I see conflicting answers regarding free lifetime service with purchase of a Mini. Is it now included in Amazon purchase, or only if direct from Tivo?
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I bought. One from Amazon last week, and my TiVo account now show lifetime service for this new mini.
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I bought mine from TiVo with lifetime service during a special promotion TiVo had a few months ago. Not sure how Amazon handles it. You could also check with Weaknees.com, an authorized TiVo seller. They might have some specials as well.
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Tivo just updated their website to include product lifetime service through May 4, 2015. I also purchased my mini at BestBuy and they matched the Amazon price
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From your cable company you get their digital tier and that's it! Don't get any of their equipment except for one cable card, some cable companies also have a cable tuner that goes with it (Time Warner, maybe others). From Tivo you can either go monthly for their service or get a lifetime subscription. I like the lifetime subscription since you pay once and then never get another bill from them again. Oh lifetime is lifetime of the unit not you! The only thing you can't do with the Tivo is request anything on demand. So pay per view or anything like that won't work. You can get your premium channels from your cable company like HBO, Sports etc, anything that is just a channel where you don't have to click to watch. If you want the best out of the Roamio I would suggest you have ethernet wired to all your locations, just my thoughts on it, but then I was already wired that way so that's the setup I went with. ENJOY!!!!
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Yes I had a lifetime subscription to a series 2, so I get emails from them every so often. After years of passing up deals, I happend to open up an email from them with $199 for lifetime suscription so I bought 2 Premire XL DVR's. I'm happy with them and knocked $30 off my cable bill so they will pay themselvs off in less than 2 years.They sent me another deal the next month that was not nearly as good, so if you see a good deal on the lifetime subscription get it!One more thing is they are starting to offer promotions for FREE Tivo's with a 2 year service commitment. Typically this is the same price as you pay for the DVR service from cable so you can have Tivo for the same price if you want it. Yes I had a lifetime subscription to a series 2, so I get emails from them every so often. After years of passing up deals, I happend to open up an email from them with $199 for lifetime suscription so I bought 2 Premire XL DVR's. I'm happy with them and knocked $30 off my cable bill so they will pay themselvs off in less than 2 years.They sent me another deal the next month that was not nearly as good, so if you see a good deal on the lifetime subscription get it!One more thing is they are starting to offer promotions for FREE Tivo's with a 2 year service commitment. Typically... » Read More Yes I had a lifetime subscription to a series 2, so I get emails from them every so often. After years of passing up deals, I happend to open up an email from them with $199 for lifetime suscription so I bought 2 Premire XL DVR's. I'm happy with them and knocked $30 off my cable bill so they will pay themselvs off in less than 2 years.They sent me another deal the next month that was not nearly as good, so if you see a good deal on the lifetime subscription get it!One more thing is they are starting to offer promotions for FREE Tivo's with a 2 year service commitment. Typically this is the same price as you pay for the DVR service from cable so you can have Tivo for the same price if you want it. « Show Less
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Yes. The Roamio is like a whole house dvr, costing from $9 to $20/month and the mini is like a cable box, costing $4 to $6/month. Or you may purchase lifetime service from Tivo, and be ahead after 30 months or so on each.
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No."Share the complete TiVo experience on additional TVs in your home, no additional service fee required"
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Thanks Chris. I ordered the same 42G10 yesterday to be delivered on Thursday. Got a great deal and Amazon tossed in a free Tivo.
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Just spoke to Tivo Sales. They said a Mini bought at Bestbuy would be charged an $5.99 additional monthly fee. You would only get the free lifetime service (no monthly fee) if you buy it directly from Tivo. Bestbuy.com has the mini on sale for 139.99, maybe this is why. Offer ends May 4, 2015. Buyers beware!
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At his time, no. But if you think you are likely to buy a $149.99 Lifetime Premier Subscription for the STV2-US, consider buying a STV-100 first generation Simple TV that is available combo bundled with the Lifetime Premier Subscription. In late 2013 through early 2014, the STV-100 combo has been available for near and significantly less than $150 from a variety of online retailers, including Amazon. The Lifetime Premier subscription is tied to a person/email address, not the box, and extensible to multiple Simple TV boxes - so if you can buy this second generation STV2-US and also find a first generation STV-100 combo for less than $150, you would end up with three tuners with Lifetime Premier Subscription instead of two for about the same investment. Neat! Simple TV's website states as of January 30, 2014:&lt;snip&gt; Can I transfer my subscription if I buy a new unit? Yes! Rest assured whether you buy a unit today or upgrade to a new unit a year from now, we won't charge you extra for the subscription. Every Simple.TV subscription can accommodate new units as long as you have a valid Simple.TV subscription. I have 2 Simple.TV units, do I need an extra subscription? No! We believe in value and we don't nickel and dime you to death. Our subscriptions are tied to you (the viewer) and you can choose to have one unit or many units on your account. As long as you're the primary subscriber, you can have as many units as you wish. &lt;snip&gt;
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Ripped off??? I was able to send my DVR back to time warner, stop paying for rental and useage fee that only really let's you record one show if you still want to watch something, and stop paying for a program guide (really? Pay to see whats on TV?). So my trade off is over $22 in fees for something MUCH better and only $15. Not to mention I do not need to buy a not so smart or easy to use smart tv. As now I can get all the programing I need including Pandora, youtube and amazon prime which we use the most.
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I just got a 199 offer on my roamio hd or 9.99 per month. keep in mind the lifetime is not transferrable; once your TiVo dies, it would cost you 149 to get a refurbed replacement.
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Costs $499.99 and lasts the lifetime of the DVR. Monthly fee is $14.99 so after less than three years you will be ahead if you purchase the lifetime TiVo service
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You can buy a stand alone OTA DVR from other companies that do not require a subscription, and use the program guide direct from the TV stations. The guide will normally be only 4-12 hours into the future whereas Tivo will be a week or two. The OTA EPG guides can also have errors and many stations do not maintain them properly; many just show the name of the program and no other information, IF THAT. (The difference is quite noticeable.) Setting up recording is like an old VCR... you tell it channel number, time on and time off. It doesn't know repeats or if a showtime was changed, etc. With the Tivo, you can set up 'Season pass' where it will record the shows automatically, skip repeats and make adjustments for programming changes. It has very complete episode information and Tivo will 'learn what you like' then recommend shows for you. You get a lot for that $15 a month. I am currently using a standalone OTA DVR and I am considering going back to Tivo now that they have a better unit... it's worth it.
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I bought my XL4 directly from TiVo so I'm not sure about Amazon's warranty. Typically they have very good customer service regardless of what you're purchasing. What I do know is I've had a TiVo 1,2, 3 and now a 4 and have never had a single problem with any of them.
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I know see your point. This is a good question. The description of "XL 340TM LIVE" is confusing in this respect. While they list the "lifetime traffic" feature as part of their "Live" services, you have to pay a monthly fee for the "Live" services. Please let me know what you hear.
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You have to pay the service fee no matter who you buy it from. I purchased the unit because the dish units they install are not necessarily new and I went through 4 units from them, with varying results before I finally decided to buy my own equipment. I wanted to make sure I received a new one, with a warranty I could control.I purchased the units (Hopper w/Sling and Super Joey) from Amazon because they were brand new, and I paid less for both units than I would have paid Dish for just the Hopper w/Sling.
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whatever tivo you have it will record anything HD or not but you always have to have a subscription to tivo I had a lifetime membership which was not cheap but in the end because my tivo still works was the best buy. For my new Roameo I got a lifetime membership