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Originally Posted by carlwaring
A point I also made which Zarf2007 did not comment on when I made it in the same post he has already replied to. I wonder why not?  One has to wonder if he just likes to put the boot in instead.
Actually I agree many things are hyped to a certain extent, but if you believed VM, Tivo was the 2nd coming!
All of which is, of course, a load of nonsense when you actually look at my posting history as a whole and not in isolation. You will see that I am quite happy to agree with other peoples complaints when I ... erm... agree with them.
I'd say 90% of your posts are in favour of VM....and the other 10% are neutral.
In this case I simply do not agree that it was "over-hyped" any more than advertising is hype in the first place.
Then why do you still have one? Assuming you're now out of contract you could simply give it back and get a standard VHD box instead. They might let you go back to the V+ but I don't know for sure.
Actually very soon I won't have one, sky are installing a +HD box and HD box tomorrow so I will soon be sending the VM boxes back.....as for a V+ or VHD, they really are abysmal....the V+ especially, had one before and it was like wading through treacle when changing channels....I've used freeview boxes with better response times/features than that crap...
I certainly do not agree that it is "substandard" at all. Of course it's not perfect and no-one (least of all me) has said it is.
Which, by definition, means I simply cannot be a "fanboy"
Come on, put the VM van you bought 2nd hand and polished up back in the garage, put the VM t-shirt in the wash and we'll forget what i said...
Why the pointed dig at VM over that word? IIRC this year is actually the first one in which they have made a profit.
What were we saying about defending VM?....
The real question is why has Sky not done a deal with Tivo before VM. They had ten years to do so.
Maybe they were concentrating on getting world class content before worrying about 3 tuners and pointless suggestions.... Personally, if you think that the current Tivo box mirrors much of the functionality of the original Tivo box its hardly an innovation is it? Now given the budget for R&D Sky have plus the fact that they are not limited to providing service to customers in a 'enabled' area it wouldnt take too much to beat VM's Tivo box....(just add a 4th tuner  )
My guess is they will soon be launching something much better, the difference is I would bet on them actually delivering what they set out to. |
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Also on the subject of customer service, while I agree this is subjective, my personal experience of subscribing to sky and VM a number of times over the years, sky has so far (touch wood) been far more professional with installation, faults/issues and general customer service issues.....the last two times I have joined VM, the 1st resulted in the VM muppets cutting the cables to my flat door entry system when installing the phone service and more recently taking weeks to sort out speed problems with my broadband..... I am always nervous in getting one of their engineers out to my property as they are 90% muppets.....sky on the other hand have always been a pleasure to deal with and their engineers have been prompt and professional...
waiting for a CW standard issue response!