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Sky+ subscription scrapped

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jason posted:
With TiVo you are paying for a service -- an entirely separate EPG, along with highlighted programmes compiled by the company. You shouldn't begrudge TiVo its money any more than companies like Digiguide.
But Tivo charge somewhat more than Digiguide for arguably less useful data.

However, the main reason why TIVO adopted the model they have, which has been followed by others including Sky, is to reduce the initial price of the box. They took the view that many more people would stump up for a cheaper box, but with a monthly service fee, much of which is a hidden box subsidy.

I chose to pay the lifetime fee whan I bought my TIVO.
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A former member
Yes I must admit I wish I'd done that as well. I got TiVo almost on the first week it was available here (October 2000), and have been paying the £10/month ever since.

Since the box cost me £400, that's over £1000 I've given to TiVo over the years. For a box that has given sterling service, and only ever crashed when the original HDD failed, I'm not complaining, but I've spent £500 more than I had to.

EDIT: That's made me think actually -- TiVos with lifetime subs can be bought from ebay for around £130, that's only a little over a years' subscription and I can sell my normal TiVo for about £50, meaning that the cost of upgrade is only £80. Hmmm. That together with Sky+ now being effectively free -- interesting. I have a Sky+ box but the subs has lapsed.
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Spencer
Confirmed on MediaGuardian...

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BSkyB is planning to drop the monthly subscription charge for its Sky Plus hard-drive disk recorder in the hope of further boosting take-up and subscriber loyalty in the face of increased competition.
Since it launched the service, which allows viewers to pause and rewind live TV and record programmes, in October 2001 more than 2.17 million customers have signed up. The pay-TV broadcaster had already waived the £10-a-month subscription fee for those who take its premium sport or movie channels. Now it is preparing to drop the subscription for all its 8.49 million customers from July 1, although it will still charge an initial £99 to upgrade to the Sky Plus set-top box.
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itsrobert Founding member
I'm glad this is happening. In 2000, we got Sky Digital in the living room and in 2001 we got a box fitted upstairs, too. Last year, we upgraded downstairs to Sky+ because we have the Sports package so we wouldn't pay £10 for the service. Once July comes, we're going to upgrade the other receiver to Sky+ because we only have the basic package there. So, in terms of us, Sky are getting what they want.

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