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Originally Posted by passingbat
Well, my BB is faster than the 20meg from sky even when I'm capped. And will you actually get 20meg or is that the advertised speed?
Tivo's advantages are more than just the 3 recordable tuners.
There are Whishlists, which having had them, I wouldn't want to live without.
Automatic resolution of recording clashes
Suggestions. I don't use them, but many do.
Intelligent search functionality with easy links to setting up series links or a wishlist
Full series, season and episode information on a show and the ability to set series links or wishlists directly from that information.
Direct link to youtube for a show you may want a sample of if you haven't seen it.
Backwards EPG with direct link to catchup. Have Sky introduced that recently?
MRS. Pathetic number of channels ATM, but a functionality not available on a Sky box.
Free repair of equipment
And I have had excellent customer service over the 15 years I've been with Cable. I have only had one bad experience that was resolved on the same call.
I'm astounded that you can't record on Sky's multiroom box. Is that really true?
Sky can only offer me one thing that I want, and that is Atlantic, which I really would like.
It's a pretty clear choice for me, but for others, it will be less clear cut (i.e., not simple). For example, those who want Sports 3 and 4 and F1 in HD, but also want fast broadband and like the superior functionality of Tivo.
And I still can't get over Sky's multiroom box not being able to record!!
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I appreciate that some use features we don't.
Wishlists for example, I don't use, and others don't because they wouldn't know how too (too complicated). But I appreciate that you would like to use it.
We're not heavy internet users. We just browse the web, read e-mails mainly so 20mb wouldn't bother us and tbh on normal browsing you can't tell the difference. We only get about 40mb as it is now.
I do like the catch-up on virgin, and they were ahead of the game on this, but Sky have caught up in a sense that they now too offer iplayer and itv catch up services as well as full sky catch up and on demand.
We have found that virgin catch up often breaks and it's usually at night when you most want to use it.
The multiroom box that is free with sky doesn't record, but if you pay £199 you can get a recording one, which is frankly, a rip-off. Thing is though, we never record on the multiroom box so it wouldn't affect us.
Basically, it depends on what you want/need. But it still remains that you go to the place where you get what you want for the cheapest price. I don't know why anyone would not do that unless they had won the lottery.