For me personally TIVO needs to do more, way more than it's going to do from launch to justify £199.99.
1TB HDD is a massive selling point however a 1TB HDD retails from as little as £44.99 if you shop around. I'm not seeing enough from the wonder box that is TIVO to justify the other £155.00 plus an ongoing monthly subscription.
It's a box which makes choosing what you watch on TV easier. Watching TV is the easiest and laziest thing that you can do. This is really just a coach potatoes toy aimed at people who find it difficult to read TV listings or too difficult to decide what they want to watch.
Again for me personally internet through my TV is not really a big selling point. I got bored of that ages ago via my games console. I've got a laptop and 50mb wireless in my house. If I need to go on the internet when watching TV I can already do that without TIVO.
I think it's all just a gimmick. What else do Virgin have in the pipeline for 2011, I hope they don't have all their eggs in the TIVO basket. In this current financial climate having a TV subscription via Virgin or SKY is a luxury item. At £199.99 per box plus further monthly costs I firmly believe this will be a flop until the box comes down to a more affordale price. I beleive the take up for SKY's Premium HD channels at £7.00 per month is still slow. If Virgin can't shift something that customers really wanted at £7.00 per month, TIVO has no chance.
I'm still all ears if someone wants to post what they beleive will change my mind about TIVO, the big selling point that I'm missing that will make customers think "WOW I really need that service".
Sorry if I've went off topic here, but this thread is hardly on topic these days anyway
