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Two of the big advantages of Sky+ for me are the fact that you can time shift your viewing to watch what you like when you like and more importantly you can watch a program from the start without having to wait for it to end and then watch a lower quality VCR recording. Being a F1 fan I regularly arrived home too late for the start of a race and had to wait for the race to finish before rewinding the VCR tape and watching it. Then we got Sky+ and I can watch the race from the start as soon as I get home, setting the start position to 40 minutes or whatever if I don't want to watch the pre race broadcast.

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Originally Posted by gazzae

I've never used Tivo, if I want to record something on sky plus, I just select the program and hit R, how does it work with Tivo though? Does it have its own EPG? Will its EPG automatically update if a program starts late, over runs as the SKy+ one does so you don't miss the program?

It does have its own EPG which it downloads every night using an 0800 number, It picks up a 2 week EPG.

Im not sure if it would be possible for it to be updated if programme time changes im not really sure on the detail as ive only really had a play about with it at work.

I particulalry like the way you can give programs 'a thumbs up' or 'thumbs down' and TiVO will record programs it thinks you will like, and generally gets it right.

It learns your viewing habbits so if you watch the football of a certain team it will record all the games for that team unless you tell it not too, Im not sure however what would happen when a football match or tennis over ran.....whether it would learn.......or whether it doesnt stop recording until the program finishies. I know that you can Delay Start recordings early, or add an extra hour or so to football so you dont miss extra time.

You can now also network TiVos and watch recordings around the house.

You can use on line scheduling to set up your TiVO from a remote location

Its pretty good, but still I wouldnt pay anything like ÃƒÆ’Ã†â€™ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã…Â¡ÃƒÆ’Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â£200 for it. Its main bonus is it can be used on any TV Provider around the world even.

Series 2 looks even more impressive, doubt whether it will be available in the UK ever though due to Sky+ which is unfortunate for consumer choice. At $129 (ÃƒÆ’Ã†â€™ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã…Â¡ÃƒÆ’Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â£70) its more in my price range too:

http://www.tivo.com/0.0.asp

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Originally Posted by SMHarman

Sky+ has been an on and off topic of conversation in my house over the last few months. Especially as my Mother in Law as the Scientific Atlanta 8000 cable equivilant at home in the US.

In general we've com to the conclusion that with the proliferation of mix, plus1's and multi channel strategies, the need for recording is significantly diminished. If I missed ER on Thursday on E4, I could watch it 1hr later on E4+1 the next night on C4 and on Sunday on E4 and again on E4+1, thats 5 opportunities to see the same show. I find with an infant at home if you record something it generally does not get watched anyway, so forced scheduling is not a bad thing.

So we still have NTL, a faster interface would be nice though.

yeah SKY + isnt for everyone - it's probably only suited to those people who watch TV a lot - ie. already have a video or should have one. or it's suited to those people who like the luxury of it.

for the ocassional TV viewer, SKY + is probably not worth the dosh.