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Originally Posted by nstokes
IMO 500GB is for the people that are as bothered about recording e.g. OAPs, sinlge people that stay at home etc
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No, Mr Stokes, the 1TB box is for those who use their TIVOs correctly.
I am not one for watching a lot of TV, but when I do watch it, I want to watch something that I like.
Some people are lazy and just watch what is on the channel that is displayed, advertisements and all. Others don't want to stick with a channel on which there is not a programme they want to watch, so they 'channel hop', which is a very inefficient way of finding a programme. Most of the time the programme you land on that you like has been broadcasting already for some time and so you miss most of it, as well as having to endure endless adverts.
Surely, a sensible approach is to record everything you want to watch at the beginning of the week and just pick out the programmes from your recordings that you want to watch. That way, you always have stuff on there that you want to see (because you chose it) and you can fast forward through the ads. One hour programmes on the likes of Sky 1 can be viewed in 45 minutes in this way, so you can cram in more quality viewing.
It's really nothing to do with having time on your hands and watching TV all day. It's about ensuring that when you do sit down in front of the box, you are not bored out of your skull.
A 2TB box would be better, as well as more tuners!
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Originally Posted by passingbat
Not disputing that HD is much better, but to say SD is really 'awful', 'shocking' or equivalent to VHS is ridiculous IMHO and doesn't look that way on my TV.
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Agreed, I am happy with the way the TIVO upscales the picture. Still prefer to watch in HD, however!