TiVo : 500GB or 1TB option

[v0id]

I'm sure it was also the plan to replace all the boxes with the TV Drive/V+ "in the coming years" too when that was launched.
It's just marketing spiel, and should be taken with a pinch of salt.



Besides, as long as they can get away with charging a phantom 'activation fee' for a new box that for all purposes is rented, there's no way they'd swap every exisiting cutomers box for free

[Digital Fanatic]

Originally Posted by v0id

I'm sure it was also the plan to replace all the boxes with the TV Drive/V+ "in the coming years" too when that was launched.
It's just marketing spiel, and should be taken with a pinch of salt

The difference now is that TiVo is the new platform. V-HD will be the box for people who don't want PVR and that will at some point get TiVo'd.

[thunderlips]

my tv contract is up at the end of may so going to look into the mini Tivo ! think thats when it comes out so see what happens !

sorry to ask this question but i have looked allover these pages and the net can someone give me a breakdown on the size of the recording hardives and how many hours they hold please............. Thank you ............

[muppetman11]

Originally Posted by thunderlips

my tv contract is up at the end of may so going to look into the mini Tivo ! think thats when it comes out so see what happens !

sorry to ask this question but i have looked allover these pages and the net can someone give me a breakdown on the size of the recording hardives and how many hours they hold please............. Thank you ............

Roughly 120 hrs 1tb
Roughly 60 hrs 500 gb that's HD recording times for both SD will be more.

[toady]

My TIVO email says the 1TB box will give me around 500 hours of standard or 100 hours of HD

[muppetman11]

Originally Posted by toady

My TIVO email says the 1TB box will give me around 500 hours of standard or 100 hours of HD

I did say roughly and I did say you would get more SD

[devilincarnate]

Originally Posted by thunderlips

my tv contract is up at the end of may so going to look into the mini Tivo ! think thats when it comes out so see what happens !

sorry to ask this question but i have looked allover these pages and the net can someone give me a breakdown on the size of the recording hardives and how many hours they hold please............. Thank you ............

I can say the the 1TB box gives you 536 hours of SD and 121 hours of HD, so you will just need to divide the times.

[muppetman11]

Originally Posted by devilincarnate

I can say the the 1TB box gives you 536 hours of SD and 121 hours of HD, so you will just need to divide the times.

Thanks I was an hour out for HD LOL

[Dave42]

Originally Posted by muppetman11

Thanks I was an hour out for HD LOL

you very naughty man muppet being 1 hour out thats not on at all you know lol

[spiderplant]

Originally Posted by devilincarnate

I can say the the 1TB box gives you 536 hours of SD and 121 hours of HD, so you will just need to divide the times.

The bit rates of channels vary widely (especially for SD), so exact time isn't predictable.

[thunderlips]

thanks lads for clearing that up for me.... !

[devilincarnate]

Originally Posted by spiderplant

The bit rates of channels vary widely (especially for SD), so exact time isn't predictable.

They are the figures that it is giving me on the TIVO box

[muppetman11]

Originally Posted by spiderplant

The bit rates of channels vary widely (especially for SD), so exact time isn't predictable.

Thats correct and a switch to mpeg4 for VM down the line would bring the box to similar times as the Sky 1TB box which is 240 hrs HD.

[thunderlips]

deffo going to look into the smaller Tivo box that will do me

[spiderplant]

Originally Posted by devilincarnate

They are the figures that it is giving me on the TIVO box

OK, now go into My Shows, select a recording, and press Info. It'll show you how much space it occupies

First two in my list:
40 minute recording from BBC1 (SD): 1.25GB
70 minute recording from Quest : 1.13GB