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The problem with TiVo is their business model.
That and they had the best-in-class product and didn't run fast enough to keep the evil cable companies at bay.
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Tivo makes some great machines. I've been using them for more than 10 years, going back to DirecTV Tivo models which can be hacked to provide more functionality (download shows over ethernet) while maintaining your DirecTV subscription.
Hard drives are the most likely failure point on Tivos, and they can be replaced while keeping your lifetime service with that particular machine.
Note $300 lifetime service special is only for the OTA Roamio model. It's still $500 for lifetime service on the other Roamio models.
The other option is just to pay $15 per month for service on the OTA Roamio, with a 1 year commitment on the new machine.
Not impressed with $99 lifetime service on the old dual Tuner series 2 machine. These models went obsolete many years ago when ago when Analog TV stopped being broadcast in the US. Also the series 2 are NOT HD.
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Bill,
That assumes the hardware lasts at least two years. In my experience, this won't necessarily happen and is one of the reasons I won't buy one. In this case, it's also that much more expensive to get a model that supports a cable card.
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Bill,
So you say. It's going to take more than that to convince me since my experiences with TIVO hardware has been underwhelming at best. One box with failures. Two TIVO HD boxes with shoddy quality control and significant expenses to get the system to somewhat replicate what i have with FIOS. Years of waiting to get a return on the investment. Not worth it.
Robert