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hammered · 01-12-2010, 18:05

My honest opinion to the TIVO box... Sure it looks nice, but is the GUI as quick as what it shows in the blurb (we'l have to wait and see for that). Companys are well known for showing false GUI's speeding them up or shortening sequences...
As to the pricing... sheesh! You guys that are already to jump straight in there must have far too much money on their hands. What are you getting for that £200? Not a lot from what it looks like to me apart from another TV box, to which you already have most of the tech now.

The web aspect... not worth it IMHO, why would you want to go trawling around You tube, eBay and others from your TV, when normally you do this on your laptops, whilst watching your TV!

The on demand, well if its like what is already there, then the majority of people won't use most of it anyway, just like they already don't. On demand is full of old stuff which most people never watch. It's only the TV stations own on demand stuff which gets used the most.

TIVO was launched a long, long time ago in technology standards and it died it's death very quickly over here, why? Because it was way too expensive. The usual thing of the US trying to make us pay through the nose for goods (a la that well known fruit make of tech gear)!

I'm already paying £100/month to VM, I'm certainly not going to pay even more for stuff you can't even use or for stuff you already get via the BB service. I'm not into this 3D stuff it's still in it's infancy, so unless you go out and spend another grand or so on a new TV it's usless having that tech. I know this is what happened with HD, but HD tech came thick and fast, it won't be the same with 3D and who wants to sit there having to watch TV with glasses on all the time.

It's all very pomp and pomposity to me. Sure I want to get rid of my terrible AS box, who doesn't! But I'm not going to part with another £200 just to get another box which I won't use most of the features on it...
It seems to be a lot of stuff you can't or won't use for an awful lot of extra money...

Just my opinion on it, so wheres the flamers??? lol

01-12-2010, 18:05	#154
hammered Inactive Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Loughborough Services: 10MB BB (although it's sometimes only 2MB) Posts: 87	Re: Tivo My honest opinion to the TIVO box... Sure it looks nice, but is the GUI as quick as what it shows in the blurb (we'l have to wait and see for that). Companys are well known for showing false GUI's speeding them up or shortening sequences... As to the pricing... sheesh! You guys that are already to jump straight in there must have far too much money on their hands. What are you getting for that £200? Not a lot from what it looks like to me apart from another TV box, to which you already have most of the tech now. The web aspect... not worth it IMHO, why would you want to go trawling around You tube, eBay and others from your TV, when normally you do this on your laptops, whilst watching your TV! The on demand, well if its like what is already there, then the majority of people won't use most of it anyway, just like they already don't. On demand is full of old stuff which most people never watch. It's only the TV stations own on demand stuff which gets used the most. TIVO was launched a long, long time ago in technology standards and it died it's death very quickly over here, why? Because it was way too expensive. The usual thing of the US trying to make us pay through the nose for goods (a la that well known fruit make of tech gear)! I'm already paying £100/month to VM, I'm certainly not going to pay even more for stuff you can't even use or for stuff you already get via the BB service. I'm not into this 3D stuff it's still in it's infancy, so unless you go out and spend another grand or so on a new TV it's usless having that tech. I know this is what happened with HD, but HD tech came thick and fast, it won't be the same with 3D and who wants to sit there having to watch TV with glasses on all the time. It's all very pomp and pomposity to me. Sure I want to get rid of my terrible AS box, who doesn't! But I'm not going to part with another £200 just to get another box which I won't use most of the features on it... It seems to be a lot of stuff you can't or won't use for an awful lot of extra money... Just my opinion on it, so wheres the flamers??? lol