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Originally Posted by JethroUK
Enjoying my Tivo, but more for hardware (1TB & 3 tuner record) than software which promised bug things (that should said 'big things' but maybe i'll leave the typo)
I dont know how big a market the Tivo is used to (currently serving) but:
1/ Lot of what i have experienced seems to be quite dated (pre 2005) - does it even know what a +1 channel is?
2/ V+ has resolved some very very basic issues that Tivo is still totally unaware of - which suggests it's not been exposed to such a large market before
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ive had my TiVo since last friday and have to admit that even with its bugs and issues (most of which ive read and not experienced as of yet) its pretty awesome.
its like nothing else offered by any other pay tv company and its very much the future and im very suprised on how much of an advancement over the V+ box it is.
one thing that is obvious at the moment is that TiVo has been developed for a US market which is apparent with the lack of the red button which the US dont have and and some of the sofware seems very US based, but saying that VM have done a good job to hide the majority of it.
TiVo has a big following in the US but is a generic product over there here VM needed to take that generic product, brand and market it for their company as an exclusive product. its been done well and once the red button is added (both Sky, BBC and other channels) and the other little niggles are ironed out, VM with have an awesome exclusive product that no other company can come close to offering.
after having my TiVo a few days i understand VM TiVo as their future as its unique and nothing else out there in the UK is even close to what it offers.