TiVo Makes Its Way Up To Canada

Canada is like the big kid in gym class… always the last one to be picked. This is true… the US gets almost everything before Canada and other places of the world (unless of course a product is actually made elsewhere). Being a canuck myself, I’m also aware that we pay more in the end as well, despite our dollar being worth more at this point in time.

What I didn’t know though, was that Canadians still didn’t even have a simple TiVo. It took them this long to come up to Canada, and when they finally do, it’s an old-school Series2 (standard-def) with no option for the Series3HD versions. I couldn’t find subscription fees anywhere, but it’s likely to be right on par with what’s been seen in the US. If you want a TiVo, you can hit up your Futureshop, London Drugs (?!), Best Buy or The Brick.

Every once in a while we read a mundane press release—in this case, announcing that Canada gets TiVo—and just start laughing. Poor Canada is finally getting TiVo service, “just in time for the holiday season.” But that’s not the funniest part. The only hardware available will be the TiVo Series2, standard def, last gen DVR for 199 CAD. Merry Christmas, Canada. Now I know how Koreans look at American cellphone technology.

Source: Gizmodo, Canadian TiVo Page