Seven plugs in its DVR

1points Posted 376 days, 2 hours ago by Bronwen

KERRY STOKES'S Seven Network has stepped up its war with Foxtel, launching its long-touted digital video recorder, TiVo, which it hopes will stem the shift of viewers to pay television.

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Source: http://business.smh.com.au/seven-plugs-in-its-dvr-and-joins-…

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Worse, Seven is shipping the TIVO crippled so they can add revenue with software updates.  We covered why TIVO in Oz will fail here.

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$699 for a device that lets you record Battle of the Choirs? People are all about the monthly payment, not the ridiculously large upfront cost for something that doesn’t really offer you anything.

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Get yourself a Vista media Center PC and an Icetv (http://www.icetv.com.au) subscription and you will be saying Tivo who!

Molly

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Vista media Centre? Really, if it is anything like the other Vista’s i wouldn’t touch it with a 100 foot pole. Apple TV? maybe, when it gets better.

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Works great! Just added another Hard Drive to store even more great shows!

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