IMGOT: 1TB TiVo Series3 @ $1599

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Continuing our If Money Grew On Trees series, today let’s chat about the new WeaKnees Series3 TiVo with 1 terabyte of storage. While I’d like as much internal storage as possible and let someone else handle the upgrade leg work, $1599 sure seems like a lot of cash for 145hrs of HD recording. Considering a Series3 can be had for around $600 (or lower now and then), $1000 for that extra storage is pricey… especially since external drives are easily supported (750GB @ $250). In addition to their cut, WeaKnees attributes the high price to “the scarcity and price of the 1 terabye SATA drives.” This almost makes that $1499 DirecTV/LCD/antenna combo look reasonable.

8 thoughts on “IMGOT: 1TB TiVo Series3 @ $1599”

  1. WeaKnees has always had high margins. You go for the convenience.

    The S3 is looking a little less high end with the 1TB internal limit, and that bothers me for the price I paid.

  2. um, yeah, my first dvr was the 14 hour ReplayTV

    I just can’t justify weaknees pricing now that the esata is useable.

  3. I still have an upgraded series 1 that came with a lifetime, but I transferred it to my S3. I’m not sure whether I’ll keep the service on the S1 after the 12 months has passed…

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