Re: Do US Tivos work in the UK?

[Kevin Hawkins <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Alan, I think the quick answer is no .. on many counts .  There have
been some threads about adding some Tivo 2 functionality to UK Tivos via
software hacks and also hardware / software hacking Tivo2's for the UK
but nothing that I am aware of has materialised. I would go for a UK
Tivo if I were you.

The TV standards is an issue as although your TV will play both NTSC and
PAL  a US Tivo wont record a PAL signal (AFAIK).  The EPG is also a
major issue although you would be able I guess to use DigiGuide or
manual recordings but then that really doesnt make any use of Tivo's
great features. I dont think there is a way to subscribe any non UK
original Tivos to the UK EPG service.

K



alanmiddleton74 wrote:

>Trying to pick up a second hand tivo and finding the ebay price more
>than I want to spend, so wondered if the tivo 2 units available in
>the US work in the UK
>ie,
>- Can subscribe to the UK tivo service (aware us subs don't transfer
>to the uk) - tivo 1 vs tivo 2?
>- Will support uk tv signals - my tv supports both pal and ntsc
>inputs, but I don't know if a ntsc tivo will record a pal signal.
>- Do the tivo 1 addon's like tivoturbonet work with tivo 2?
>- Probably very naive about the technical side of this atm so any
>more thoughts on that appreciated :)
>
>Anyone done this?
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>Thanks in advance,
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>Alan.
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