* Posts by Countryman

3 publicly visible posts • joined 15 Feb 2011

Digital radio may replace FM altogether - even though nobody wants it

Countryman

Fine. You want choice. You have it. Go buy a DAB radio. Just don't ask the rest of us who are perfectly happy listening to the available channels on FM to waste our money buying things we don't want and for a far inferior sound quality.

Virgin tempts Brits with fee-free TiVo

Countryman

"Life" but not as we know it

"enjoy it completely on us... for life". says the blurb.

That's the same definition of 'life' that TiVo used when they sold us their Lifetime Subcriptions then? The same Lifetime Subscriptions that they have just canned? Or should I say 'conned'?

TiVo calls time on ageing set-tops

Countryman

TiVo dump their customer base

Well, if it ain't bust, don't fix it.

The fact that TiVo didn't charge any subs is a red herring. They knew that Virgin's cable footprint was poor yet they went ahead. Several people offered to support the service for those users who were not on the cable footprint but TiVo Inc ignored them.

Who's to say that after a couple of years, TiVo don't decide to dump all their support for the VirginMedia tie-up?