Comments on: Blockbuster Leaks TiVo Partnership http://www.zatznotfunny.com/2006-05/blockbuster-leaks-tivo-partnership/ All your digital media goodness. Mon, 22 Mar 2010 00:35:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: GadgetGav http://www.zatznotfunny.com/2006-05/blockbuster-leaks-tivo-partnership/comment-page-1/#comment-2284 GadgetGav Tue, 16 May 2006 00:45:40 +0000 http://www.zatznotfunny.com/?p=280#comment-2284 What's with the caps lock stuck on problem with BLOCKBUSTER? What about people who aren't paying per month for a new subscription? What's the point? What’s with the caps lock stuck on problem with BLOCKBUSTER?
What about people who aren’t paying per month for a new subscription?
What’s the point?

]]> By: c.Lake http://www.zatznotfunny.com/2006-05/blockbuster-leaks-tivo-partnership/comment-page-1/#comment-2282 c.Lake Mon, 15 May 2006 22:26:12 +0000 http://www.zatznotfunny.com/?p=280#comment-2282 Wait... this is the best deal that Blockbuster could come up with?? Another $29.95 extra a month to TIVO, for a year? I'll like the take this opportunity to laugh in the face of the stupid blockbuster ad-executive, (posing as a REAL BLOGGER),who gave me so much sh_t when I told him just how stupid this idea was. And still is... And I will state once again that Netflix is a better on EVERY LEVEL. Without having to sign a contract or sign over your first child. Wait… this is the best deal that Blockbuster could come up with?? Another $29.95 extra a month to TIVO, for a year?

I’ll like the take this opportunity to laugh in the face of the stupid blockbuster ad-executive, (posing as a REAL BLOGGER),who gave me so much sh_t when I told him just how stupid this idea was. And still is… And I will state once again that Netflix is a better on EVERY LEVEL. Without having to sign a contract or sign over your first child.

]]> By: Dave Zatz http://www.zatznotfunny.com/2006-05/blockbuster-leaks-tivo-partnership/comment-page-1/#comment-2278 Dave Zatz Mon, 15 May 2006 21:24:53 +0000 http://www.zatznotfunny.com/?p=280#comment-2278 TiVo has published slightly different terms than Blockbuster in which you <i>cannot</i> cancel the movie rental portion without a pentalty: "As part of this combined TiVo-BLOCKBUSTER Subscription, eligible customers will receive an 80-hour TiVo Series2 DVR at no additional cost (the ?TiVo DVR?). Included with your TiVo DVR, you will receive a special BLOCKBUSTER Online certificate with an unique promotional code and instructions for how to activate your BLOCKBUSTER Online movie rental subscription included as part of your TiVo-BLOCKBUSTER Combined Subscription. Your TiVo-BLOCKBUSTER Combined Subscription is only for 12 months. At the end of your 12 month TiVo-BLOCKBUSTER Combined Subscription, if you elect to continue service with either, or both, TiVo and BLOCKBUSTER Online, you will need to separately re-enroll with each company?s service. IF YOU FAIL TO MAINTAIN YOUR TIVO-BLOCKBUSTER COMBINED SUBSCRIPTION COMMITMENT, YOU MAY BE CHARGED AN EARLY TERMINATION FEE OF THE LESSER OF $200 OR THE AMOUNT OF YOUR REMAINING SUBSCRIPTION COMMITMENT FOR EACH TIVO-BLOCKBUSTER COMBINED SUBSCRIPTION TERMINATED PRIOR TO ONE YEAR." TiVo has published slightly different terms than Blockbuster in which you cannot cancel the movie rental portion without a pentalty:

“As part of this combined TiVo-BLOCKBUSTER Subscription, eligible customers will receive an 80-hour TiVo Series2 DVR at no additional cost (the ?TiVo DVR?). Included with your TiVo DVR, you will receive a special BLOCKBUSTER Online certificate with an unique promotional code and instructions for how to activate your BLOCKBUSTER Online movie rental subscription included as part of your TiVo-BLOCKBUSTER Combined Subscription. Your TiVo-BLOCKBUSTER Combined Subscription is only for 12 months. At the end of your 12 month TiVo-BLOCKBUSTER Combined Subscription, if you elect to continue service with either, or both, TiVo and BLOCKBUSTER Online, you will need to separately re-enroll with each company?s service. IF YOU FAIL TO MAINTAIN YOUR TIVO-BLOCKBUSTER COMBINED SUBSCRIPTION COMMITMENT, YOU MAY BE CHARGED AN EARLY TERMINATION FEE OF THE LESSER OF $200 OR THE AMOUNT OF YOUR REMAINING SUBSCRIPTION COMMITMENT FOR EACH TIVO-BLOCKBUSTER COMBINED SUBSCRIPTION TERMINATED PRIOR TO ONE YEAR.”

]]> By: Robert Aitchison http://www.zatznotfunny.com/2006-05/blockbuster-leaks-tivo-partnership/comment-page-1/#comment-2277 Robert Aitchison Mon, 15 May 2006 21:05:48 +0000 http://www.zatznotfunny.com/?p=280#comment-2277 Makes you wonder if there is more to the fact that nothing ever became of the TiVo/Netflix deal besides the rumor that they couldn't get the studios to play along. You would think that even if they couldn't move doreward with the Netflix over broadband deal that they would still choose to partner with Netflix over Blockbuster. Makes you wonder if there is more to the fact that nothing ever became of the TiVo/Netflix deal besides the rumor that they couldn’t get the studios to play along.

You would think that even if they couldn’t move doreward with the Netflix over broadband deal that they would still choose to partner with Netflix over Blockbuster.

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