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Re: TiVo
Looking forward to getting TiVo again.
I think TiVo S1 cost £450 when it was launched in the UK, + £10 per month or £200 for lifetime service. I couldn't afford that, but when the last of them were for sale at £150 in Comet, I was delighted to get one, probably 2004 or thereabouts? Didn't do the lifetime subs, so paid about £600 in monthly subs until I changed to V+ in Nov 2009. Incidentally, before getting it, my wife grumbled about "VCR perfectly OK, don't need new tech." When it was over a year old and out of warranty and I was going to change the 40GB (yes, 0.04TB!) HDD to 120GB, she instead was worried, "what if you break it, we can't live without TiVo!"
So I was sad to stop using my TiVo S1, but the press release about Virgin contracting TiVo to develop the new boxes came out on the day that the V+ was installed, which seemed like a good omen!
It has been a long time coming, I've followed the news and rumours here and on DS and TiVo Community every day over the last 16 months, pre-reg'd on Dec 1st, didn't get a free remote, didn't win the other draw, did get my Hello Dean email today, and I'll definitely be ordering one. As you can see above, I wasn't an early adopter on S1, but £450 was a lot of money to me back then, £149+£40 is much more manageable, £3/month better than £10.
Nobody's being forced, but I think most people that pay up will be happy with what they get, and despite the disappointment of many posters on here, it doesn't matter whether you call the different fees activation, installation, whatever, pre-regs are getting £50 off the publicised price.
Derek
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