Over here in Australia, Foxtel pay-TV service has released someting called the "IQ" which sounds very similar and is also made by Pace. Costs about $400AUD to "loan" the box (and no you don't get the money back if you unsubscribe), plus an "installation fee" and of course a fee increase in your subscription every month too. And yeah it has cripple restrictions too like Timmy mentions. To those who don't know what a TiVo is they think it's great and rave over them. To us who know better the majority just laugh even if a TiVo cannot do two recordings at once.

Don't know much more about the Foxtel IQ except when I walk past the local large shopping centre stall that has a few of them going on widescreen plasma TV's. I'm not allowed to get Foxtel as they won't service my area. Get this: We have a company called Foxtel and a company called Austar and neither of them can provide competitve services in the same areas. At present Foxtel offer a PVR device and Austar have no plans for one. This is our Government's slant on what they think is fair competition