TiVo New Tivo

nstokes · 20-08-2013, 16:14

Well looks good

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tech/new...-in-wi-fi.html

MovedGoalPosts · 20-08-2013, 16:22

This is US only, nothing to do with the Virgin Media TiVo indeed:

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Originally Posted by Digital Spy

Virgin Media has responded with this statement

"We differ from the new US TiVo boxes in that ours store up to 500 hours of SD content and have three tuners. Also, our customers are not able to watch recorded shows on mobile devices yet.

"We're always talking to our partners to bring new features to our products and services, but there's no specific update on whether the newly announced changes will be coming to our platform."

nstokes · 20-08-2013, 16:27

Oops my bad i didnt read that bit. But just think how cool it would be to have that box here in UK

TAZMANUK · 20-08-2013, 17:44

Anything is possible a few hardware adjustments etc the so called tivo premiere was us only now we have a near like offering apart from the tivo stream box and peanut qwerty remote.

MalteseFalcon · 20-08-2013, 19:23

Thought new owners said they wanted to move away from TiVo. So I think that mean until the TiVo deal runs out, we will get nothing new in the way of software on TiVo boxes.

andy_m · 20-08-2013, 19:32

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Originally Posted by MarkC1984

Thought new owners said they wanted to move away from TiVo. So I think that mean until the TiVo deal runs out, we will get nothing new in the way of software on TiVo boxes.

No, they haven't said that.

denphone · 20-08-2013, 19:36

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Originally Posted by andy_m

No, they haven't said that.

Personally l cannot see the TiVo being ditched anytime soon.

TAZMANUK · 20-08-2013, 19:43

Neither can i

JMcB · 20-08-2013, 20:01

i would love a TiVo stb like this....it would blow Sky out of the water

HDFootyMan · 20-08-2013, 20:18

http://www.theverge.com/2013/8/20/46...mio-pro-review

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Irritatingly, TiVo still hasn’t converted the entire interface to HD — there are still old-style SD screens throughout the settings menu, which I’ve been complaining about for at least three years. Why can’t anyone at TiVo just spend a weekend fixing this?

3 years.....to convert to a all-new HD interface.....on new hardware.

vincerooney · 20-08-2013, 20:22

do you think we'll ever be able to watch recorded shows through mobile etc? that would be absolutely amazing. no way sky could counter that!

MalteseFalcon · 20-08-2013, 20:22

Could have sworn one of the news stories linked here when the deal was announced said that the new owners were looking to ditch the TiVo and replace with their own boxes in the future. Might have changed since then, I lose track with all the different news about the takeover.

20-08-2013, 21:55

It was probably just a blog sprucing their article up rather than it being an actual quote.

Helix · 20-08-2013, 22:07

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Originally Posted by vincerooney

do you think we'll ever be able to watch recorded shows through mobile etc? that would be absolutely amazing. no way sky could counter that!

It would have to be an additional box to the current Tivo's like the Tivo Stream box in the US or VM would have to release new boxes based on these new US models.

The current boxes don't have the hardware required to encode the video so it is suitable to playback on a mobile device. They could possibly do it via the cloud as another option.

vincerooney · 21-08-2013, 08:43

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Originally Posted by Helix

It would have to be an additional box to the current Tivo's like the Tivo Stream box in the US or VM would have to release new boxes based on these new US models.

The current boxes don't have the hardware required to encode the video so it is suitable to playback on a mobile device. They could possibly do it via the cloud as another option.

ah! i doubt they will then.

If the new owners have their own box and software i'd imagine tivo will be phased out once the contract ends they'll see that as a big way to save money i'd guess?