TiVo : £3.00 Tivo Charge

[mersey70]

Originally Posted by passingbat

Not that often. The ones I do check every now and then are Warner TV and US Box sets and sometimes re-watch a series I like.

US box sets never seems to have that much in the listings though.

Thanks, so what is it that attracts you to the TV service if you don't really use OD much? Catch Up is the killer app for me, without it I would cancel the TV services altogether as the linear lineup is lacking for us.

I go for content and nothing else, hardware is neither here nor there for me and that's why I have my doubts about Tivo being a mainstream product. Punters like me couldn't much care for hardware no matter how good it is so long as the standard kit does the job.

Just shows we are all different.

[muppetman11]

Originally Posted by mersey70

Thanks, so what is it that attracts you to the TV service if you don't really use OD much? Catch Up is the killer app for me, without it I would cancel the TV services altogether as the linear lineup is lacking for us.

I go for content and nothing else, hardware is neither here nor there for me and that's why I have my doubts about Tivo being a mainstream product. Punters like me couldn't much care for hardware no matter how good it is so long as the standard kit does the job.

Just shows we are all different.

My reason for switching to Sky was content and the fact the HD box was.free and recorded 60 hrs HD as opposed to 20 on V+. I record a lot of US sport so the V+ filled to easy when I recorded it off ESPN HD.

[passingbat]

Originally Posted by mersey70

Thanks, so what is it that attracts you to the TV service if you don't really use OD much? Catch Up is the killer app for me, without it I would cancel the TV services altogether as the linear lineup is lacking for us.

With a 1TB hard drive, and 3 recordable tuners, I don't understand why you need catchup?

If you set series links for all the programmes you would watch on catchup, you've got them to watch whenever you want. As all the programes on catchup are on linear TV channels, you can't get anything on catchup that you can't get on a channel you can record.

Catchup can of course be usefull for programmes that you weren't aware of and hear about later. Tivo suggestions will help there though.

As for TV Choice on demand, I do find it usefull occasionally as I said, but I usually keep an eye out for programmes that I'm likely to want to watch. As I mainly watch US dramas, places like digital Spy are good for telling you what's new and coming soon in terms of US shows. And this is where TIVOs whish lists will come into there own. Instead of trying to find out when a new show I want to watch is going to come to a UK channel, I can just add it to the wishlist and TIVO will pick it up when a UK channel gets it.

It's the same with the season breaks that US dshows take; you have to keep an eye out for when the show returns, because V+ series links often don't pick the show up after the season break; Tivo will pick up new episodes whenever they occur for a particular show, even after season breaks and even the next season, sgown a year later without you having to intervene.

Originally Posted by mersey70

I go for content and nothing else, hardware is neither here nor there for me and that's why I have my doubts about Tivo being a mainstream product. Punters like me couldn't much care for hardware no matter how good it is so long as the standard kit does the job.

TBH, the only content I really want is Sky atlantic. CBS action and drama would be good but from what I've seen of the shedules, they're showing programmes that have been seen before, so nice, but not essential.

Of course I'd like HD versions of all the channels, but they will come and we've got a lot of HD over the last few months.

[mersey70]

Maybe catch up isn't that much of a deal, perhaps why that's why so many people choose Sky but personally I love it and have always thought of it as one of VM's better points as you don't even need V+ for it and of course the vast majority of VM customers only have a non PVR box. If it wasn't for catch up I would have disconnected the whole TV service when I got Sky.

I have never rated TV Choice though, I don't miss it at all.

We are all very different souls, thankfully!

[passingbat]

Originally Posted by mersey70

Maybe catch up isn't that much of a deal, perhaps why that's why so many people choose Sky but personally I love it and have always thought of it as one of VM's better points as you don't even need V+ for it and of course the vast majority of VM customers only have a non PVR box. If it wasn't for catch up I would have disconnected the whole TV service when I got Sky.

I have never rated TV Choice though, I don't miss it at all.

We are all very different souls, thankfully!

Well, you need an extra catchup service with sky as you've only got two tuners

(just kidding) (but the third tuner does make a difference)

[Cozzy]

with the amount of program repeats the catch up service is almost redundant ... apart from live sport & news nearly every program gets at least one repeat in the same week just sometimes on a different channel

while the idea of catch up is great ... in practice a pvr and repeats makes it less of a requirement in general for recent programs and more useful for archive VoD

[mersey70]

Originally Posted by passingbat

Well, you need an extra catchup service with sky as you've only got two tuners

(just kidding) (but the third tuner does make a difference)

I haven't had a clash yet but the remote record tells you of alternative showings anyway which is handy for the inevitable time you do get a clash.

VM are somewhat unique providing three tuners which is good but I don't recall having a overwhelming need for it personally probably because of the excellent catch up service, I agree it is handy having it though.

[BenJSmyth]

Last night we had three things recording between 9 and 10 and three things recording between 10 and 11. For us the third tuner is essential.

As with everything, depends on your individual needs.

[muppetman11]

Originally Posted by BenJSmyth

Last night we had three things recording between 9 and 10 and three things recording between 10 and 11. For us the third tuner is essential.

As with everything, depends on your individual needs.

To be fair the Sky+ iPad/iPhone ,android app tells you about when a show repeats so even with two tuners I've not had any problems.

[passingbat]

Originally Posted by muppetman11

To be fair the Sky+ iPad/iPhone ,android app tells you about when a show repeats so even with two tuners I've not had any problems.

And you get your choice of a free ipad or iphone with every sky box.

I actually had a Sky salesman round here yesterday (they're installing a communal dish in the flats where I live so contacting everyone in the flats); he didn't mention the free iphone or Ipad

Actually, he was pretty useless; I had to correct him on Sky pricing and he thought the 2 free HD boxes he was offering were 1TB ones. He was going to check and get back to me but never did. I'd no intention of joining Sky (pretty much told him that), but was interested in their pricing. For someone like me, with 2 HD boxes, Sky are way more expensive than VM. And no TIVO.

[Perfect Choice]

You mean free ipad application surely, getting an actual free ipad is one hell of an incentive!

[passingbat]

Originally Posted by Perfect Choice

You mean free ipad application surely, getting an actual free ipad is one hell of an incentive!

Hence the

[muppetman11]

It can be done via the Sky website , let me guess you cant get on that either and actually theres android , blackberry and iPod as well.

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How is VM way cheaper than Sky , that's a ludicrous comment.

[passingbat]

Originally Posted by muppetman11

It can be done via the Sky website , let me guess you cant get on that either and actually theres android , blackberry and iPod as well.

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How is VM way cheaper than Sky , that's a ludicrous comment.

I was just joking about the free ipad and iphone, which I thought you would realise that; sorry if it came across as ridicule.

As has been said before, which service is cheaper depends on your personal requirments.

For me VM is a lot cheaper. Sky, for just TV comes to 55.25. From VM, for just under 5 pounds more, I get 30meg BB, line rental and XL phone.

It's the fact that I have 2 HD boxes that puts the Sky price up; Their 10.25 charge per box for HD and 10.25 multiroom is the thing that makes Sky expensive for my requirments.

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[muppetman11]

Agreed there mate the extra box charge with Sky plus another HD charge for the second box is daylight robbery.