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Originally Posted by carlwaring
Standard VHD boxes are still available.
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I think you knew he was taking about a PVR
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Originally Posted by carlwaring
How many were "given away" though? Something like 2,000? Certainly not many more than that.
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Well there was the original alpha/beta testers, then the 'Tivo 500' then those that got the engraved remote through the post (free Tivo for life?) then there was the raffle. I think that probably covers more than your 2000, then there are people like me who where offered the Tivo if we kept the V+, now I know there was an additional outlay for the Tivo but the ongoing multiroom discount (my bill also fell by a couple of £'s per month) more than offset the cost so in reality a free Tivo.
So all in all I think the figure of 'Certainly not many more than 2000' is probably well short of the mark, add that to the comments of the CEO in the
Earnings Presentation & Strategy Update on 8th February 2012 that box costs
can be waived if the customer has the potential to deliver long term value means that, to some extent at least, the numbers of free boxes out there is probably continuing to rise.
Cheers
Grim