Re: The slow death of Tivo, just what can I use to replace it?

[Vargster <vargster@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hmmm... I was wondering why there hadn't been any suggestions
lately...
...that answers that then... :(



On Sat, Oct 18, 2008 at 6:41 PM, ianh1000 <ianh1000@xxxxxxx> wrote:

>   Hi All, I know there are a few UK tivo users here.
>
> It seems that Tivo UK are slowly dropping the service, I pay monthly
> as when I bought my unit for =A3100 I was not sure the =A3200 life sub
wa=
s
> worth it as they may stop the service (a bad choice, a bit like my
> endowments, ISAs and Pension at the moment). It seems that some
> changes in the US mean they can't support the UK Gen 1 Tivo software
> and the Tivo suggestions feature has stopped working! They did not
> tell me this and still want the =A310 a month.
>
> Suggestions was really good for us as it always kept lots of new stuff
> for the kids to watch without filling it up using a season pass.
>
> So what can I use to replace it? The Topfield looks good, not sure I
> want to pay for the new HDMI version with the new FreeSat service
> looking like it may be a better option in the long run.
>
> How good is the Toppy? Now I have lost Tivo suggestions I guess that
> Toppy will give me most of the functionality Tivo has.
>
> I have only ever used Tivo as standard other than soft padding.
>
> Cheers
> Ian
>
>=20=20
>


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