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| Thread ID: 103265 | 2009-09-17 01:57:00 | Telecom gets sole rights to sell TiVo STBs | wratterus (105) | PC World Chat |
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| 811166 | 2009-09-17 03:44:00 | The documentation is a bit vague. Telecom states that unmetered downloads won't be available on other ISPs: Anyone can purchase a TiVo media device through Telecom, but they will not enjoy the whole TiVo experience such as unmetered content and services (e.g. movies & TV shows) without a Telecom broadband plan. A reporter for the Herald interpreted that to mean that users on other ISPs wouldn't be able to download at all: Subscribers to other ISPs will be left out in the cold when it comes to broadband delivered content including movies, television shows and the TiVo EPG (electronic programming guide). I'd be surprised if TiVo actively blocks non-Telecom users. |
Nermal (7077) | ||
| 811167 | 2009-09-17 03:58:00 | I'd be surprised if Telecom get it right. Tradition - etc. |
R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 811168 | 2009-09-17 04:02:00 | Imagine the bandwidth you'd go through if you weren't with Telecom though. It would make getting MySky seem like a good deal! :annoyed: | wratterus (105) | ||
| 811169 | 2009-09-17 04:15:00 | Imagine the bandwidth you'd go through if you weren't with Telecom though. The bandwidth you'll want to go through will depend on the price they charge for internet programs. Freeview it won't be :horrified |
PaulD (232) | ||
| 811170 | 2009-09-17 04:23:00 | The bandwidth you'll want to go through will depend on the price they charge for internet programs. Freeview it won't be :horrified This is true...in Nelson we have no Freeview|HD anyway, so meh on both accounts. :( They can take their TiVo box and shove it. :D |
wratterus (105) | ||
| 811171 | 2009-09-17 06:13:00 | As regards Tivo, MyHD etc, if you are allowed to download movies and store them to your players hard drive - how is this legal ? How does this get round copyright and piracy etc ? I may have got this totally wrong. |
Digby (677) | ||
| 811172 | 2009-09-17 07:55:00 | I got MySkyHD about a month ago and had a flurry of excitement and booking lots of stuff - individual programs and series are so easy to do . Then I realised I still just had "Sky" and most of the stuff has been shown before, and the SD channels are still fuzzy and mainly non widescreen, and Freeview HD is still a better picture by far than Sky HD and SkyHD costs $10 a month, and the only decent movies cost extra and are obtainable far cheaper at Video-Ezy on half price days . Then the unit costs a mint or $15 extra on an ordinary Sky subs, and you can't edit out the Sky ads so you get sore ears and the flashing jumpy ads give my eyes hell . . Then, All Black are playing like crap, Netballers are not doing much better, Cricket . . . (slaps hand!!) don't mention the cricket . Only decent thing is the NPC but then, The Magpies are not doing to well I could go on and on and on and on . . . . . Have a feeling I might dump Sky and just go to the local club when a rugby test is on . Sorry to be such a droopy drawers . :o Ken |
kenj (9738) | ||
| 811173 | 2009-09-17 09:05:00 | Well, with Tele-whosit involved, it means I won't be bumping anything off the shopping list to let TiVo grab a spot. Maybe it is lucky I bought a Hauppauge to grab HD and satellite plus antique TV. The program guide in that sees to be the essence of simplicity (Lucky for me ;) ) | R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 811174 | 2009-09-17 10:33:00 | The only thing that will affect BB usage (for anyone not with Telecom) will be the EPG download, any software updates they push out and any movies you download (which is by choice). Damn expensive for what is effectively just a fancy Freeview HD box though!! |
johcar (6283) | ||
| 811175 | 2009-09-17 10:39:00 | Doesn't interest me. :) |
Trev (427) | ||
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