:-( Tivo Hard Drive Died - SKY PLUS

[stradders]

Hi

I am probably going to get flamed for this. However my Tivo HDD died and I made the foolish decision to get SKY+ . I am sat here 2 hours after the installer left and I absolutely hate it . I got SKY+ because it was free. I am thinking about getting a new Hard Drive and bringing Tivo back to Life . Can Tivo control a Sky+ box and make my life bearable.

Thanks

[Fred Smith]

You won't get flamed here, usually. :)

But you will be asked to read the sticky at the top (and memorise it :p ) where you will find the answer is yes.

[Pete77]

I am thinking about getting a new Hard Drive and bringing Tivo back to Life . Can Tivo control a Sky+ box and make my life bearable

I believe that you are entitled to cancel on a new Sky+ or Sky HD contract in the first 14 or 28 days and ask them to take the equipment away? So you may want to consider that option.

You say you are getting Sky+ free but this not altogether true as it is only actually "free" so long as you want to take subscription television services from them costing £252 a year and upwards. Otherwise you have to pay £10 a month (£120 a year - the same fee level as Tivo) to get Sky Plus recording services on a Sky Plus box that is not using any pay Sky television channels.

When you can consider that BBC1-4, ITV1-4, Men and Motors, Ch4, E4, More4, Ch5 and now Film Four plus BBC News 24, CNN, Euronews, Reality TV, The Travel Channel and budget film channels Zone Horror, Zone Thriller, Movies for Men and True Movies 1 and 2 are all receivable free on a Sky box amongst the more worthwhile free channels (as also are about another 120 shopping and asian tv channels which will be far less beneficial to most discerning tv viewers here) do you really need to pay over £300 a year for these other Sky channels when a Tivo with a big hard drive upgrade can give you more television to choose from than you ever can possibly have time to watch. The only real reason to subscribe to Sky is if you are a big fan of live football or test cricket most of which is only available on their premium channels or if you are someone who must watch the very latest series of The Simpsons or ER rather than the series from a year ago.

If you buy a Tivo hard drive upgrade from the well known poster on this forum with the name that sounds like an Unsighted Yellow Citrus Fruit and his emporium of Heavenly Tivos you will then have a Tivo that can record 6 or 7 times more programs than before in top quality and you will be able to access it and schedule recordings remotely from work if you invest in something called a Cachecard which puts it on your network and connects to broadband.

I imagine you still own your old Sky box so you could I assume the installer to put your original LNB back on the dish and reconnect your old Sky box to run with the new improved Tivo when he takes the Sky Plus install away?

You don't say if your Tivo has a Lifetime Sub or not? If it does have a Lifetime Sub that obviously strengthens the case for upgrading it and giving Sky the bullet.