TiVo : General TiVo Discussion Part 2

[Digital Fanatic]

Originally Posted by thunderlips

if i call virgin media and askabout having TIVO and having the activation charge over the twelve months. doent hurt asking !

It's only available as an upfront charge, sorry.

[muppetman11]

http://www.tivo.com/mytivo/product-f...ad_ipaddetails

Any idea when the iPad app arrives for VM TIVO ?

Found it

http://www.techradar.com/news/comput...service-912206

[echelon]

I wish I could afford TIVO but at £149 for activation is way beyond my current budget. I already pay Virginmedia in excess of £110 a month for TV XL V+ HD, Phone XL and Broadband XXL - even that seems expensive compared to some people I have read about on here.

I have been looking at Sky, even though I have been with cable for years - from what I seen on their website it worked out cheaper than Virginmedia, which surprised me plus I would get more HD channels and the box is free (to keep).

TIVO looked promising but they want to add a further £3 a month on top of what I am paying now, and a £149 activation fee!! Unless, Virginmedia start showing me a reason why I should be paying such a huge amount per month they will be losing me as a customer. Lately, we been suffering from too many network issues for my liking...

[thunderlips]

Originally Posted by Digital Fanatic

It's only available as an upfront charge, sorry.

i thought it would be lol never mind !

[BenMcr]

Originally Posted by echelon

TIVO looked promising but they want to add a further £3 a month on top of what I am paying now, and a £149 activation fee!! Unless, Virginmedia start showing me a reason why I should be paying such a huge amount per month they will be losing me as a customer. Lately, we been suffering from too many network issues for my liking...

If you are paying over £110 then you are likely one on the VIP bundles

Both VIP 50 and VIP 100 customers are having the £3 fee included in the bundle

[muppetman11]

Originally Posted by echelon

I wish I could afford TIVO but at £149 for activation is way beyond my current budget. I already pay Virginmedia in excess of £110 a month for TV XL V+ HD, Phone XL and Broadband XXL - even that seems expensive compared to some people I have read about on here.

I have been looking at Sky, even though I have been with cable for years - from what I seen on their website it worked out cheaper than Virginmedia, which surprised me plus I would get more HD channels and the box is free (to keep).

TIVO looked promising but they want to add a further £3 a month on top of what I am paying now, and a £149 activation fee!! Unless, Virginmedia start showing me a reason why I should be paying such a huge amount per month they will be losing me as a customer. Lately, we been suffering from too many network issues for my liking...

All I would say is check your BB speed as you say your on XXL , Sky could offer you nowhere near them speeds.

[hedgie]

Originally Posted by cupcakes aka dd

Hey my new Onkyo AV Receiver has a preset display option so that when I switch to the input (HDMI) from the new Tivo coming my way it will display "TIVO" on the front panel. HOW COOL IS THAT A TIVO ready surround system.

You can programme my Yamaha to say what you want

[passingbat]

Originally Posted by Hugh

Can we not use perjorative terms like "fanboy", please?

Repetition may invoke the The Mallet of Loving Correctionâ„¢

Sorry Hugh, didn't realise that was a banned term; I won't use it again.

I welcome input from Sky people to this cable thread, because there are some things Sky do better than VM and it's good to know about them.

But the input from Sky users should be ballanced and not, as is the case with some of the input, that Sky does everything as good or better than VM; this is clearly not the case and IMHO opinion shows bias to say that.

I should have found a more diplomatic way to express that.

[muppetman11]

Originally Posted by passingbat

Sorry Hugh, didn't realise that was a banned term; I won't use it again.

I welcome input from Sky people to this cable thread, because there are some things Sky do better than VM and it's good to know about them.

But the input from Sky users should be ballanced and not, as is the case with some of the input, that Sky does everything as good or better than VM; this is clearly not the case and IMHO opinion shows bias to say that.

I should have found a more diplomatic way to express that.

But do I not give both sides , see the post 2 above yours and many more. Some on here really hack you off and I don't mean you passingbat , ok so we've had banter but that's all it is.

[dodgem22]

Df or anyone else in the know is it possible have the £149 added to your next bill or does it have to be paid by credit debit card sorry if this already been answered not had time look through all of this thread. Thanks

[muppetman11]

Aplogies if this has been posted but streaming shows via apps has been mentioned as possible through TIVO

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011...etflix-mad-men

[Digital Fanatic]

Originally Posted by dodgem22

Df or anyone else in the know is it possible have the £149 added to your next bill or does it have to be paid by credit debit card sorry if this already been answered not had time look through all of this thread. Thanks

It will go on to your bill, you don't have to pay by card.

[echelon]

Originally Posted by BenMcr

If you are paying over £110 then you are likely one on the VIP bundles

Both VIP 50 and VIP 100 customers are having the £3 fee included in the bundle

Well, I guess that's one good thing. Yes, I am on the top VIP package with VM - but I noticed quite a few people on this forum pay less than I do per month.

I know BB with Sky would be a big difference in speeds, which is currently around 52Mb download - that is when I don't keep having to reboot the cable modem or call VM to find there's an outage in the area, yet again.

Perhaps I should give VM a ring and see if they will throw me in a free TIVO activation, well I can dream! lol

[dodgem22]

Originally Posted by Digital Fanatic

It will go on to your bill, you don't have to pay by card.

Thanks for your quick reply DF really looking forward to getting a Tivo now at first I was not going to be able to but now should be able to

[Ben B]

Originally Posted by Digital Fanatic

It will go on to your bill, you don't have to pay by card.

Can you pay by card though? Say if you wanted to stick it on a credit card