RSSTiVo Drops Price of Series3 by $300
By the Betanews Staff | Published April 27, 2007, 4:38 PM
High-definition aficionados looking to upgrade their television setup to a Series3 TiVo but were hesitating over the high $799 price tag are in luck: TiVo has dropped the price to $499 and is including a free wireless network adapter for good measure.
The lower pricing is part of a special promotion that runs through the end of the month and includes 80-hour and 180-hour Series2 TiVo units as well. Customers must also sign up for a TiVo plan that ranges from a 1 to 3 year commitment and has an early termination fee.
The TIVO website still displays the price of the series3 at $799.99? Whats up with that?
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|I use the best TiVo in the world...it's called..BITTORRENT
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|Come to Canada, TiVo! We want to be ripped off, too by a mediocre device that's highly over-rated. It's like those arrogant "Mac vs. PC" ads on TV. www.intact.ca
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|People still use Tivo?
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|My Windows Media Center PC on my HDTV is good enough for me (with duel HD tuners). It does everything my parents DVR does, it goes online and downloads the TV guide so that I can see what's on or I can record shows or whole seasons (and even record just the first run episodes). Plus there's like (I'm not sure what you call it, but like Motherload and MTV music video's and stuff too).
I can build a entry level Media Center PC for about $500 anyway. I wouldn't like paying $20 a month for TiVo either. Didn't they start showing ad's now when you fast forward though the commercials now too?
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|Some say, "oh I got a free DVR from the cable/satellite company free, and this and that." First of all, it is only free while you are hooked to them. If you switch to another cable or satellite, you need to return it. And all of your pictures, home videos and movies will be lost. TiVo is yours, you take it wherever you want, you can switch cable providers and it works with all. The THX HD series 3 image is more neat and clear than the latest Apple HD iTV. TiVo's features make of TiVo the third best item in history according to PC-mag. That is why TiVo has been compared as the Roll Royce of DVRs. As NY Time, said: "TiVo is the first set-top box to present all the good stuff on a single screen — the one across from your couch." in its article:
TiVo Plays a Trump Card: Web Smarts
By DAVID POGUE
Published: April 5, 2007
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|You guys are complete morons and have no idea what you're talking about. TiVo has been in the licensing business since Day #1, licensing their technology to DirecTV. They have also been trying to license their technology to the cable companies too since day #1, but the cable companies shunned TiVo, stole the technology, and created their own (inferior) DVR's. Then DirecTV backstabbed TiVo themselves and illegally created their own DVR's too. So you losers have absolutely no idea about what you're talking about. it's people like you that are putting TiVo out of business by not supporting TiVo. Instead, you are supporting the companies which have backstabbed TiVo when TiVo practically invented the category & has been trying to license their technology for years!
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|Not too many people look at "well this company backstabbed so-and-so so I am not going to by their product." The only thing considered is this one cost $X and I get X and this one cost $X dollars and I get X. As much as I would like to support TiVo, I am not going to spend $20 a month and pay $499 up front to do it.
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|Ultimately if they just licensed their tech to cable operators it'd be paydirt. Too late now I guess. I have both...I have 180hr Tivo which is setup to record high priority 'seasons' of shows, and then I use my Comcast DVR, which BTW is the HD one do backups and movies/shows not already in 'On-Demand'. If only the cable DVR was |smarter|, oy, it'd be bye bye Tivo. People say how Tivo is oh-so wonderful, but really the only thing I can't do without is the intuitive season pass which will pick up time changes and slot changes - something the Comcast DVR just isn't smart enough to do. Ah well. I do like Tivo, but like many others - no way in heck I'm paying over $100 for the box, especially compared to the free HD/DVR from Comcast.
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|Amen. DVR from Cable Company, much how I hate them... 8 years rental before I pay $499 + all of the monthly charged by TiVo.
Time for TiVo to get into the software licensing biz...
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|Lets see...Rent a DVR from Dish Network for $6 a month and have no contract and no other monthly fees besides my channel subscription ofcourse. Or pay a monthly fee(I think TIVO is around $20 a month???), pay $499 upfront, and be under a contract with an early termination fee. Sorry TIVO you are going to haft to do better than that to compete.
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|They did... they've been doing their best to sue Dish to try to force them to quit selling DVRs. If you can't beat 'em... sue 'em.
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|Yes, it's the American way! Vonage anyone?
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|It can be as much as $19.95/month or as little as $6.95/month depending on your commitment or whether you're getting a multi service discount. Do your freaking homework before you spout off about something you know next to nothing about.
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