As the personal video recorder market heats up TiVo has doubled the size of their hard drive 320GB. In comparision both Topfield and Foxtel have 500GB hard drives. They have also announced access to new HD channels including 7TWO, Go!, One Sport and the pending ABC Kids channel, ABC3. Missing is access to HD channels from Channel Nine.

The new TiVo 320 replaces the TiVo 160 Media Device from 1 December 2009. It will retail for $699. TiVo have also said that they will drop the $100 cost that they were previously charging customers to get access to online content.

To coincide with the launch TiVo is also offering a  home networking package which they say has has never before been offered in retail stores. TiVo claim that they have experienced significant uptake by customers with more than 45% purchasing the software online.

The home networking package allows TiVo owners to transfer their Freeview TV recordings from their TiVo device to their PC or portable devices such as an iPhone, iTouch or Playstation Personal (PSP); 2. Enables family photos, music libraries and home videos to be enjoyed on the TV; 3. Provides the ability to transfer and view recordings between two TiVo devices in the home.

In addition to the launch of the new TiVo 320 Media Device – all customers will have automatic access to Hybrid TV's proprietary content and service portal, CASPA On-Demand.

From 1 December 2009, the TiVo home page, TiVo Central, will replace "Video On-Demand" with "CASPA On-Demand". Through CASPA, all TiVo customers will have access to new release and library movies, hit TV programs and music videos, concerts and music artist interviews.

 The CASPA service will provide both free and pay-per-view content with advertiser-funded content playing a significant role from Q2 next year. At launch, there will be more than 1000 hours of broadband content available through the TiVo device and the content portfolio will continue to grow with cumulative hours reaching in the tens of thousands over time.

"The TiVo device is a true representation of the best of broadcast and broadband delivered directly to the living room for the enjoyment of you, your family and friends on the television. CASPA is our means of bringing Australians content and services that can be easily accessed through a TV remote and fairly priced or free, wherever possible. This new service proves the TiVo mandate of providing continuous features and benefits delivered over broadband as all our customers will be able to access CASPA from 1 December.
"With our proprietary broadband proposition it demonstrates how vital our internet partners, like Internode, Primus and iinet are, as they will unmeter CASPA downloads on the TiVo for customers on compatible plans. In addition some ISPs are providing larger capacity plans, unmetered plans or unmetered timebands like AAPTs 8pm to 8am all-you-can-download offering.

 "Taking this one step further into our future NBN-world, where we will have ubiquitous high speed broadband connections over fibre-optics achieving speeds starting at 100Mbps. This makes our existing copper connections look like a dripping tap with its meager 512Kbps to 8Mbps.
"Internet speeds achieved through fibre-optics will mean that content consumption and service delivery can reach beyond PC screens and laptops and jump onto the television. We have a near 100% penetration of TVs – but not so with computers. With CASPA, Hybrid TV is poised to be Australia's premier telco-agnostic content service provider." said Robbee Minicola, Chief Executive of Hybrid TV.