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Originally Posted by passingbat
In my view, the sooner that VM get rid of legacy boxes, such as the V+, the better. The Tivo fee will become part of the overall pricing in the same way that the HD cost is built into the overall pricing. VM have started to do this with the new Collections they launched a while ago.
VM have said that they want to move everyone over to Tivo. They can then move to Mpeg4 which will give us increased recording capacity. For people who don't want a PVR, I believe that the V HD box can handle Mpeg4.
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I agree with the move to Mpeg4 but don't want any of that TiVo nonsense (to me). My dream box would be a V+ type affair with an Mpeg4 CoDec and a 500GB drive. Maybe the third tuner recording, but not neccessary. Nothing more.
This sort of offering would allow the network to move forward because I for one, and I suspect there are others too, would never pay an additional subscription for the functionality that TiVo offers, no matter how much they try to hide it.
But I can't see that being offered so I'll continue to use my Sammy V+ until such time as they try to force me into a TiVo and then I'll leave, not to be missed by anyone.
