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Originally Posted by Denyo1977
Going back to the original post on here, in general I have to say I think TiVo is a disappointment. I am not a Sky fanboy (actually quite the opposite), but all the hype there was at the beginning you could believe the box would make you a 3 course meal besides all the "normal" things. Yes, the UI is an improvement. But what happened to all the promised apps (crap games you have to pay for weren't quite what I expected)? It doesn't really matter why they are delaying the TiVo buddy, but it was promised at the end of last year. And sorry, their reason of people not being able to use it, due to the box not being close to the router, is pants! This would/should have been obvious from day one that some customers wouldn't be able to use it. And are they going to give every customer an iPad if they haven't got one, so they can use the TiVo buddy too? Suggestions didn't do it for me either. Mostly the box recorded old episodes of e.g. The Simpsons, because I gave it the thumbs up (even went down from the 3 to 1 thumb). I had a series link for new episodes and I really don't care for old ones to be recorded.
I can't really complain about amount of HD channels as I hardly use any besides ITV, BBC, National Geographic and ESPN. And there is only so match TV I can watch. But again I think Virgin Media promised a lot more than they have got now. Sometimes it seems they are over enthusiastic newbies, full of energy and ideas, who think they will deliver whatever they want to, only to realise that there are "evil" enemies like Sky, who have exclusive rights to HD channels, or there being the obstacles of connecting a tablet with the box.
In the end I don't pay extra for my TiVo box, so I'm not overly fussed. But the way it is now, I don't think it can be justified asking customers to pay a fiver on top.
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Find me another box that can get a good selection of pay channels, has 3 recordable tuners, automatic search for repeats on recording clashes and whishlists and I will pay attention.
The last three features alone make the Tivo box, for me, way ahead of the competition by miles.
Yes, I'd like the other things, and I think VM should be severely critisised for being very slow to get them sorted, but the core functionality that is already present on Tivo, make the missing bits seem relatively insignificant.