Originally Posted by mersey70

I know, but you say it will be less 'niche' than Sky Atlantic.

As far as I am aware Sky Attlantic will be available in 10 million homes from February.

I guess what I am saying is that whilst Tivo is no doubt very good it is merely a set top box, a very good set top box but that's it and I still insist that the average subscriber merely wishes to receive the channels they like, in HD, and to be able to record them.

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Everything you say is no doubt true but I say it again, Tivo is merely a set top box, a piece of hardware. It isn't what drives mainstream subscriptions. let's remember Sky had Tivo had one point and canned it in favour oif their own Sky Plus which has been quite a hit to the point 'Sky Plus' has almost entered sommon language but I doubt it was Tivo, or Sky Plus that made people subscribe, it was what channels were offered.

I cannot help but think that people are way overegging it's ability to take a decent share of Sky's customers for the reasons I have already said but I hope it will be a success, for competitions sake.