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Originally Posted by TonyHoyle
In the US they've got Tivo an ReplayTV which offer similar functionality, the ability to stream video to/from a PVR is not novel, and their entire market is much more mature - you can setup a PC that with a card in it that can give you full control over your recording if you so wish.. it's standardised.
I wonder how much of that churn is Cableco related - it would only take a couple of the bigger ones to switch to a different system and they could lose huge numbers of customers.
OTOH I also think Tivo has lost its way somewhat.. I was pondering today the comparison between the S1 and the VM box (technically an S4). It should be eyewateringly good by now but it just manages to be 'as good'. Way better than anything we've seen before in the UK, but not what I expect from 10 years of development. However it's the only game in town.. Breaking away from the glorified VCRs that we've settled for in the UK has been a long time coming.
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I just cannot help but think that most average TV susbscribers have absolutely no need for what Tivo does. As you put it, glorified VCR's are more than suffiice for most of us.
And those ghastly figures could sort of bear that out, most people are obviously happy with a standard PVR, if they have a PVR at all.