I'm not sure how or where this has been advertised, cos until a mate pointed it out to me I had no idea, but Tivo is coming to Australia!
Tivo is digital video recorder that records your favorite tv shows to hard disk automatically.. It's been in Yankeeland for nearly 10 years now, so it's about time the land of Oz caught up..

As cool as this is, I should probably point out for the less geekier readers that this is easily possible using your current pc, a tv tuner card, and something like Mythbuntu.

Tivo made a fortune by putting that concept into a ready made box, and charging subscriptions for it..

I know I've bagged out Aussie tv heaps, and I don't even watch it at all these days, but who can turn down free trials of new tech?

You can sign up for the beta test here :)