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Originally Posted by BenMcr
Considering there strong rumours that the entire customer base will be move over to some form of TiVo box in the future I think the answer is a No
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I shudder to think at the costs of that. As we speak, the Tivo isn't
that much ahead of what we already have. What are the major selling points of Virgin TV - HD, PVR functionality and On Demand content. We already have that. What extras are we getting with Tivo - extra PVR space, and some supplemental features (recommendation stuff, and some IPTV features). I'm sorry, I don't think that'd enough of to get the masses moving, unlike Sky with the HD box. No HD box, no HD. If Virgin can't make their subscriber base pay for a new box, and the majority of V+ boxes out there can't be upgraded or aren't powerful enough to run the Tivo software, that's going to cost them a hell of a lot of money, even spread over 5 years. It's just a shame the majority of the customer base look like they're going to be using abandonware, and in effect have been since the last software update.