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Originally Posted by mreaves53
The one year price was 199 the two year was 279 and three year 299. I went with the 3 year. One because it was cheaper per year and two that determines what you pay from now on. I have only been using it less than a week, but I am completely satisfied so far.
BTW I sprung for the WIFI adapter and use my wireless broadband network to download the info.
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THanks. THat's what I was afraid of, ie that's pretty expensive, at least for the 1 year... WOW. The 3 year you got is about what TIVO used to charge before they went in with
DTV, and that is ALMOST reasonable, at least it would be depending on the features. Can I ask... does this version TIVO allow you to connect to the internet, and download guide data and setup info via the internet, or does it insist on using the phone line? The reason I ask, is that when I bought my first TIVO, it came with a free 1 month subscription, which I eventually let expire, but while I had it, it insisted on calling up by telephone, and the only access numbers were long distance, and it cost me something like $35 for just downloading the list of local channels. I eventually installed a network card in this series 1, and was able to hack it to get setup data via the internet, which was virtually free, since it's a local telephone number for me. My DTV/TIVO gets it's guide data from DTV, so it doesn't need the phone. Anyway, thanks for the info. This might just be worth it, particularly if I cancel the DTV/TIVO subscription, and just use my unsubscribed TIVOs in dumb mode.