hot deal!? Tivo and Replay soon to cut monthly fee to $5/month?

[richardycc]

Heard a rumor that both Tivo and replay will cut their month fee to $5/month starting Jan 1st.

rich

 

[icantiwont]

I'm not sure that UNCONFIRMED RUMORS = HOT DEAL.

 

[weovpac]

I pay $5 a month for my Tivo service. I own a Directv with Tivo unit, not the stand alone unit. I have too say Tivo is great

 

[psxjunky]

If this turns out to be true, it will be a VERY COLD deal for those of us that bought the lifetime subscription ... but good for your guys that are on monthly

I seriously doubt it though that they can afford to do it ...

 

[AU Tiger]

I may keep my Standalone Tivo if this is true. I just purchased the Hughes Series 2 Directivo so I could cut $8 off my monthly fee ($4.99 Directivo vs $12.99 Standalone).

 

[MyBuds]

this would make the $150 replay deal even better

 

[SpongeBobPalmBay]

Yeah, Tivo went to 4.99 last month...!!!

This made me really happy.

 

[MyBuds]

very surprising considering both replay and tivo are already struggling financially....but maybe this will help get more people to buy them. low subscription numbers have been the main source of their problems.

 

[dwopks]

I went to the Tivo website - and it stil says $12.95 monthly, $249 lifetime. Is this just for DirectTv with Tivo - or just for the standalone Tivo, too?

http://www.tivo.com/3.0.asp

SpongeBobPalmBay, were you paying $12.95 before - and the new bill for January $5?

Excuse the dumb questions....

 

[Wiser007]

i can finally afford to activate my tivo that i got for $80 when k-marts were closing.

 

[DanT]

The $5 price is just for the DirecTiVo units, not the standalones. It was $10 for the DTivos until just a month or two ago. The reason for the drop in price is that DirecTV is now taking over all of the support for the DTivos, so TiVo Inc. is only concerned with software updates, not subscription service, on the satellite units.

About 5 months ago, the fee for Standalone units went from $9.95 to $12.95, so I doubt they're going to drop it to $5 any time soon.

 

[Sepen]

Originally posted by: richardycc
Heard a rumor that both Tivo and replay will cut their month fee to $5/month starting Jan 1st.

rich

Heck, if anything they will probably raise it seeing how they are struggling finacially.

 

[thecollectivewi]

I got in on the $200 lifetime sale they had when they increased the monthly to $12.95 Its really an amazing thing and now Im not sure
I could live without the thing anymore.

 

[SuperShaz]

Originally posted by: thecollectivewi
I got in on the $200 lifetime sale they had when they increased the monthly to $12.95 Its really an amazing thing and now Im not sure
I could live without the thing anymore.

They increased monthly to 12.95??? When? Last time I checked (yesterday) their site still said $9.95.

- Shaz

 

[durin]

Originally posted by: SuperShaz

Originally posted by: thecollectivewi
I got in on the $200 lifetime sale they had when they increased the monthly to $12.95 Its really an amazing thing and now Im not sure
I could live without the thing anymore.

They increased monthly to 12.95??? When? Last time I checked (yesterday) their site still said $9.95.

- Shaz

same time they raised the lifetime to $250 I believe because thats when i got in at $200 for it.

 

[wantonsoup]

first of all, this is totally false.

 

[jclark]

And second of all?

Dang avsforum migrants.

 

[gbuskirk]

Originally posted by: thecollectivewi
I got in on the $200 lifetime sale they had when they increased the monthly to $12.95

So did I, with my Tivo. I'd go lifetime on my ReplayTV 4504 for $200 too, if they ever offered the same deal.

 

[SuperShaz]

From the replayTV service activation agreement on the sonicblue website.

SONICblue now offers customers a choice of two payment options to activate and use the ReplayTV Service. Customers can now sign up for a $9.95 monthly service fee or pay a one-time $250 service activation fee. The $9.95 monthly fee provides service to the most full-featured, award winning DVR on the market at the lowest monthly cost of any standalone DVR.



$9.95, I don't see $12.95. Maybe they lowered it since you guys last looked?

- Shaz

 

[RICKWAVER]

Tivo raised the monthly rate to $12.95 a while ago. Replay is still $9.95 monthly. Tivo lifetime is now $250 and I am not sure on Replay.

 

[m0ssie]

Glad I got in early enough that my subscription is FREE!

 

[thecollectivewi]

Ya I was talking about Tivo going to $12.95 When the annouced that they had a special offer to get lifetime service for $200 which I did.

Replay was free at the start but the machines had a huge price tag. I got my Tivo at Target for $75 on clearance then put in a 40 gig hard drive
I had laying around so now I have a 60 hour unit with lifetime service for only about $325 total cost.

 

[sat4fun]

The Replay 3030 deal a couple of years ago is the reason that I found out about this site. Love the Replay, love this site, love my no subscription fees.

 

[isekii]

Originally posted by: sat4fun
The Replay 3030 deal a couple of years ago is the reason that I found out about this site. Love the Replay, love this site, love my no subscription fees.

yep same here~

bought mine at bestbuy open box deal~

took a look at it .. practically brand new~ working like a charm.. no monthly fees~

paid lik e 70-80 bucks for it after rebate

 

[Scyber]

Originally posted by: isekii

Originally posted by: sat4fun
The Replay 3030 deal a couple of years ago is the reason that I found out about this site. Love the Replay, love this site, love my no subscription fees.

yep same here~

bought mine at bestbuy open box deal~

took a look at it .. practically brand new~ working like a charm.. no monthly fees~

paid lik e 70-80 bucks for it after rebate

Same here. Bought my first replay for around $350. after rebate. But the 2nd two I picked up open box for $99 a piece after rebate.

But I am looking to possibly upgrade to one of the replays. They got some neat features.