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The V+ has about 80 hours of standard recording, which equates to only 20 hours or so of HD content. All V+ boxes are similar.

You cannot change the hard drive, and unfortunately (probably because of copyright stuff), you can't even add a USB or other network drive. All you can do is use the scart connection and archive recording to another recorder.

You didn't actually buy the V+ when you paid that fee. All you did was pay a lump sum up front to reduce your monthly subscriptions. I don't think that offer was particularly well worded and it does still create a lot of confusion. It is because you stil pay a monthly reduced subscription, even though that reduction may have been distorted over time, that the STB would be repaired by VM. As you don't own the V+ you can't change it's components.

I think many of us are looking at TiVo because of the increased storage capacity. But cost will be a major consideration. After all the upgrade fee alone is a fair wadje of cash.