It looks like Australians won’t be getting the 30 second skip hack (SELECT-PLAY-SELECT-30-SELECT) that I couldn’t live without (at least that’s what I think this article is referring to). Anybody have any further information?
Australian TiVos, due for release in the second quarter of 2008, will be based on the TiVo HD recorder released in the United States in July. The TiVo HD features twin high definition tuners, allowing users to record two programs in once, along with an HDMI port and 1080i output.
Australians won’t enjoy the ad-skipping features found in US TiVo, confirms Phil Dobbie – chief marketing officer of engin, an Australian consumer VoIP provider part owned by the Seven television network. Seven will sell TiVo in Australia next year through engin, to be available before the Beijing Olympics in August.
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“Australians will be able to fast forward through ads, but not totally skip. It will be a fast scan – you should be able to get through an ad break in 30 seconds,” Dobbie says.
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