Equipment

It would have to be able to have the DVR and HD capablities turned on and off based on customer requirements, so sure, also it is no secret D* wants to move this way....

That's the plan eventually anyway. Technically they'll be 2-a main house server, and clients.

kturcotte said:

That's the plan eventually anyway. Technically they'll be 2-a main house server, and clients.

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I thought the server would be the PC card....

Doesn't matter to me. However DirecTV sees fit that my TV's get a signal is fine.

Stuart Sweet said:

What do you mean, cutting all support for all but the following:
D10,D11,D12
H20,H21,H23
R15,R16,R22
HR20,HR21,HR22, HR21Pro

or are you saying only support:
D12,H23,R16,R22,HR22

or something else?

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I mean, All new and replacement equipment would be HD DVRs, those who did not want HD would not have the HD access added, those who did not want to record would not have the DVR service added.

Stuart Sweet said:

What do you mean, cutting all support for all but the following:
D10,D11,D12
H20,H21,H23
R15,R16,R22
HR20,HR21,HR22, HR21Pro

or are you saying only support:
D12,H23,R16,R22,HR22

or are you saying that everyone gets an HR40 with certain options turned off in software?

What are you saying?

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I think he means 1 reciver that can have the DVR functions on or off, or maybe just send an external drive out, for DVR orders, and it will also let you activate and deactivate HD access on it, based on HD orders.

curt8403 said:

I mean, All new and replacement equipment would be HD DVRs, those who did not want HD would not have the HD access added, those who did not want to record would not have the DVR service added.

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As long as it works I don't see why anyone would object to it... as long as the cost is similar to the current program

Was this meant to be a rhetorical question?

I'd go as far as only making two units. One HD and one HD DVR. I think the cost of the HD DVR can never be offset by higher production numbers.

It would be fine with me, but there's no telling what would happen if my 80s-something parents were forced to use a DVR receiver. They would probably wind up watching a year-old baseball game, and all the time thinking they were watching it live.

how many times have you gotten a HD unit, and then wished you had gotten an HD DVR (I have seen 1000s of cases)
this would solve that issue. just call and have the package added.

Mertzen said:

I'd go as far as only making two units. One HD and one HD DVR. I think the cost of the HD DVR can never be offset by higher production numbers.

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Never worked in the electronics industry, have you?

I can easily see where the cost per unit for one model from on line could be as cheap to make as the current non-dvr units are currently costing. Components are NOT that expensive and whoever keeps throwing out that $800 per DVR for D* is way, way overstating the costs or on drugs. For $800 each, quantity in the millions, you could have one heck of a media center.

What about size? I like my tiny D11 in the office, hooked up to my pc. So until DirecTV and Microsoft get their act together on my HDPC, I like my little box too.

(yes, I voted go all HD DVR though, as anything to keep costs down, if that did it).

yes....the less models of something the better.

dodge boy said:

I thought the server would be the PC card....

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That's a different product.

Assuming it does actually work out to be cheaper for DirecTV if have no problem with it. I can definitely see going down to just a hd receiver and HD DVR with no SD versions but I still think we've got a while to go before the DVR becomes standard for everyone. The HD, the additional tuner, the additional memory etc all at a lot to the cost.

If the first options said:

I would be inclined to vote for it.

I agree. I must abstain from this poll because I think that it's unlikely that the unit cost could be lowered enough so that every single receiver out there would have every function.

Here's what I would support:
Scenario 1
Whole-Home DVR as basically a headless server with multiple MRV clients each with enough storage to provide a local, 90-minute buffer and trickplay feature

Scenario 2
Modular receiver that would have an empty bay for a user-installable drive sled to convert the receiver to a DVR.

I do support sunsetting MPEG2/SD receivers. The sooner you stop making them the sooner you can (some time in the far future) sunset MPEG2/SD altogether.

Guess it wouldn't matter to me.. I'm all HDDVR already