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Originally Posted by muppetman11
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One thing I will say about Tivo (and i'll probably get strung up for saying so) is that there is no way in a million years I would expect to have to be still manually padding recordings to make sure I catch the end.
It has all the bells and whistles, menus look great, search options seem wonderful. The trouble is on the most basic function of a PVR, recording which is surely the reason people want a PVR it simply isn't as clever as a Sky+ box because it has no dynamic EPG. I love V+ as it does the job, im no techie and it's dead simple, ok no dynamic EPG but nor has Tivo. Lego brick graphics and all that but it's simple, it does what I want and need it to. I really have no interest watching YouTube on the telly and I reckon i'm a pretty Joe Bloggs sort of customer.
And on the other side Joe Bloggs presses record on Sky+ and forgets about it and if things change your box changes too and I am pretty sure that's all he cares about with his box, watching TV and a dead simple PVR that does the hard work for him. That would have been a selling point to me but Tivo hasn't got it, it seems to concentrate on peripheral features too much for me.
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Originally Posted by Digital Fanatic
I think the one-box solution and integrating in to platforms is the way forward. it's an expensive add on if its on top of your sat or cable bill and as Mersey70 say's, it could be the recession hitting hard in the US also... it's around £12 for TiVo stand-alone in the US.
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I think it is probably more than just the recession.
A standard PVR is probably enough for what average joe wants, or needs. I know Tivo has never been mainstream but that churn rate is diabolical and must be of huge concern at Virgin Towers.