OT: DirecTivo vs. 'New Direct TV DVR'?

[Ben Scott]

On 5/22/07, Travis Roy <travis at scootz.net> wrote:
> S3 will probably work with DirecTV with an IR blaster, but you won't
> get HD. Similar to the older SA TiVos

  To the best of my knowledge:

  The S3 will only work with terrestrial OTA or cable.  No satellite.
It only has coax inputs (one each for cable and antenna).  While it
might be technically possible to use an FM modulator to get a signal
out of the sat decoder box, and then have the TiVo internally tune to
channel 3 to acquire the content, I don't believe the TiVo software
offer satellite options for channel lineups on the S3.

  The S3 has two CableCard slots and works fine with digital cable,
including high def.  However, satellite TV is not as heavily regulated
as cable TV, so the satellite industry does not support CableCard.
(All the "TV delivery" companies generally sees interoperability as a
threat.  They want to lock you into their box.  The FCC is presently
forcing cable TV to enable some interoperability.  Satellite is more
of a free market.)

-- Ben