Humax vs Tivo

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harold <maytonh_nospam@cox.net> writes:
>I am wondering what are the differences between the Humax branded
>boxes and the Tivo branded boxes? I have seen a few threads here
>discussing troubles with the Humax boxes that Tivo boxes dont seem to
>have. Are there significant differences?

TiVo doesn't make boxes. Humax, Sony, Toshiba, Hughes, etc. make boxes.
There have been some problems with each of them, it tends to go in
phases, just like any consumer grade product.

Archived from groups: alt.video.ptv.tivo (More info?)

On 6 Sep 2005 04:57:31 GMT, Howard <stile99@email.com> wrote:

>Doug McIntyre <merlyn@geeks.org> wrote in news:431d1bf8$0$72864
>$892e0abb@auth.newsreader.octanews.com:
>
>> harold <maytonh_nospam@cox.net> writes:
>>>I am wondering what are the differences between the Humax branded
>>>boxes and the Tivo branded boxes? I have seen a few threads here
>>>discussing troubles with the Humax boxes that Tivo boxes dont seem to
>>>have. Are there significant differences?
>>
>> TiVo doesn't make boxes. Humax, Sony, Toshiba, Hughes, etc. make boxes.
>> There have been some problems with each of them, it tends to go in
>> phases, just like any consumer grade product.
>
>There are, however, TiVo-branded boxes. And the difference, if any,
>between them and Humax-branded is negligible.
>
>http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/archive/index.php/t-193434.html
>
>http://www.weaknees.com/dtv_faq_detail.php?categoryID=2#q17


Thanks. I did mean "tivo branded" but neglected to include that
detail. i appreciate the information.