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The latest HD TiVo box offers 20 hours of high-def recording or 180 in standard definition.
The idea behind paying for a lifetime subscription is that you just pay once and you’re done with it, right? Not exactly.
Apparently TiVo is sort of reneging on that idea, at least if you want anything in high-def. They are offering lifetime subscribers a change to transfer service to the new TiVo HD DVR. However, expect to pay an additional $199, says Engadget. How cheesy is that?
In addition to the $199, you’ll have to drop $300 just to get the box. Also, there’s a deadline for the transfer offer: November 8.
The company has eliminated the option to purchase new lifetime subscriptions, because well… there’s no recurring revenue in that (apparently that’s not true either!). To cushion the blow, the company is letting subscribers keep the old non-HD TiVo fee-free for a year.
I bought a DVR by another mfg. and paid for a lifertime subscription. Tivo and Tivo-HD may have a somewhat better picture, however, I can buy a lot more movies than the guy who has a Tivo and the same salary that I do. At the end of the month, no bills. no notices, no duns. SO BE IT!
Sincerely,
William
there is nothing wrong with this… you pay a lifetime subscription on your box, not the tivo service.. it was clear when you bought the lifetime.
Now people complain when they do something nice? If they didn’t offer this you would have to pay $15+ per month if you wanted HD… atleast they are giving you an option.
Deadline ? Ours or TiVo’s ? I’ve never purchased a device that comes with a “Small Monthly Fee” and won’t start now !
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It isn’t true that you bought the lifetime subscription on the box, not the tivo service. Way back when I bought my lifetime, it was on any and every box you would purchase after that. So I bought a Tivo and the lifetime. A year later I bought Tivo, and it was covered by my lifetime subscription. I didn’t have to pay a cent as long as it shared the same phone line as my original Tivo.
Of course this was back in like 1999 or 2000 if I recall, so I think the lifetime service agreement has under gone a few other revisions since then…