Direct TV TiVo is a single box containing, DirecTV receiver and your TiVo. A single box is essentially a decoder and DVR and replaces the hassle of DirecTV set top box thus you can make a sleek arrangement but the choice of channels is limited and you can only watch Direct TV on Direct TV TiVo and your Direct TV TiVo is useless for other digital cable signals. Features of Direct TV TiVo are listed as.

Direct TV Tivo Tuner:

Unlike standalone TiVo, Direct TV TiVo has a dual tuner installed in it. You can watch one channel with advance features of pausing and rewinding while recording another or else you can record two channels simultaneously. You can shoot down two with the same arrow but this isn’t the limit. You can record two channels simultaneously and you can even watch the previously recorded program. If you want to take advantage of dual tuner, you need a second cable to be pushed in your Direct TV TiVo and a multiplexer which will allow you to run more lines.

Direct TV Tivo Price:

Price always comes first while deciding our needs; off course nobody can stop you from longing but practically speaking Direct TV TiVo are much cheaper to run. Standalone TiVo are much costlier than Direct TV TiVo and monthly subscription fee is also far less than standalone TiVo.
Standalone TiVo: $12.95/month
Direct TV TiVo: $5.99/month (free with total choice premier).
The difference is self explanatory and can help a lot in opinion making.

Direct TV Tivo Picture quality:

Quality picture is a feature that increases the stature of Direct TV TiVo. Direct TV TiVo receives compress digital video stream from DirecTV and records it directly on its hard disk. Unlike satellite receivers which decompresses the stream to analogue signals and then the signal is again recompressed. Those compressed signals can only be store on the hard disk of standalone TiVo. Analogue conversion is a necessary to watch the satellite program but recording can be made without decompression. This promulgates that quality loss in recompression step is not the grim side of Direct TV TiVo.

Direct TV Tivo Program Information:

Mergers improve the technology, user interface and provide new features and designs thus placating the fantasies of user. Previously TiVo programs information is downloaded by a phone line connection but now programs information can be downloaded from the DirecTV satellite in no time.

Software and USB:

DirecTV provides the software support for Direct TV TiVo and there seem no plans for the awaited upgrades and catchy enhancements for the built in USB port.

Conclusion:

Direct TV TiVo offers a lot to its users like best picture quality as there is no quality loss in recording the already compressed signals, low rates, slim n sleek shape, dual tuners but it is deficient in certain regards i.e. Home Media Option, software updates and program choice.