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UK version of Tivo

by center15 Dec 12, 2005 8:21PM PST

Hey guys. I've heard you talking alot about tivo on the podcast and I think you should take a look at what we have in Ireland and the UK. http://www.sky.com/ordersky/equipment/skyplus It's a hard disk based recorder which can record 2 channels at once while watching something already recorded. It recoreds directly from the satelite feed so the quality is identical as if you were watching it live. It also records 5.1 surround sound if available on that channel. It's definitly something I couldn't live without.

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How much is it?

by acedtect Dec 13, 2005 2:43AM PST

It sounds idential to the DirecTV TiVo we have here.

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sky+

by center15 Dec 13, 2005 7:32AM PST

I was thinking they might be along similar lines. It's about $120 for the hardware at the moment and it comes in 60GB and 180GB but you can upgrade the hard drive once you have a little computer knowledge. If you dont get the movie channel there's an extra $14 charge a month for the sky+ function. It's well worth it though. The EPG on is very simple to use and yet very powerful at the same time. There's more detailed stuff in the forums if your interested http://forum.digitalspy.co.uk/board/forumdisplay.php?f=35

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Sounds similar

by acedtect Dec 13, 2005 7:45AM PST

The DirecTV TiVo is $50 or less depdning but only has 35 hours. Unless you get the HDTV TiVo in which case it's 35 hours HD but something like 140 normal. DirecTV charges $4.95 a month for the TiVo service.

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