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Originally Posted by denphone
Its typical of Virgins track record as they string things out for as long as they can, lets see if they deliver tivo by the end of march along with the red button and more channels to replace the ones we have just lost.
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Originally Posted by passingbat
No, but what was the point of anouncing it in December if it wasn't ready and won't be available untill much later?
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Originally Posted by fixerman
They quite plainly announced that the TiVo would launch in December and not just to staff members.  |
In several threads on this forum people complain if VM don't announce something, then speculate on what we might get and when we might get it, then call a gradual roll-out 'stringing things out'.
VM are doing the right thing by testing the boxes and the supporting infrastructure with a small control group of staff and customers. They are probably restricted somewhat anyway by the number of boxes in production so far and by the number of engineers available to install them. They also took the appropriate step of allowing pre-registration for those interested in having TiVo so that they can judge the likely uptake and order boxes and train installation personnel accordingly.
Stop moaning! You'll most likely have TiVo available to you sometime this quarter and with a more stable firmware/software in the box and a more fully featured back-end to support it as well as a larger amount of content to choose from.