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Originally Posted by mersey70
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I think that is the most pertinent comment you have made.
I am amazed only just over a million people have V+ so that is by far in the minority, years after it's launch. 4:1 isn't it?
I don't expect customers to be swayed by one channel in the case of Sky Atlantic but it will be a bigger draw than a set top box, i'm convinced of that. But it isn't one channel we are talking about when comparing Sky HD to VM though, is it?
Far from it.
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I think the 1TB Sky Plus box is a pretty good baromoter for Tivo although I accept it is functionally the same as the standard Sky Plus HD box.
But the 1TB Sky Plus HD box is also a niche product right now, how many people really need 1TB of recording space? Not the majority of Sky customers it would appear. How many 1TB PVR's do you see for sale on the highstreet? Not many and there is probably a good reason for that.
However I wouldn't bet against the 1TB Sky Plus HD box being offered as standard, or at least heavilly discounted in the not so distant future as a spoiler. They own Amstrad so it would be a doddle to do so.
And as DF says, only just over a million VM customers even have V+ which costs peanuts, how long has it been around for?
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That wont be much of a spoiler though. Their new box only has one advantage over their old ones, namely the larger drive. Also i wouldn't be too happy if I had paid £300 for the box and suddenly they were giving it away. VM at least can cut the price by offering a tivo box with a smaller drive without peeing off early adopters too much. At the end of the day content aside the new VM box
should be far superior to the Sky boxes. With many modern features. It will be hard for Sky to counter that. I'm not saying that will make many (or any) people change from Sky. I am just saying we should give credit were it is due.