glenbo
11-18-2007, 12:00 PM
So my weekend has been spent entertaining some old work Friends who came over for something to eat on Sat, like myself the fellas work in IT.
Now unprompted two of my friends’ partners both commented on the shiny silver box (ooo)
Of course a demonstration of the Tivo followed, queue the ...that’s much better than SKY+, I wish I had one of those and the inevitable ...Where Can I buy one?
As a one off perhaps not that much of interest but my partner then had her family over today and we go through it all over again, interestingly her parents both into there 60's loved it and the simple easy to use interface.
I guess I’m posting this really as a tale of what could of been I’m sure all of the arguments for if Tivo was ahead of its time in the UK, poorly marketed (Which in my humble opinion it was) or if it was the deal they came to with Sky that lead to them not being able to crack the UK. Have been discussed many times before on here.
Just very sad that a hugely impressive, consumer item is no longer available...
(Yes, I'm now off to ebay to pick up one for my friends!)
Now unprompted two of my friends’ partners both commented on the shiny silver box (ooo)
Of course a demonstration of the Tivo followed, queue the ...that’s much better than SKY+, I wish I had one of those and the inevitable ...Where Can I buy one?
As a one off perhaps not that much of interest but my partner then had her family over today and we go through it all over again, interestingly her parents both into there 60's loved it and the simple easy to use interface.
I guess I’m posting this really as a tale of what could of been I’m sure all of the arguments for if Tivo was ahead of its time in the UK, poorly marketed (Which in my humble opinion it was) or if it was the deal they came to with Sky that lead to them not being able to crack the UK. Have been discussed many times before on here.
Just very sad that a hugely impressive, consumer item is no longer available...
(Yes, I'm now off to ebay to pick up one for my friends!)