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Re: Tivo vs Sky+



> 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.
You can also get devices for around 15-20 pounds ish that don't use the LED
- they plug in to the IR
output on the rear of the tivo and connect to the RF2 coax output on Sky.

> One nice feature I dont think TiVo has, you can enter the EPG without
> it being recorded, I dont see how TiVo can do this if it's relying on
> the output from the Sky box...
Tivo has its own EPG - it doesn't use the Sky EPG data. This is what the
Tivo subscription is for -
to get the EPG data.

Paul



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