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Originally Posted by Verizon
They're releasing a new version of their software in the States. This will be the same software, albeit modified and with a different look, that VM will use.
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Indeed, and if the industry speculation is right (and all signs point to it being so) it's going to be heavily flash based, which is going to seriously limit the boxes the software can be run on as there's only a very few stb chipsets that can run flash lite, and afaik none of the current VM ones are equipped with a flash lite capable chipset (the samsung v+ might be but I can't find exactly what chipset it uses, but it's unlikely). I'd put money on the new HD only box supporting it though as it'd make no sense to release it otherwise.
IMO the new HD box is going to be pushed as the tivo non-pvr (as the tivo announcement said they'll be doing the software for non-pvrs as well) and we'll see another box appear as the tivo pvr. I'd also guess there will be a premium for having the tivo boxes similar to the V+ one now. Tivo will be a massive selling point especially if they take full advantage of all the features rather than crippling it down to just another pvr, so it'll likely come at a premium.