Tivo HD coming to NZ?

[Lurker]

I am not sure that was a good move for Tivo take-up here.

Imagine the potential Competition claims both from other ISPs claiming Telecom is abusing a dominant position and from the Retail chains for not being able to bring competition to the market.

Add into that the high percentage of the geek community who would be early adopters but may not be with Telecom for broadband and it is not a good look.

It would be interesting however to see if Telecom intends to "unbend" and also allow the zero data from the wholesale level of the business - that would also bring in the possibility that it's UBS customers such as Xnet may be able to offer free Tivo traffic - even if they cannot sell the box thenselves.

[TerminalAddict]

that really really sucks !!!!!

[Lurker]

The pricing is interesting too:

$899 for the recorder and $920 for recorder plus wi fi. No mention of the Home Networking package pricing

So AUD699 = NZD856.80
WiFi at Aus prices = NZD85.68

Add them together =NZD942.48
So on published Aus Tivo prices we get a better deal here - but only if you take the bundle of Tivo plus WiFi adapter - and probably only on launch.

Reckon we might be suffering from the old "how much does it sell for in Aussie and add 5%"

[Skolink]

I seem to recall people saying thay had purchased a TiVo from places including JB HiFi (and from Pete) for AU$600, which is only NZ$750 or less.
Before December 2010 though we would need to find someone who can supply a NZ HDD image.

[Wanted]

I have to say as soon as they said Telecom only for broadband content I unsubscribed from their list and will look elsewhere. I don't have a phone line and don't want one and want to keep my superior cable internet and ISP thank you. I think the effort involved in setting up a custom box is looking better all the time with all these restrictions on features and services. Even myskyhdi is looking better than TivoHD now.

[Skolink]

Would you really use the video-on-demand or pay-per-view feature though? I doubt I will so I don't really care that the TiVo internet traffic won't be free on my TC Cable connection. (I also have no analog 'phone line'). It will be the price of the box which might mean that I'm not queuing outside a Telecom store, but will wait till I'm next in Oz or Telecom drop their price.

[catdog]

I have to say I agree with you Skolink - you still get guide data with other ISPs (and it shouldn't effect the home networking package either). The extra "features" like pay per view that are available to Telecom customers are things that I am unlikely to use.

I will be interesting to see what happens when you load an Australian purchased box with a NZ image