What Hi-Fi get their hands on a Virgin Media TiVo: "So far, [its] looking good, but we need to spend more time with it before issuing our final verdict."

The latest review - or in this case, hands-on report - of Virgin Media's TiVo, can be located at What Hi-Fi. Reviewer Andy Clough thinks that:

So far, the Virgin TiVo box is looking good, but we need to spend more time with it before issuing our final verdict. We'll have a full review in the June issue of What Hi-Fi? Sound and Vision, on sale from May 10th.

In the meantime, Andy praised the BBC iPlayer app and the Catch-Up EPG, but:

...the biggest improvement is the inclusion of TiVo technology. For those not familiar with it, it's been a big hit in the States but less so (so far) over here.

Essentially TiVo analyses your viewing habits and the box uses smart technology to record automatically shows it thinks you might like. Very nifty. You can help it decide which programmes you like by using the thumbs up/thumbs down button on the remote (see below).

Press the thumbs up button three times and it will record similar genres of programme to the one you've rated highly; give a programme three thumbs down and it will know not to record that type of programming.

 Read the full article at What Hi-Fi.