|   WHY DO REGULAR TIVOS COST MORE THAN THE SATELITE VERSIONS? | fnkycld
Jan 10, 2002 11:55 AM | | this is something that has really bummed me out and i just dont get. any answers?
dave |
| Because they use double DACs. | Smokey
Jan 10, 2002 12:18 PM | | Stand alone TiV uses two extra DACs (Analog to Digital converter and then Digital to analog converter) to store a signal. But for satellites, TiVo record signal digitally as it is streaming down the dish, and then feed it digitally to Mpeg decoder. So two DACs can be eliminated this way and I guess that is why stand alone TiVo are more expensive than satellites TiVo.
That is my guess. |
| re: WHY DO REGULAR TIVOS COST MORE THAN THE SATELITE VERSIONS? | tdk guy
Jan 10, 2002 4:06 PM | | Just a guess but I suspect it has less to do with the hardware differences than with Tivo and DirecTV's business model. |
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