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AT&T TiVo and satellite
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Posted by: samo

Does anybody know if AT&T version of TiVo works with satellite? By works I mean combining both services like SA does and giving option to setup satellite guide for particular satellite provider.

Posted by: arjay

Don't know for sure Samo, but everything I've heard about the AT&T TiVo indicates it does everything the current SA TiVo's do but is in a DirecTiVo type case.

Posted by: robertwallace

While I have no hard facts, AT&T Broadband is a cable company (in my neck of the woods) and I suspect the TiVo they are offering is a standalone version.

On the other hand, a tight coupling with a large cable company could provide many benifits to a standalone TiVo, including cable-downloaded program guide (ala DirecTV) and two-way communication (via digital cable) as well as Movie-On-Demand type services. All this is available without a TiVo in the loop, but would be much more interesting (and valuable to the customer) if a TiVo was involved.

In addition, AT&T is also a cablemodem ISP and if it could couple that service with TiVo, the door opens to many more service possibilites.

Robert

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Posted by: stevel

The AT&T TiVo is just a standalone TiVo, in a new design. It has the same satellite capabilities as the current SA models.

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Steve (Sony SVR-2000, 103+ hours, TiVoNET, Dish Network)
(Philips DSR6000 (pending installation))

Posted by: Bilbrey

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Originally posted by samo:
Does anybody know if AT&T version of TiVo works with satellite? By works I mean combining both services like SA does and giving option to setup satellite guide for particular satellite provider.

Yes, to answer your question, it works.

Brett

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