Tragedy is coming to my house soon. It is going to happen, and I can’t do anything to avoid it.
My Directv Tivo receiver will soon no longer receive my local TV channels, and Directv wants me to upgrade my receiver, which means (sniff), I’d have to give up my Tivo.
I LOVE my Tivo. It is the only reason I watch TV. If I had to watch when something was actually scheduled, I’d never see my favorite shows. I HAVE favorite shows because of my Tivo.
So, my local television channels are reportedly upgrading to only HD signals. My Directv Tivo won’t be able to receive these channels.
It is a sad sad thing. I have had Tivo since before my dad died, and he died in 2003.
My Tivo is the only reason I have stayed with Directv for the last two plus years. I was annoyed when I realized I couldn’t replace my Tivo with another Tivo. I live in BFE, and satellite-television is my only real option. Dish Network is cheaper, but I don’t think the DVR offered by either service is anywhere close to what I could do with my Tivo.
I was mildly annoyed when earlier this year, Directv started deleting my recorded pay-per-view movies after 24 hours, but other movies from other channels were still OK. I have things on my Tivo that I recorded in 2008 (it was a special that my grandpa appeared in).
I do NOT want to give up my Tivo, and I was very sad when the very nice Directv guy told me today that it was a matter of time before I had to upgrade. When I hung up the phone, my stop was Dish Network’s web site. Still, I want to keep Tivo, so I started searching for alternatives. That’s when I realized I may not have to give up Tivo from Directv. I found an announcement at Tivo.com that there would be a new Directv Tivo offered in 2010.
So now I am hoping my local channels don’t switch to HD-only until after the new Tivo-service is available from Directv. And if they do? I may become a Dish Network customer for a while, but if Directv brings Tivo back, I’d be back with them in a heartbeat. I’m loyal to Tivo.
