The dog from that film you saw wrote:

"Tim Downie" wrote in message
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I aknowledge that the TiVo is getting left behind but as long as the
majority of terrestial broadcasting is in standard definition I'll be
keeping mine. It's a great shame that they haven't licenced the
software to be run on PVRs in countries where TiVos aren't being sold.

Tim




i just don't think their business plan works - other than the seriously
obsessed ( nerds like myself ), who is willing to pay a tenner a month
for tv listings? - yes there's a lifetime option but again, who would
pay for that even?

I have two TiVo's hence two lifetime plans, but purchased sometime ago.
We are pretty much a standard-def household hooked on watching programme
content rather than purity of delivery. TiVo has never really let us
down on the latter, and my machines have been spinning upgraded disks
for over six years now. I'm also a software geek and there are a few
toys installed including networking options.

The majority of TiVo's business plan was stuffed when they got into
contract with Sky to handle the subscription payments and phone support
- and Dixons to handle marketing on behalf of Thomson.

Thomson had problems selling the expensive machines in Dixons as PVRs
were an unknown thing back then. But murdoch took one look at the PVR /
EPG interface concept and (badly) ripped it off to create Sky+. Even key
elements of TiVo's US advertising were lifted wholesale to create Sky+
advertising. Phone the remains of their TiVo support with a problem and
it's likely ye'll be encoraged to swap 'up' to Sky+.

Over me dead proverbials ...

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Adrian C