Hypotheticaly Speaking

[Mark]

Now that I have a HDVR2 and use Tivo, What if they go down the tubes?

Two people I have talked to say they will not make it through the year.

 

[geneb11]

sounds like you were talking to someone who doesn't have a Tivo.

[raj2001]

Originally posted by Mark
Now that I have a HDVR2 and use Tivo, What if they go down the tubes?

Two people I have talked to say they will not make it through the year.

 

Oh please. That's just a rumor. There is no hard and factual evidence that anything of the sort is going to happen. As a matter of fact, TiVo and DirecTV are already going ahead with plans for greater things, like the Home Media Option (TiVo only) and pretty soon HDTiVo.

[FzyLgic]

And those two probably have ReplayTV or Dish PVRs...

It's Replay that has the more uncertain future with SB filing BK yesterday.

[Wedgecon]

DirecTivo's are fully supported by DirecTV, if Tivo were to go under nothing would change except that for the fact that Tivo would no longer be getting their demographic information.

[cnsf]

Also, Replay was purchased by the Denon/Marantz company, so the customers aren't going to miss a blink of TV or service.

It would be the same for Tivo.

[ADent]

Um that deal fell thru. Replay is going to auction (where presumably D&M could be a bidder).

If TiVo goes under the DTiVo units will continue to work for quite awhile, probably 'forever'. The DTiVo is now under DTV control.