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Originally Posted by Masque
Do you honestly think that anyone with a TiVo box no longer paying a subscription is going to be able to continue using the recording/playback facility and most likely access to the 3 tuners if the is no subscription being paid.
The are customers with V+ boxes that have decided that the V+ subscription is to high and they have had their box downgraded to a standard box, as soon as the code is removed it no longer records or plays back existing recordings.
If anyone thinks they will still have a working TiVo box if they no longer subscribe will be in for a rude awakening as Virginmedia is a business not a charity.
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well actually i didnt know the answer as to what exactly the £3 sub was for when i first asked ... some have said its the payment to the Tivo people and others have said its for the additional tivo services but they didnt explain what constitutes a tivo service and wether that included the PVR function
so it was a genuine question when i asked it in the tivo (i think) thread a while ago as actually i did expect the basic PVR functions to remain working without the tivo £3 sub ( i assumed the sub was for the extra functionality such as ipad app, mobile intergration, remote recording and other such things )
it was a shock to hear that the basic PVR functions would be removed and the answers i got at the time made no mention of a box swap back to a V+ box ... surprised this is possibly actually an option but i bet it will require an install fee for VM's troubles
the confusion on this matter seems to stem from no one has actually defined the £3 sub as being for all tivo functions beyond a standard VHD box and not just the payment that VM pass on to the Tivo software people
i think this should be made clearer as many signing up will not know this and although they may have no intention of dropping tivo circumstances do change