Matt Haughey at PVRBlog ran across some info about the new R15 DIRECTV Plus DVR, as posted at TV Predictions. There’s only one very blurry black-and-white screenshot, and the details are sketchy. Highlights: The new service will cost $5.99 a month (hardware is extra) and will have a 90-minute live buffer. It will also allow you to “bookmark” a program, which is a nifty idea. There are also some vague details of an on-demand pay-per-view service that sounds a little kludgey. The hardware is supposedly due in October.
With any new DVR, of course, the devil is in the details. And given that this material is from a bootleg copy of a product manual, it’s difficult to characterize the experience of using the actual product. Meanwhile, DirecTiVo users can rest easier knowing that they’ll be supported for a long time to come.
Update: In the comments, Brian Hoyt points out that the R15 is SD only, and the long-awaited HD version is still under wraps. I’ve changed the headline accordingly.
Ed Bott 
The R15 is SD only not HD. There hasn’t been any sitings of the new DirectTV HD MPEG-4 capable DVR yet as far as I know.
The R20 is strictly preliminary and no date has been confirmed. That doesnt mean those with Hughes H10-250’s will be out in the cold. Just because they are switching from Mpeg 2 to 4 in the HD stream doesnt mean they are going to turn it off right away. It could be 2 years before they do that and those dtivos will still receive ota signals and sd feed as well. DVR’s are great but there are too many restrictions on recording and distribution and the like. It will be years and alot of wrangling before the consumer can trully have tv the way they want it and where they want it. (and record it too = )