DirecTV HR20 (DirecTV Plus HD DVR)

C|Net is hot on the trail of DirectTV's new MPEG-4 AVC HD DVR. It receives failry high marks for its ability to record two shows at once, a quality interface, easy to use EPG and a RF capable remote. The bad is that it has no commercial skip and the ATSC tuner is disabled. Looking through the review, it appears it does its job of replacing the HD TiVo.

From the article:

DirecTV's major competition, aside from the cable companies, is fellow
satellite provider Dish Network, which has had its next-generation MPEG-4
high-def DVR, the ViP622, on the
market since early 2006. Given recent changes in both companies' pricing
packages, and the similar costs of their respective HD-DVRs (depending on
current rebate deals, they both cost from $199 to $249 for new subscribers),
you're not going to pay too much more for one or the other. Both companies offer
substantially different programming options, which you can find outlined here, and for the most part we
recommend choosing between the two based on your programming needs first.
(Sports fans, keep in mind that cable will almost always offer superior local HD
sports programming to satellite, while DirecTV's exclusive NFL Sunday Ticket
package remains a big draw for football fans.) Programming aside, we did end up
liking the Dish better, if only by a nose, and both outclass the typical cable
company DVR, hands-down. The DirecTV HR20 is a well thought-out, easy-to-use
conduit to DirecTV's programming, and there's no reason why HDTV-owning DirecTV
subscribers won't be thrilled by its capabilities–unless they've grown
accustomed to the HD TiVo's 30-second skip.