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Originally Posted by Digital Fanatic
There are plenty on here who bash VM and you know that. I bet if the poll showed loads would go to Sky, then you'd say it was an indication of what will happen. 
I don't hate Sky, in fact I admire them in some ways. They are good at what they do. They have some underhand ways about them though.  |
But quite a few on here only post something that shows VM in 100% positive light. Commendable at times (from those who work for the company), but doesn't really add to a balanced discussion.
Sky have very many underhand ways, but today without their content VM would not be providing a viable TV service. VM need Sky more than Sky need VM in today's market.
You've completely missed mersey70's point on the current take-up of V+ - a quarter of the current customer base take it. So why will there be a stampede to get TiVo? Have the other 3/4's of the customer base decided V+ was rubbish and TiVo will win them round?
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Originally Posted by mersey70
V HD with Tivo priced smartly might be a different kettle of fish to these people altogether. If 3/4 of VM's customer base currently don't require any PVR whatsoever why on earth would you think they need a 1TB PVR?
Which goes back to what I said to you, it will be a niche product until it is the de facto platform and even then the majority of STB's will almost certainly be non PVR's unless the price drastically reduces, as will the 1TB Sky box. It simply isn't required by most people as your own V+ subscriber numbers prove.
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It gives the average Joe's TV watcher nothing more that they are interested in - they wan't to turn their TV on and channels to appear (apparently as many as possible, or at least the ones that they consider to have the best content). If the content starts drying up and Sky start going exclusive (which appears to be already kicking-off again in ernest), then TiVo isn't going to sway these average Joe's.