RE: Re: Tivo 199 at Powerhouse?

["Phil Harris" <phillip.harris1@xxxxxxx>]

Bloody Wifey has said no...

....just before Christmas when they came down to =A3299 she banned me from
getting one and said "but they might be cheaper in the January
sales"
.... Now she's still saying no.

Something to do with managing to pay the mortgage and get a job
first....

Bugger! I know I married her but can't I send her back under warranty as
defective?

Phil

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kenneth Watt [mailto:kennwatt@xxxxxxx]=20
> Sent: 30 December 2001 18:49
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Re: Tivo 199 at Powerhouse?
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> Being another TiVo owner for over a year I would agree,=20
> stability is the major reason. Yet another is that it is far=20
> less complex than a PC solution so SWMBO can use it very=20
> easily, in fact a five year old could use TiVo with little or=20
> no training. You also get big Brownie Points when TiVo gets=20
> the soaps or whatever SWMBO is into when you didn't even ask=20
> it too ;-)
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> TiVo has its flaws but you can live with them given the=20
> functionality of the machine and the benefits of it. My=20
> biggest problem is the fact that it misses the end of some=20
> BBC stuff in particular due to the Beeb's terrible=20
> timekeeping...not TiVo's! This problem and a couple of others=20
> are expected to be addressed in the latest software release=20
> due in March from what I can gather.
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> K.
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Mike Griffiths [mailto:mike@xxxxxxx]
> > Sent: 30 December 2001 18:05
> > To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> > Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Re: Tivo 199 at Powerhouse?
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> > I would say stability
> > It just works all the time
> > The only time mine doesn't record is if the IR to the Sky box
goes
> wrong
> > And that would happen with any system until sky let us=20
> control the box=20
> > with the serial port
> > Showshifter seems pretty basic as well when it comes to
> control/selection
> > I've just put together another system using the Matrox450etv card
A=20
> > good toy but I can never see the system being as seamless as the
> TiVo is
> > My 2d worth
> > Mike
> >=20
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Alancc [mailto:alan.cc@xxxxxxx]
> > Sent: Sun 30 Dec 01 17:29
> > To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> > Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Re: Tivo 199 at Powerhouse?
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> > As you say inexcusable.
> >=20
> > Is there any benefit in getting TIVO over a decent PC and=20
> Showshifter?
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> > Alancc
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Phil Harris <phillip.harris1@xxxxxxx>
> > To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Sunday, December 30, 2001 4:30 PM
> > Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Re: Tivo 199 at Powerhouse?
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> > >
> > > You have to admit though Alan that this guy wandering off=20
> and giving
> us
> > > completely wrong information is *INEXCUSEABLE* ... We=20
> were told that=20
> > > they did not sell TIVOs outside of this supposed combo with
a Sony
> 32"
> > > widescreen set.
> > >
> > > I was there with another group member and he doesn't think
that I
> was in
> > > any way vague or ambiguous with my question.
> > >
> > > I want to buy "X" ...
> > >
> > > Sorry ... "X" is not available on its own.
> > >
> > > Now, there is one guy there that I usually try to find=20
> out when I go
> ...
> > > He's superb and acknowledges the limits of his knowledge=20
> but I trust
> him
> > > to find out information and prices, unfortunately he wasn't
there
> today.
> > >
> > > Phil
> > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: Alancc [mailto:alan.cc@xxxxxxx]
> > > > Sent: 30 December 2001 15:46
> > > > To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> > > > Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Re: Tivo 199 at Powerhouse?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Careful !!! my son's a Muppet for Powerhouse when
not=20
> studying for=20
> > > > his A levels. Don't tar them all with the same
brush,=20
> he does know=20
> > > > what he's talking about, you should hear some of the=20
> crap he has=20
> > > > to take from Joe public.
> > > >
> > > > Alancc
> > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > From: Phil Harris <phillip.harris1@xxxxxxx>
> > > > To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
> > > > Sent: Sunday, December 30, 2001 2:03 PM
> > > > Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Re: Tivo 199 at Powerhouse?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > We just trundled down to Powerhouse in Winchester...
> > > >
> > > > "Do you sell TIVO's?" I asked the muppet.
> > > >
> > > > F*ck*ng salesdroids!
> > > >
> > > > Phil
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
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