Comments on: Transfer Lifetime TiVo Service

By: Big John

Big John — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 17:09:56 +0000

If it supported recording from 2 satellite channels at the same time and was more like $199 I’d consider it. Everyone knows I’m waiting for Tom Rogers to call John Malone and resurrect the DirecTivo with all features enabled. Now that we’ve all come to the conclusion that PVRs are nice to have but not everyone in the world has to have one and that it’s a niche product, can we just open up the gates a little?

By: Max

Max — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 09:55:05 +0000

Same offer here. Makes no sense to me; offer it for the S3 along with the father’s day price and I’ll consider coming back, but for a dual tuner S2?? nope

By: Marc Novakowski

Marc Novakowski — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 04:55:49 +0000

Yeah I was considering the upgrade of the Series 1 with lifetime service (and extra HD space and TivoNet) which I have given to my parents, but $300 is pretty steep for a box that would have less storage and somewhat better softare (TiVo-2-Go would be nice, but not worth $300). Not to mention that they are on satellite so the dual tuners would be useless!

By: Pol Pot Pie

Pol Pot Pie — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 00:13:20 +0000

I received the same email. It doesn’t make sense to me either. I have two 60Hr S2 units with upgraded hard drives. I’ve had to replace the power supply on each, but I can get used ones on eBay for under $40. So although it’s the “lifetime” of the unit, I’ll just keep extending the lifetime.

By: KB

KB — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 23:06:31 +0000

I got the email as well. I agree that there is no real reason to take the offer. I’m waiting for the cheaper HD unit. How many of us can there be anyway who are lifetime before 2003? This and the Best Buy give away for the 80DT lead me to believe there is something new coming down the pike and they are looking to move the 80 hour unit in advance.

By: Robert Aitchison

Robert Aitchison — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 22:22:50 +0000

I got it as well.

I have 2 lifetime Series2 TiVos so there isn’t a lot of advantage for me.

If I had a Series1 though that would be a much better offer.

By: Another Steve

Another Steve — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 22:17:23 +0000

I’d love to “upgrade” the old S1 box, but for that kind of money I’d also rather replace it with a(nother) S3 box — except for the fact that the S3 (or even a DT-S2) won’t share programs with my existing S3… Argh. Close but no cigar. Oh well, I guess I’ll hang onto my 120-hour (grandfathered lifetime) S1 box a while longer.

By: TiVo Steve

TiVo Steve — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 21:44:50 +0000

I second Dave’s comment!