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Originally Posted by Anypermitedroute
As a person who after many years was a V+ and then finally took the plunge and got TiVo (mainly because it was cheaper the package) I will have an attempt to answer.
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Ditto...
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Originally Posted by Anypermitedroute
Navigation took a little time to get use to but on the whole quite intuitive, picture is clean and the added tuner is useful. Series link and recording suggestion also has been a welcome addition along with ability to record based on keywords.
Apps and BBC I player are generally a miss but that's my own opinion; more of a gimmick then a must have no doubt if I didn't have alternative means to stream I player I would use TIVO and be able to give a full impression. I tried it once in January but it buffered so I abandoned, likewise searching on sky movies is a bit ancient and therefore just use the sky movies app on iTunes but that is horses for courses.
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Totally agree - I soon realised that TiVo was a different beast entirely to V+, and it took some getting used to. Once the learning curve was done, there's no going back.
I was affected by broadband utilisation on the TiVo modem until only a couple of months ago, and it was only between that and the release of the new app would I say the iPlayer service has become a usable substitute for recordings. All that's missing now, is the TiVo search reflecting the improved 30day availability of iPlayer content - which I understand is due imminently.
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Originally Posted by Anypermitedroute
Spacewise 1 GB is plenty and the added benefit if you are sky movies customer sky movies are in Hd for TIVO; I usualy search on app and then watch via TiVo and this works fine.
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I had a suspicion when upgrading that 500Gb wouldn't have been enough, and that has been repeatedly confirmed. If it's going away for more than a week and/or recording a lot more stuff in HD then the 1Tb would be essential to be honest.
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Originally Posted by Anypermitedroute
The only grip I miss is the out and out reminders feature from V+ and the closest we have in TiVo is remind and record which is a little pants. Does the job but then end up deleting which to me is stupid; yes it's a whole new way of watching but I just want it to be simple where I chosen something to watch in hour time and I want it to automatically change channel in an hour. Simple on V+ but not available on TiVo
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Well yes.. but I've read the explanation for why this is, on the official-VM site and it makes sense. So if that's the way it has to be, then so be it.