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Originally Posted by pauldavies83
You can source your own equipment - I believe by the letter of Sky's T&C's it has to be Sky branded, as their branded equipment is the only equipment that supports their encryption system. You are free to obtain it from anywhere (i.e. eBay) and they will configure your viewing card accordingly.
If you supply your own box, they aren't going to repair it.
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There is no way they would sell such a box for £500 - it would have to compete in its marketplace.
You can get dual-tuner PVR's for less than £200 - how would they get away with charging ~£300 more for similar hardware?
I'm willing to bet nothing in the box Cisco has manufactured is proprietary - it will be off the shelf components that have been assembled for VM in this instance, but I wouldn't be surprised to see the same hardware making its way into other global cable provider's stock (albeit more than likely in a more generic casing).
Given the quality of the V+ service, maybe they do require people to have TiVo? And maybe VM are relying on this? Otherwise, why has the V+ not seen any reasonable improvement (especially in performance) for years. As I have stated before, I had one of the original TiVo's, and at a reasonable price given the age of the technology I'll be more than happy to finally ditch the V+ and have one again - here's hoping the existing customer price is a lot more reasonable as has been winked at.
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Not at all, i've had a TiVo before and I'd absolutely love one again - if it wasn't for the dual-tuner and the very good deal we got from Sky on Sky+ I'd probably still be using my Series 1 TiVo now (providing I had it and it still worked). My negativity is aimed at the spin that is being put on this "revolutionary new product", that sans a few changes is 10 years old, yet is being priced not far away from what it was 10 years ago when it first arrived. Technology prices drop over time, not stagnate.
Personally, I think the only reason to have a 1TB drive is HD - and you've already paid the company for HD, so surely they can allow you the ability to record what you have already paid for? And 1TB drives can be had for peanuts to consumers, let alone trade. The £200 wouldn't suddenly become < £100 by halving the drive capacity, as the cost difference between the two drives would be negligible.
Thanks for the constructive addition to the discussion. I do "pays my money" and will make my choice - at £200 it will be a no.
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None of this really matters as only Virginmedia have rights to the TiVo in the UK and many people will go for it as £200 is not a great deal for such kit.
No amount of trying to compare prices of components matter either as it has to work as a TiVo and it has to be added to your account and paired with a viewing card and this can only happen with products supplied by Virginmedia and in their inventory.
As I said in the earlier post "If you want it then you will happily pay the price asked for the kit" if not stick with your 2 tuner SKY box.
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Originally Posted by grimwau
If you pay £200 up front for the box do you still get charged for it ob the monthly bill?
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They usually just add the cost onto your next bill.