Tivo Or Magic TV?

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veryshort

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#97154 12-Feb-2012 09:59

Hi Guys ....
having seen Tivo is on special are they better than the magic tv PVR's I currently have two 3600 Magic TV pvrs Im looking to sell both of them and upgrade ... I was going to go the way of MTV 3700 till I saw Tivo on special I can get two Tivos for the price of one MTV 3700 so which is better .

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andrew w

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#580398 12-Feb-2012 10:11

veryshort: Hi Guys ....
having seen Tivo is on special are they better than the magic tv PVR's I currently have two 3600 Magic TV pvrs Im looking to sell both of them and upgrade ... I was going to go the way of MTV 3700 till I saw Tivo on special I can get two Tivos for the price of one MTV 3700 so which is better .

Cheers
andrew w

I have no experience with the Magic TV boxes but for what it's worth, I got a TiVo in the Boxing day sales and have been really impressed with it, very easy to use and my wife, who was sceptical, know loves it too!

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#580437 12-Feb-2012 11:13

Also with TiVo you can schedule recordings from a mobile browser, good if you are out and about and someone tells you about a new program or you remembered something will be missed...

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DaMo73

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#580536 12-Feb-2012 17:09

freitasm: Also with TiVo you can schedule recordings from a mobile browser, good if you are out and about and someone tells you about a new program or you remembered something will be missed...

That's a good feature to have. Does mySky HDI have anything like that?

ascroft

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Ultimate Geek

#580548 12-Feb-2012 17:44

Yes.

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ilovemusic

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#580787 13-Feb-2012 12:05

TIVO.

TIVO beats Magic in every department, especially video and audio performance where the Magic is mediocre.

Lurch

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#580789 13-Feb-2012 12:08

Have had a magic 3600 for over 2 years now and have had no issues with it, fantastic little box of tricks. The custom firmware helps alot too :-)

Remote browser recording sounds like the only thing with the Tivo. Although you also need an internet connection to get the epg (Not really an issue these days).

veryshort

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Master Geek

#580800 13-Feb-2012 12:21

Yes remote browser is about the only difference oh ad you can get apps for ya iphone/android epg via the net is just stupid given its transmitted on the uhf hd network tivo has a smaller hhd too 320g compared to the 3600 which has 500g and the 3700 has 1tb dont think tivo is on special any more either

nickd

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Ultimate Geek

#580973 13-Feb-2012 17:58

I had a short go with our neighbours Magic TV before I bought my Tivo the other day. The reason I chose the Tivo was because I couldn't really see a significant difference between the two when I used them. The Tivo was so much cheaper so it was an easy choice.