Tivo vs Sky+

[Alan Shields <ha@xxxxxxx>]

Sorry to bring this old chestnut up again, I'm a fairly happy Tivo user
considering switching for the following reasons:

1. Getting fed up of the occasional incorrect channel being recorded
due to the LED being slightly less than 100% reliable.

2. Increasingly I want to watch/record from more than one sky channel
(and sky+ now records from both tuners right?)

3. The video output on my Tivo box occasionally screws up and I have to
reboot, and it's looking increasingly like I'm NOT going to get an
opportunity to use this as an excuse to upgrade it to a better model,
EVER.

Question is, how much am I going to miss Tivo if I do this, more
specifically

1. how good is the Sky+ equivalent of season pass, can it cope with
(for instance) an extra episode of coronation street being snuck in at
8:30

2. Can you specify extra time before/after recordings, if so is this
per program or systemwide?

3. How far ahead does the program guide go.

4. Does it always keep the last half hour so you can rewind on a live
broadcast?, if so how does this work with the two tuners?

Any other comments from Sky+ users, (or people with experience of both)?

Cheers
Alan Shields
mail@xxxxxxx