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RE: RE: (ukha_d) Sky + or Tivo - Newbie question


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  • Subject: RE: RE: (ukha_d) Sky + or Tivo - Newbie question
  • From: "BUTLER, Tony, FM" <tony.butler@xxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2002 11:03:50 +0100
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> My reasons for getting TiVo over Sky:
>
> * Series linking works

In Sky's defence, it is still new - no doubt this will be ironed out over
time.

> * Not owned by Sky, didn't want to pay them any more money
> (although they do
> handle the subs for TiVo)

Not sure how this works, with sky having a foot in both camps.
Know what you mean though.

> * Can pay for a lifetime sub

In an interview with the SKY+ team, this was hinted at as a future
possibility - right now I guess they need to claw back as much r&d cost as
possible.

> * Box was cheaper

Not initially - it started out at 399, just like Sky+.  SKY+ will probably
come down in price once it's been around for a while......

> On the downside it's not got DD5.1, but then that's what I've
> got the DVD player
> for, so it doesn't bother me (much).

If the terrestrial channels started broadcasing proggies in 5.1 the it would
be more of a + for the sky box, but ATM, only a limited no of movies on sky
are broadcast in 5.1 and they are probably either crap, or you already own
them on R1 DVD :-)

For me, the only thing that is really swaying me towards SKY+ is the record
1 channel & watch another feature.
Granted, it doesn't happen _that_ often that 2 sky channels show something
worth watching - but when it does, it's bloody annoying :-)

Tony


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