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Originally Posted by mersey70
So if that is the case what is the point of Tivo?
That is my main gripe, you are only going to receive what you already receive are you not?
You'll be able to record more of it though!
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Conversely I would have thought that someone who takes the time to connect his pc to his tv and likes what he sees could see the potential of the tivo box. If they do build on the apps and make use of the 10 meg modem it could be a really good machine. If tivo and VM can build on things like that it could be well worth the extra money just for that never mind the standard tivo features that many of the original tivo users still rave about.
Having said that until we ordinary punters see the tivo in action the jury is obviously still out.
Just a few things that together
should make it worth it, at least to me.
1) The 1Tb drive.
2)A dynamically updated epg far superior to what VM have now and possibly superior even to Sky's allowing full use to be made of the three tuners.
3)The usual tivo bells and whistles that the original tivo users rave about. Recording what it thinks you like could be a useful addition to catch up tv which is already one of VM's best features.
4)I believe the USA tivo has back up to pc etc.. That would be a fantastic addition. I wonder if we will be allowed this in the UK though? This might be crippled because of right issues.
5)Streaming off the internet using the dedicated 10meg connection. Also plenty of bandwidth for HD streaming.
6) Much better epg with backwards searching etc.
7) Apps allowing things like movie downloads by subscription. Would be nice but definitely one that could take time or might never appear.
There might be others I don't know about. It would be interesting to hear what other people think.