RE: [ukha_d] Tivo for £199 inc VAT and Next Day Delivery

["Roger" <roger@xxxxxxx>]

You're right Mark, the TiVo is incredible. Not very often that you see well
worked out products that actually fit the use cases of the end user, and
not
some 80% solution. What's more the guys at TiVo actually read and
participate in the UK TiVo forum www.tivocommunity.com

A few thoughts though...

- At 199 the TiVo is sold close to cost price (add up the price of a case,
psu, IR blaster, SCART cable, remote, hard drive, hard drive mounting
bracket and motherboard) this makes me wonder if it is worth buying two,
and
keeping the second for spares when you invalidate the warranty on the
first,
by opening it to add a larger hard drive

- or using a TiVo for something else (the architecture is close to being a
HA controller as it has Linux, serial I/O, IR I/O network connection (via
mod), modem, TV out)

- Why hasn't someone written an IR repeater driver for the front IR
blaster? Should be possible via RS232, or Ethernet connection to send
commands to a small Daemon to drive the front IR emitter, or one of the
wired emitters

Must be some other possible uses too... any ideas??

Roger Shingler

-----Original Message-----
From: Mark McCall [mailto:mark@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 25 February 2002 12:25
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Tivo for £199 inc VAT and Next Day Delivery


Darren and I got one each at the weekend.  He really went out of his way to
get me it, delivered to my work and everything.  Then HIS ONE didn't work
(it was a USED one) while mine is brand new.  I felt bad :(

We got them in Currys.  229 but they gave us 10% off.  Dunno if it was
because we bought two or because it was a new store just opened.  Worked
out
at 206

Anyway.  Don't buy one..they're crap.  Stick with a PC and showshifter!!

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OK...I Lied...IT'S INCREDIBLE!!!! (Ken will be along any moment to gloat
now).

Been using it for about a day now.  First impressions are excellent.  Bit
of
a bummer having to wait 4 bloody hours for the thing to
set itself up though! Anyway...I went out for the afternoon :)  But it _IS_
incredible.

Recorded a pay-per-view movie on it last night.  Watched about half before
Mrs fell asleep.  Can finish it tonight.  Niiice.  Did the forced update
thing last night around midnight (Darren showed me how) and I woke up this
morning to the new software 2.5.5  Oh...and it had recorded a suggestion
already!  I have "Sex and the City" setup as a season pass on
CH4.  It had
seen an old episode on the Paramount channel and grabbed it!  I love this
thing already :)

M.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Mick Furlong" <hiltoneltd@xxxxxxx>
To: "UKHA Group" <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, February 25, 2002 12:15 PM
Subject: [ukha_d] Tivo for 199 inc VAT and Next Day Delivery


> Thought you folks might be interested...I have just ordered a new
boxed
Tivo
> for 199 inc VAT and Next Day Delivery.
>
> Details can be found here ....
>
>
http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?s=0516a397b0742341af776b
> d524d5dc60&threadid=44037&perpage=20&pagenumber=1
>
> The usual disclaimers apply in that I have no involvement with these
people.
>
> The comments about the service appear to be positive and they take
credit
> cards for an added degree of protection.
>
> Mick
>
>
>
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