IMGOT: 1TB TiVo Series3 @ $1599

May 23 2007

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.

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8 Responses for "IMGOT: 1TB TiVo Series3 @ $1599"

Big John May 23rd, 2007 at 3:55 pm 1
It doesn’t even burn HD-DVD or BD of your recordings! (also, not DirecTV compatible)
hdtivo May 23rd, 2007 at 4:09 pm 2
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.
Bob May 23rd, 2007 at 6:09 pm 3
Remember the 14 hour Series1?
Dave Zatz May 23rd, 2007 at 6:14 pm 4
Hm, good point – probably why the first TiVo I bought was used.
hdtivo May 23rd, 2007 at 7:24 pm 5
>Remember the 14 hour Series1?

Remember how many were sold?
lutton May 24th, 2007 at 8:23 am 6
um, yeah, my first dvr was the 14 hour ReplayTV

I just can’t justify weaknees pricing now that the esata is useable.
Charles Gettel May 24th, 2007 at 12:18 pm 7
Still have two series 1s running with upgraded HDDs and lifetime service.
Andrew Caplinger May 25th, 2007 at 9:08 am 8
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…