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Originally Posted by Horizon
The situation is different with the US tivo and I assume he is saying you can't compare the US boxes with ours.
In the US, tivo make the boxes which consumers then buy and then connect them up to their cable connection and get whatever services are available from their cableco. Here, VM license the tivo software/brand/technology, get someone to make the box for VM, then put the tivo software onto it.
So, he's saying you can't just have a VM version of a US tivo, because it's a totally different setup. VM could ask someone to make a six tuner box, then get the tivo software put onto it, but I doubt that will happen at least with tivo software that is...
In any case, tivo are stuggling in the US as cablecos over there now have their own advanced boxes with their own software running on them. Check out Comcast's offering, as an example:
http://www.comcast.com/x1 |
I know exactly the point he was making, but I didnt understand why. I never mentioned about using the US Tivo over here. I think we all know that you can't just take the US product and use it over here.
The major point I was getting at was if VM produced a new box - regardless of name and specs - with one that had 6 tuners and a bigger hard drive. Maybe even one with 4K possibilities, would certainly be a head turner.
It doesnt matter about the name or who makes it, but more the possilbility of VM doing this.