DIRECTV Plus DVR (Lease)
Directv R10 lacking technology
We recently switched to Directv from Dish network to upgrade to a DVR Tivo, if dishnetwork would have gave a me TiVo I would have stayed with them, so much for customer retention. One of the major things we miss from out Dishnetwork was Caller ID on the TV screen, and still being able to watch the channel your on (channel surfing) while viewing the Guide (PIP) even with a PIP ready TV using directv R10 does not let you be able to do it. <br />The part that disappoints use is when switching over to Directv they assured us that we would have the same features as allready had with Dishnetwork plus the Tivo, bye the way the Tivo does work good, allthough know of others that have other Tivo's must be RCA's that have the feature of skipping thru commercials after being recorded, with directv you have to fast forward stop when go to far back up, kinda frustrating for what kind of technology should be on the market at the end of 2005. Directv's user channel shows a receiver and remote that suposedly has all these missing feature's but when question them about it get conflicting explanation's after on the phone with them about availability one dept. says can have what I need but will need to pay additional $50 to exchange the receiver saying what I need is a model R15. <br />Bottom line I was happier with Dishnetwork <br />