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PTVupgrade relaunched as DVRupgrade

Its true; although we’ve been incorporated as DVRupgrade, Inc. for many years,
we’ve always been known as PTVupgrade. Not any more. Henceforth, we are are DVRupgrade. Article reprinted from our pals at DVRplayground.
Today PTVupgrade officially rebranded and relaunched as DVRupgrade. The fifth generation website provides a more efficient and easier to navigate user [...]

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THE WAR IS ON: DirecTV TiVo Life Extension

Well folks, THE WAR IS ON and after months of waiting and wondering, DirecTV TiVo customers are finally beginning to understand just how DirecTV’s long term decision to migrate AWAY from TiVo, in favor or their own proprietary DVR technology, would mean to them. What does is mean? Unfortunately, nothing good, as far as [...]

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DirecTV Plus HD DVR

Well folks, its CES 2006 and the BS is flying! In spite of what the author states, this is NOT the unit videophile DVR owners have been waiting for, and DirecTV’s DVR, called the HR20 (or “DirecTV Plus HD DVR”), does NOT “basically uss the original TiVo unit as a base and add a couple [...]

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Why even bother?

We thought this was pretty weak, but then again, these folks aren’t known for their technical savvy. I suppose there is a growing market for drive upgrades of the somwhat lame R15, but who really cares when the current TiVo technology is far superior to the R15?

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