PVRs Down Under?

mgkimsal2 asks: "My in-laws are leaving tomorrow for Australia and they've become quite fond of our Tivo. They asked if there was any way to get Tivo in Australia, but I'm turning up a blank. It seems that some people are hacking it to work over there, but it's not commercially available. Are there other PVRs commercially available in Australia? Similarly, are there any cool PVR products in other countries we've not seen in the US yet?"

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TV Schedules?

[costas]

Are there any PVRs out there that can be pointed to a custom TV-schedule? I live in Greece, and I could probably get a UK PVR to work over there (same voltage, both PAL, just change the plug), but the issue is TV schedules... Can any of the non-TiVO PVRs be customized in this way?

Re:TV Schedules?

[funky womble]

I don't know about the schedules, but you may have to watch out for sound too - apparently UK TVs in Spain get picture but no sound, so I wonder if this may be a problem in other countries too.

Re:tridge is australian

[mgkimsal2]

That's great but not what I asked. Excellent that tridge is hacking a tivo - where did he buy it? The local appliance store in Sydney? Or was it imported. Yes, I did the obligatory 0.05 second search - doesn't mean it answered my question. Nothing mentions whether or not you can actually GET a tivo in australia - tivo.com certainly don't mention it, and yahoo.com.au has nothing on tivo. My inlaws (in their 70's) aren't going to be hacking an imported tivo - they don't like it that much.