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Originally Posted by pauldavies83
100% spot on. TiVo's big unique features in software (wishlists, season pass, suggestions) have not changed in 10 years - only the hardware has.
Ordering pizza's and the like via the TV has been done and died (on cable and Sky) - very few use this kind of thing. Why? It's easier to pick up the phone or the internet connected computer.
Bigger hard drive could easily go into refurbished V+ boxes, but Virgin have decided against this for years. Why is anyone's guess.
So my 2 cents is, no, TiVo alone will not entice subscribers from Sky.
Broadband speeds, pricing and on-demand might. But that was also the case before TiVo appeared.
A sweeping generalisation I know, but your average man in the street wants to turn their TV on and watch it - not play about with fancy menus and apps.
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According to this, people still are saying that about HD...
http://www.itproportal.com/2010/12/0...tv-says-ofcom/
59% of households have a HD-ready set, but only 13% actually have access to a HD source. |
HD is a huge growth area for VM & Sky... customers want it and ask for it more and more.
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Originally Posted by alwaysabear
Thanks for the info DF I shall sit tight at the moment, still some things I want to know a bit more about.
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no worries mate. i'm sure we'll get more reviews from customers soon.
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Originally Posted by mersey70
From my reading Tivo isn't even a widespread brand there, they have well less than 3m customers but I would assume it's much better known than here.
I think they only shifted around 35,000 units here (Sky didn't help much though) but VM's will (in my opinion) be hugely more popular than that.
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I think the integrated stb is the way forward... VM see it as a gateway to a connected home.... bringing their fibre optic broadband in to play here.