Sadly, the initial fruits of their renewed labor haven’t been very compelling, leading some to wonder if DirecTV is doing the bare minimum to avoid costly licensing. And is it coincidental that TiVo’s Time Warp patent protection expires in 2018? Regardless, hope these guys have a higher def whole-home TiVo solution in the works for DirecTV subscribers. Given THR22 scarcity, there may indeed be something new in the pipeline…
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Hah, yeah, 2018. I saw the year and immediately came here to post about that odd coincidence, but you caught it!
Let me swap my DVR out and still use my Minis and I’ll be sold.
The HR10-250 was so awesome at the time and arguably ahead of its time. Now I have my Roamio with overly compressed Comcast, ugh.
Should be interesting to see what transpires at that time … 4 years is a long time to stand still though….