We've been
waiting since 2009 for the
RVU Alliance to deliver on its promise of TV service controlled by a main server that streams content to any screen in the home without requiring any set-top boxes and it appears DirecTV is ready to make it so. A press release issued today indicates it has started field trials of the HR34 RVU server that will be the keystone in its Home Media Center, and plans to roll the service out nationwide in October. If you want to know when to start buying HDTVs like the
Samsung D6000 series, it also mentions RVU certification for those and DirecTV's own C30 Home Media Clients (check out a video demo
here) is expected to be finalized in June. There's been some delays but if you were also hoping that 2011 would
be the year we can get rid of the cable box, the progress is looking very promising.
[Thanks, Tyler]
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I like the aspect of not having a set top box at the television, but the big hang up I have right now with none of these televisions released yet, and Samsung not releasing their until March and no pricing available, how do you know they will be a value? Directv will still charge you a receiver fee for the RVU television, so the only value I can see is if the television is not more then $99 different from a normal television. I don’t think removing the set top box is the only answer, granted Directv receivers, as most receivers are bulky and clunky not to mention the lights are bright. Working at DISH I of course saw the announcement of the hopper and Joey units. No pricing as of yet, I figure once they are closer to a release date we will get some. So just looking at the technology side, the Hopper will offer 250 hours of high definition recording verses 200 on the HR34. Also it will have Primetime Anytime included that will automatically record the big four networks primetime block every night and allow you access all of the shows for an 8 day period after it airs, and it does not use the subscribers recording time. I have read comments from subscribers that have an HR-34 on satellite guys saying the user guide is laggy, and they have to reboot often. One even stated it felt like he was testing a unit, not having a released unit. I have spent a few hours on a Hopper in training; the whole time I was playing with the guide was flying even when I had all the tuners on.
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