DirecTV and Samsung deliver wireless multi-room DVRReady to cut the cord and enter the 21st century with Samsung and DirecTV? Using Samsung’s RVU-compatible televisions, more than 19.1 million DirecTV users will be able to watch live broadcasts and stored content from their DVR on Samsung Smart TVs without the need for additional set-top boxes — and did we mention, a cord?

Here’s the skinny: the RVU protocol will be supported on Samsung’s LED D6000, LED D6400 and LED 6420 TVs. RVU allows a set-top box server to provide a multi-room, complete viewing experience with DVR services, without the need for additional boxes. Using RUI technology based on DLNA and UPnP, RVU is able to make this magic happen, wirelessly.

Now in order to take advantage of the RVU protocol, you’ll need one of the aforementioned TVs along with the new DirecTV RVU server. This server (multi-room DVR) is capable of supporting multiple connected televisions simultaneously.

Under this partnership, Samsung will embed support for RVU in their smart TVs and provide its customers with the full DirecTV experience, including DVR services, live pause abilities on all screens in the home, 200 hours worth of shared storage, picture-in-picture capabilities and the power to record up to five shows at once. Samsung’s RVU-compatible televisions will be available in March 2011.

Coming March 2011 | Samsung | TBD

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  • rose

    Okay so me this looks like a cool product to have, but it reminds me of the DISH Dual-DVR receiver. With that receiver, you can have a receiver free as well, but you can choose the brand you want. In no way am I comparing it because this one is fancier and has a lot more features on it. I wouldn’t spend thousands of dollars on a TV just to have no receiver hooked to it. I understand it works with the HR34 so you can four of the Smart TV hooked up to it. As an alternative, I prefer to go with the Hopper through DISH Network. With the Hopper, I get 250 hours of HD and 1,000 hours of standard recording time. On top of that, the receiver will record all the primetime shows on one tuner from NBC, CBS, ABC, and FOX and that leaves the other two tuners to record something else or watch. Therefore, it can basically record up to six shows at once. Some co-workers and I got a chance to play with it and it had so many cool features. I am very excited about this and I am sure it won’t cost me as much as a Smart TV.

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