RCA DS4290RE DIRECTV/UltimateTV Satellite System with Built-In 35-Hour Digital Video Recorder and Free Pro-Installationsee Terms and Conditions)
DirecTIVO hands down a WINNER
Dont buy UltimateTV, Microsoft has already denounced that they have entered into the wrong business and should have stuck with their monopoly computer software business. Obviously Microsoft tried to copy every bit of the programming from Tivo as well as ReplayTV. They have realized that they cannot beat Tivo. Tivo has the backing of major brand companies, including AOL Time Warner, Sony, Hughes' DirecTV, Phillips, etc. Check the subscriber base and you can tell Tivo is long and far ahead of the competition. Also it is very very easy to upgrade the Tivo to make it have as much as 300+ hours of recording time. If you know how to add a computer hard drive and know how to type a few lines of code, presto! 300+ hours.<br />For those who have Ultimate TV and rave about it, try Tivo and you will praise it just as much. <br />For the person comparing DirecTV with the UltimateTV vs Tivo with Cable, you don't have the slightest idea. Comparisons like that do not work. Satellite feeds vs Cable feeds are totally different.