Appeals Court Upholds TiVo Win Over Dish

http://news.digitaltrends.com/news/story/15621/appeals_court_upholds_tivo_win_over_dish

>Friday, February 1st 2008
>A federal appeals court has upheld TiVo's patent victory over Dish
Networks,
>meaning Dish Network DVRs could be ordered to go black."

Currently, I am trying to decide between DirecTV and Dish Network, my only
options for getting any national TV networks and local network channels in
the
nearest big city beyond the mountains.  One complicating factor is that my
town
has three non-network local TV channels which I watch and want to record
for
time-****fting.  So I need a way to record OTA as well as from the
satellite.
DirecTV's DVR is Tivo-based, and can only record from the satellite. 
Dish's DVR
can also record OTA.  Now, with this news item, I'm afraid to get the Dish
DVR.