Tivo HD $244.99 at Amazon

[Reckoner]

Text


I picked one up a little over a month ago, and it's been great. It's a thousand times better than the POS Comcast DVR. This is the lowest price I've seen for it so far, enjoy.

 

[jonnyjack]

awesome, thanks!

 

[allisolm]

Thanks! There have not been a lot of deals on this below the $299.99 retail price.

 

[Genx87]

OP, did you have to get a cable card for it?

 

[Reckoner]

Originally posted by: Genx87
OP, did you have to get a cable card for it?

yep, 2 S-Cards. First one was free through comcast, the second I have to pay 2.75 a month for.

 

[Genx87]

ok, thx

 

[MDE]

I've been eying this since it was announced, had to pick one up in anticipation of switching to Comcast when I move. Thanks OP!

 

[amheck]

its cheaper at 6thAve via that same link

 

[sciencewhiz]

I've had one for about a month, using OTA HD.

 

[Reckoner]

bump for lower price

 

[RossMAN]

Paul, how much is your cablecard through Comcast?

 

[IeraseU]

What is the difference between this and the Tivo Series 3?

 

[RossMAN]

Originally posted by: IeraseU
What is the difference between this and the Tivo Series 3?

http://tivo.com/whatistivo/tivohd/faqs/index.html#17

How is TiVo HD different from the TiVo Series3 HD Digital Media Recorder?

Both products are designed on the Series3 architecture so the core TiVo functionality is the same. However, the TiVo Series3 HD Digital Media Recorder will remain as our premium HD DVR product with features such as a bigger hard drive (250gb), THX Certification, front panel display and a programmable, back-lit remote control.

 

[IeraseU]

Thanks for the quick reply.

 

[allisolm]

Article

Just as a matter of interest: "Comcast Corp. has finally begun rolling out its first set-top boxes that run TiVo's digital video recording technology."

 

[batmanuel]

Originally posted by: RossMAN

Originally posted by: IeraseU
What is the difference between this and the Tivo Series 3?

http://tivo.com/whatistivo/tivohd/faqs/index.html#17

How is TiVo HD different from the TiVo Series3 HD Digital Media Recorder?

Both products are designed on the Series3 architecture so the core TiVo functionality is the same. However, the TiVo Series3 HD Digital Media Recorder will remain as our premium HD DVR product with features such as a bigger hard drive (250gb), THX Certification, front panel display and a programmable, back-lit remote control.

Honestly, those features really don't make up for the huge jump in price when you go up to the Series 3. The TiVo HD has a eSATA port as well, so it will hopefully soon be possible to upgrade the storage with a larger external drive (supposedly you can hack the TiVo HD to accept some commercially available drives, but I haven't tried that yet). Also if you really want to upgraded remote, you can buy it seperately.

The HD also has better Cable Card slot placement than the S3. Instead of beling located on the back of the box, the slots are on the front, behind a little pull down cover, so you don't have to have the TiVo pulled out of your AV stand to put in the cards. This makes installation a lot easier, because Comast had me install the cards one at a time.

 

[wedi42]

if you already have an older tivo with lifetime service you can transfer your lifetime service to your new hd machine for $199
http://www.engadget.com/2007/1...fers-lifetime-service-

 

[dajeepster]

Originally posted by: johngute
if you already have an older tivo with lifetime service you can transfer your lifetime service to your new hd machine for $199
http://www.engadget.com/2007/1...fers-lifetime-service-

I've given this some thought... if you plan on keeping the old tivo active... it's better to not tranfer the lifetime service because it only cost around $7 a month for each additional tivo, which would just come out to $74 for the year since the lifetime is free. (multi-tivo discount)

but if you transfer the service its $200 and then the other tivo is free for a year... but as soon as that year is up, it will be $74 for the year for the other Tivo... so in a nutshell, you are giving tivo $126 for free for doing basically nothing for the 1st year.
I personally would like to spend that money on something else.

It's only good to transfer the lifetime subscription if you don't plan on using the other tivo anymore... or its broke.

 

[SirPsycho]

Originally posted by: dajeepster
I've given this some thought... if you plan on keeping the old tivo active... it's better to not tranfer the lifetime service because it only cost around $7 a month for each additional tivo, which would just come out to $74 for the year since the lifetime is free. (multi-tivo discount)

but if you transfer the service its $200 and then the other tivo is free for a year... but as soon as that year is up, it will be $74 for the year for the other Tivo... so in a nutshell, you are giving tivo $126 for free for doing basically nothing for the 1st year.
I personally would like to spend that money on something else.

It's only good to transfer the lifetime subscription if you don't plan on using the other tivo anymore... or its broke.

There is one small problem with that logic. If your old Tivo stops working, and you didn't transfer the lifetime subscription, you will no longer qualify for the discounted rate of $6.95/mo, because to continue to qualify for it, the old unit has to make a call in at least every six months or you lose the discount.

I'm facing a difficult choice, because I just ordered and received a Tivo Series 3 from Amazon a couple days ago, right before the announcement for the Tivo HD lifetime transfer offer came out. There's a $200 rebate on the Series 3, but no offer to transfer the lifetime subscription. Amazon had it for $574.99, minus the $30 or so that I had left from a gift certificate, and minus the ~$17 or so of additional gift certificate credit that I'll get from using my Amazon credit card there. It also had free shipping, so the grand total after rebate (for me, anyway) about $328, which seems like a good deal for something that was $799 a year ago.

If I return the Series 3 to Amazon and order the Tivo HD from Tivo directly (which you have to do to qualify for the lifetime transfer), it'll cost me $299.99 + $199 to transfer the lifetime subscription + however much to send the Series 3 back to Amazon, and I'll be getting a slightly lower-capacity unit with no monthly fees and a free year on my old Series 1, which I'm not even sure I'll continue to use.

Ugh. Why do they have to make it so complicated?

 

[Reckoner]

Originally posted by: RossMAN
Paul, how much is your cablecard through Comcast?

First one was free, so if you can get an M-Card which will control both tuners, it'll cost you nothing. Unfortunately, I was only able to get 2 S-Cards. The first one was free, the second costs me $2.75 per month.

 

[dajeepster]

Originally posted by: SirPsycho

Originally posted by: dajeepster
I've given this some thought... if you plan on keeping the old tivo active... it's better to not tranfer the lifetime service because it only cost around $7 a month for each additional tivo, which would just come out to $74 for the year since the lifetime is free. (multi-tivo discount)

but if you transfer the service its $200 and then the other tivo is free for a year... but as soon as that year is up, it will be $74 for the year for the other Tivo... so in a nutshell, you are giving tivo $126 for free for doing basically nothing for the 1st year.
I personally would like to spend that money on something else.

It's only good to transfer the lifetime subscription if you don't plan on using the other tivo anymore... or its broke.

There is one small problem with that logic. If your old Tivo stops working, and you didn't transfer the lifetime subscription, you will no longer qualify for the discounted rate of $6.95/mo, because to continue to qualify for it, the old unit has to make a call in at least every six months or you lose the discount.

I'm facing a difficult choice, because I just ordered and received a Tivo Series 3 from Amazon a couple days ago, right before the announcement for the Tivo HD lifetime transfer offer came out. There's a $200 rebate on the Series 3, but no offer to transfer the lifetime subscription. Amazon had it for $574.99, minus the $30 or so that I had left from a gift certificate, and minus the ~$17 or so of additional gift certificate credit that I'll get from using my Amazon credit card there. It also had free shipping, so the grand total after rebate (for me, anyway) about $328, which seems like a good deal for something that was $799 a year ago.

If I return the Series 3 to Amazon and order the Tivo HD from Tivo directly (which you have to do to qualify for the lifetime transfer), it'll cost me $299.99 + $199 to transfer the lifetime subscription + however much to send the Series 3 back to Amazon, and I'll be getting a slightly lower-capacity unit with no monthly fees and a free year on my old Series 1, which I'm not even sure I'll continue to use.

Ugh. Why do they have to make it so complicated?

It's only good to transfer the lifetime subscription if you don't plan on using the other tivo anymore... or its broke.

I think I already covered that...
I have two series 2 tivo... have one when they first came out and a second one about six months after that... and they're still going strong

 

[ric1287]

so if you use tivo w/ comcast, do you not have to pay the 11$ for the DVR service? It would be normal comcast price + CC service + tivo service right? If so, that wouldn't be too much more per month.

 

[jonnyjack]

Originally posted by: ric1287
so if you use tivo w/ comcast, do you not have to pay the 11$ for the DVR service? It would be normal comcast price + CC service + tivo service right? If so, that wouldn't be too much more per month.

that is correct. i'm loving my TiVo HD. i'm just using plain old rabbit ears for OTA HD and get great reception.