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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Hi,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I’ve joined the mailing list today, mainly as a response to the news that TiVo will be defunct in NZ after October 2017. I’m devastated about this, since we have three TiVo units, and can’t speak highly enough of how good they have been in practical functionality, as well as an alternative to the offerings of Sky TV, to which I have a philosophical aversion.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I’m a technically capable person and I understand electrons, but I have minimal practical experience at “circuit-board level”, so the initial onslaught of unfamiliar terms and concepts I have encountered in reading the MythTV pages today have been somewhat mind boggling. However, I’m hoping that with the guidance of New Zealand experts in the MythTV field, and the general information in the extensive resources of the main website, I may in time be able to learn enough to assemble a good MythTV set-up of my own. It certainly seems to be the best prospect that I can find to replace the features of TiVo, and probably exceed them.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I look forward to hearing from you all,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Regards,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Peter<o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>