI that is HD and pretty and a million times faster. Also have the HR22. Both with the updated firmware that basically made the boxes like they were brand new, latest and greatest. Seriously, it was like we got new updated units with how fast they got. Only thing that they don't do that other companies do is the transparent menu. Wish DTV had that, or if they do, at least our boxes. As far as the weather, like I said, very little issues. When it does cut out, I think it might have to do more with how high the clouds are reaching in the atmosphere. To my knowledge and from what I've been told, a significantly better UI, wishlists and suggestions, faster, and various other things that vary pretty widely based on which DVR it's being compared to. And always the years I've always consistently heard negative things from other Tivo users switching to other brands. Might be losing the familiarity of the UI or that Tivo is just a better experience, or a combination of the two. I don't know. But I've never used a non-Tivo DVR, so, and I can't exactly test drive one before making a commitment to a satellite company.
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