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Originally Posted by zantarous
It does far more then just that, Tivo holds most of the PVR patents as they were first to the market with this type of device. All the things that Virgin can't implement at the moment are due to Tivo aggressively suing companies in court who infringe on their patents.
Anyone who has ever used a Tivo will tell you that it is simply the best type of PVR on the market, not so much in the US any more as they have a far greater choice then we do.
Imagine series links that just work, a EPG that can be updated during the day if needed, auto start times for when a show actually starts, a GUI that is more presentable and intuitive to use. A like feature so Tivo will recommend other types of shows based on ones you have watched or recorded in the past.
Being able to search the EPG via actor, director etc, also makes it search far more flexible. Internet streaming maybe pointless now but more and more sites will appear where you can stream more content although most of that stuff will be PPV I imagine.
I can't see all TV being streamed over the internet for a long time to come it simply isn't economical, via Cable or Satellite you can broadcast to 1 or 1 million people and the cost is the same, over the internet the more people watching a single stream means more bandwidth is required.
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I Went on holiday and rented a house in the US which had Verizon Fios TV and they had TIVO hooked up I was pretty impressed with it , the Verizon FIOS internet and TV was good to.