DIRECTV Plus DVR (Lease)
DirecTV Plus DVR
A major fumble on DirecTV's part. I rated this as one star only because 'none' was not an available option. This DVR has the most complicated software interface that I have ever used, not to mention the highly unreliable hardware that needs constant (daily or oftener) re-booting. They could not possibly have tested this using real customers or users of the TiVo DVRs. The older TiVo units were reliable, user-friendly devices. This 'newer, better' technology, as was described to me by the sales staff at Best Buy, is a badly designed and unreliable piece of useless metal and plastic. Do not buy DirectTV DVR technology ever (or at least until they re-design it so that it is even better than TiVo, and only then after thay test it thoroughly using real people). I returned my first, second and finally my third unit and demanded a TiVo technology replacement unit. I received a 70 hour TiVo unit (30 hours less recording time than the original DirectTV DVR) but I was so relieved that I didn't care.