Comments on: 95% Of Canadians Don’t Have A PVR http://davisfreeberg.com/2007/02/01/95-of-canadians-dont-have-a-pvr/ Wed, 31 Aug 2011 01:39:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: davis http://davisfreeberg.com/2007/02/01/95-of-canadians-dont-have-a-pvr/comment-page-1/#comment-20337 davis Fri, 09 Feb 2007 21:37:47 +0000 http://davisfreeberg.com/2007/02/01/95-of-canadians-dont-have-a-pvr/#comment-20337 Dale - Way to keep up the good fight. It's silly that TiVo makes their fans jump through so many hoops before they can buy. I'm sure that there are legal issues for not marketing their boxes in Canada, but they should work those issues out and make it easier for Canucks to subscribe to their service. Dale – Way to keep up the good fight. It’s silly that TiVo makes their fans jump through so many hoops before they can buy. I’m sure that there are legal issues for not marketing their boxes in Canada, but they should work those issues out and make it easier for Canucks to subscribe to their service.

]]> By: Dale http://davisfreeberg.com/2007/02/01/95-of-canadians-dont-have-a-pvr/comment-page-1/#comment-20330 Dale Fri, 09 Feb 2007 19:21:04 +0000 http://davisfreeberg.com/2007/02/01/95-of-canadians-dont-have-a-pvr/#comment-20330 Can't edit the comment above. I meant to say TiVo DOES NOT, to this day, market in Canada. Can’t edit the comment above. I meant to say TiVo DOES NOT, to this day, market in Canada.

]]> By: Dale http://davisfreeberg.com/2007/02/01/95-of-canadians-dont-have-a-pvr/comment-page-1/#comment-20308 Dale Fri, 09 Feb 2007 17:20:00 +0000 http://davisfreeberg.com/2007/02/01/95-of-canadians-dont-have-a-pvr/#comment-20308 The reason for the difference of course is that TiVo still, to this day, market TiVo in Canada. You cannot go to a store to purchase one. TiVo only begrudgingly started to support TiVo in Canada just over a year ago. Anyone who wants one must go through the laborious and expensive process of importing one over the border - and not from TiVo because TiVo won't sell directly into Canada. ReplayTV and UltiamteTV have also never seen the light of day here. Except for those of us Canadians returning from the U.S. with the experience of TiVo, the only PVRs available to Canadians are the abysmal SFA and MOT boxes that cable companies make available, and those boxes of turds have only been available here for about 2 years. So, its no wonder why there is such a small market penetration here. But, I'm doing my bit. I have 3 operational TiVo's running in Canada as do most of my friends who have experienced a TiVo in my home. Cheers. ...Dale The reason for the difference of course is that TiVo still, to this day, market TiVo in Canada. You cannot go to a store to purchase one. TiVo only begrudgingly started to support TiVo in Canada just over a year ago. Anyone who wants one must go through the laborious and expensive process of importing one over the border – and not from TiVo because TiVo won’t sell directly into Canada.

ReplayTV and UltiamteTV have also never seen the light of day here. Except for those of us Canadians returning from the U.S. with the experience of TiVo, the only PVRs available to Canadians are the abysmal SFA and MOT boxes that cable companies make available, and those boxes of turds have only been available here for about 2 years.

So, its no wonder why there is such a small market penetration here. But, I’m doing my bit. I have 3 operational TiVo’s running in Canada as do most of my friends who have experienced a TiVo in my home.

Cheers.

…Dale

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