I see today some news from IceTV that they have commenced an 'intelligent' recommendation system similar to TiVo functionality:
http://www.icetv.com.au/news/?p=140
This looks great to me and might be what tips me over the edge of shelling out $13 a month as opposed to FreeEPG. I'd definitely be willing to give it a test drive (if I hadn't already used my free trial option before discovering FreeEPG). I guess it all depends how 'intelligent' it is in reality.