TiVo heading to the UK

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• Surely the title of the article should be 'TiVo heading to the UK... again'.
  
  I recall seeing TiVo boxes in the UK around 2000-2001, but the public gave it a resounding 'meh'. Posted by Onomatapedalo, UK
• "broadband to the television capabilities", I just can't wait for that, let me get on the Amstrad e-m@iler and tell everyone. Posted by Remy Martin, UK
• Personally I had been hoping they'd work with Freeview along the lines of their Aus/NZ TiVo boxes. But anything that brings TiVo back to the UK is brilliant in my opinion. Posted by Chris Butcher, UK
• @Remy Martin
  
  Amended. Posted by benjamin.crompton, United Kingdom
• I had a Tivo unit in the UK 12 years ago. They were really good at the time. It's a shame SKY (who were operating it) pulled the plug and left us all high and dry. Posted by Den, England
• Loved my old Tivo, added 2nd hdd, modified the software, it was ace. Even all those years ago the software was miles ahead of Virgins effort. Posted by Andy, England
• Den your recollection is wrong. The TiVo in the UK was released in October 2000, indeed the first public showing of a TiVo in the US was in 1999, and while the sale of new hardware ended in 2003, the subscription Electronic Programme Guide that makes the TiVo worth having is still being operated today in 2009. Second hand TiVo's can be pucrhased on eBay and the like.
  
  My unit is still gong strong on a single payment lifetime subscription that just gets better in value month after month. Posted by Antonio Lorusso, United Kingdom
• Pig Ugly, mind you no worse then the V+ box. Hope the decoder is better - it falls over when decoding fast running water, plus it's MPEG2 only. It's a pity Virgin didn't go with a box based on the new Intel CE4100 platform - then most software would run, plus we'd have Silverlight streaming, a 1.2GHz app cpu, and 3-D graphics too Posted by Gary, England