Comments on: DirecTV Continues to piece together HDTV Frankenstein Box http://thomashawk.com/2005/10/directv-continues-to-piece-together.html Fri, 19 Mar 2010 01:48:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: HDTV Reviewer http://thomashawk.com/2005/10/directv-continues-to-piece-together.html/comment-page-1#comment-64045 HDTV Reviewer Wed, 01 Jul 2009 13:53:18 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/thomashawk/?p=3114#comment-64045 It's good that there's even this kind of competition in the USA. In England, we are given a set-top box by the operator and that's it - no choice. I think Virgin Media is planning to introduce a box manufactured by Samsung in the next few months. It’s good that there’s even this kind of competition in the USA. In England, we are given a set-top box by the operator and that’s it – no choice. I think Virgin Media is planning to introduce a box manufactured by Samsung in the next few months.

]]> By: Anonymous http://thomashawk.com/2005/10/directv-continues-to-piece-together.html/comment-page-1#comment-18875 Anonymous Fri, 21 Oct 2005 11:31:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/thomashawk/?p=3114#comment-18875 Direct TV has some pretty serious control hangups. Crippled Tivo's, no firewire boxes etc, certainly no direct PCI cards like you can get for the europe version of dish.<br />Probable why this is taking them a million years and the final product is going to be DRM laden add touting behemoth that will likely be all but unusable, but that of course is pure speculation on my part, still learn to fear the banner add :p.<br /><br />I assume Dish will step up to support MCE long before Direct TV comes around, but will see. Direct TV has some pretty serious control hangups. Crippled Tivo’s, no firewire boxes etc, certainly no direct PCI cards like you can get for the europe version of dish.
Probable why this is taking them a million years and the final product is going to be DRM laden add touting behemoth that will likely be all but unusable, but that of course is pure speculation on my part, still learn to fear the banner add :p.

I assume Dish will step up to support MCE long before Direct TV comes around, but will see.

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