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Re: I have seen the light.



As a new user and someone who has just managed to get the box up too 2.5ish.

Wow..

My son will love all the kids TV that is currently getting put on it.

Sean
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ian Lowe" <ian@xxxxxxx>
To: "UKHA Mailing List" <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, December 30, 2002 11:29 PM
Subject: [ukha_d] I have seen the light.


>
> As a former advocate of a PC based Showshifter Solution, can I just now
> formally state on the record:
>
> I WAS WRONG.
>
> Tivo is the greatest thing since sliced bread for Television. It batters
> showshifter into a small, rather pointy hat with a "D" on the front.
>
> Ours is now in it's third day of life, has about twenty season passes and
a
> bunch of stuff we didn't even know was back on the air because of obscure
> scheduling has been recorded.
>
> Tivo doesn't quite get our preferences yet, so the tivo suggestions are a
> little wide of the mark, but already I don't think I would want to watch
TV
> without it!
>
> *already* we are getting so used to pausing and replaying TV it's hard to
> see how we could do without it, and the whole situation of having a few
> dozen episodes of cool stuff available because Tivo did it overnight
rather
> than just "there's nothing on".
>
> If any of you are thinking about a Tivo, stop thinking, and get one while
> you can. Even without the addition of a turbonet card (drooling at the
> prospect of that one, btw) it's one of the best entertainment investments
we
> have ever made.
>
> Ian.
>
>
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