08-25-2010, 10:25 PM
There is no TiVo on DirecTV anymore, so as people upgrade to HD they turn off their SD DirecTV TiVo.
On the cable side as they upgrade to HDTV they can spend $299 for the TiVo and a monthly fee or $299 lifetime ($598 total) for a pretty good HD TiVo that doesn't do PPV or VOD - or they can get the cable companies 'good enough' box for $10/month that does do VOD.
They have never made any money, and now Cable and Satellite have "good enough" DVRs. DirecTVs are actually getting more features while TiVo stagnates.
On the cable side as they upgrade to HDTV they can spend $299 for the TiVo and a monthly fee or $299 lifetime ($598 total) for a pretty good HD TiVo that doesn't do PPV or VOD - or they can get the cable companies 'good enough' box for $10/month that does do VOD.
They have never made any money, and now Cable and Satellite have "good enough" DVRs. DirecTVs are actually getting more features while TiVo stagnates.