TiVO Coming to Australia

Announced in a Sydney Morning Herald article this morning -

Seven’s long-awaited TiVo digital television recorder will go on sale in Australia next month, priced at $700.

The TiVo digital recorder has been a HUGE hit in the USA and I expect that the same will be the case here. The difference in Australia is that the TiVo box will be sold as an outright purchase as opposed to the subscription model they have in the USA.

TiVO will you to record all the free-to-air television channels (eg. ABC, Seven, Nine, Ten, SBS and their digital add-ons) using a built-in program guide.  It will also provide access about 100 free internet video channels.

It will be interesting to see Foxtel’s response ….