Is there a way to make Tivo work without paying the service? I plan on buying the Sony DTV/Tivo combo. If not I will purchase a Replay. Any help would be great.
Thanks
TheKobra http://talk.dvdtalk.com/ubb/cool.gif
Josh H
01-30-01, 12:45 PM
Without the service, you can only use it as a manual recording device. In other words you have to program the start time, end time and the channel for everything you want to tape. You can't use the onscreen guide, record stuff just by clicking on the program in the guide, or searching for it in the "Pick Programs to Record Menu," you can't set season passes to tape your favorite shows everyweek automatically, and I'm pretty sure you can't even pause and rewind live tv. In otherwords it is worth the 9.95/month 99.99/year or 199/life of the machine service fees.
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TheKobra
01-30-01, 12:51 PM
My only problem with Tivo is how long will they be around. Thats why the $199.00 life time fee really makes me scard.
TheKobra
Goblincat
01-30-01, 01:00 PM
I pay the monthly, because I figure they are bound to come out with something more advanced in the 20 months it would take to reach the lifetime price. If not, oh well, I took a chance.
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Josh H
01-30-01, 01:43 PM
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR><font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by TheKobra:
My only problem with Tivo is how long will they be around. Thats why the $199.00 life time fee really makes me scard.
TheKobra</font><HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
I, like Goblincat, just pay the monthly fee. That way if they quit before 20 months you're not out anything. That said, I mainly do it because the lifetime is only for the life time of the machine, I only have a 14 hour and will likely want to upgrade to a newer model with more storage sometime in the future. Also I think Tivo is here to stay. There popularity is growing, and they already kicked the sh!t out of replay.
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Barenaked Beagle
01-30-01, 05:40 PM
Have you guys checked out the TIVO forum?
http://www.avsforum.com/ubbcgitivo/Ultimate.cgi
joshhinkle:
have you seen the Tivo hack to add more hours? You can get your 14 hour up to ~100 hours.
Barenaked Beagle
01-30-01, 05:41 PM
BTW, TIVO ROCKS!!! http://talk.dvdtalk.com/ubb/smile.gif http://talk.dvdtalk.com/ubb/smile.gif http://talk.dvdtalk.com/ubb/smile.gif
Goblincat
07-12-04, 12:16 PM
Originally posted by Josh Hinkle
I, like Goblincat, just pay the monthly fee. That way if they quit before 20 months you're not out anything. That said, I mainly do it because the lifetime is only for the life time of the machine, I only have a 14 hour and will likely want to upgrade to a newer model with more storage sometime in the future. Also I think Tivo is here to stay. There popularity is growing, and they already kicked the sh!t out of replay.
Do you wish you would have gone with the lifetime now?
My gamble didn't pay off. Here it is about 3.5 years later and I still have the original TiVo. I have now paid around $500 in monthly fees. I guess I should have gone with the $200 lifetime.
Groucho
07-12-04, 12:18 PM
What a strange bump. What's really odd is seeing all these pro-Tivo statements from Josh Hinkle, when more recent threads show him against it?
xraybies
07-13-04, 07:37 AM
I just realized I've had my TiVo for 4 years on the lifetime subscription. Seeing commercials for the 2004 Olympics reminded me that some of the first recordings I made were for the 2000 Olympics. My TiVo has certainly paid for itself, glad I went lifetime. And now 4 years later I've discovered something new, I'm able to make backups to DVD with some of the new tools that have been released.
movielib
07-13-04, 08:49 AM
I've had TiVo for more than four years. When I got my first one, a 30 hour model, I immediately got the lifetime subscription ($200 at the time). Last year I took advantage of a promotion they were running and got an 80 hour model and transferred the subscription to it (the transfer was part of the promotion). I've since used my old one as a manual recorder.
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