DirectTivo 49.95 and 79.95
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Wow, that is a smokin' deal!! These are 35 hour Tivos, dolby digital receivers, dual tuners (record one channel while watching another). Very nice deal!!
For exsisting DIRECTV customers.
If you already own a TiVo Combo DIRECTV Receiver then you are only subject to the DIRECTV $5 mirroring fee.
No Additional TiVo monthly.
You can have as many TiVo combos as you want in the same household for only $5 per unit per month for DIRECTV and TiVo service.
If you already own a TiVo Combo DIRECTV Receiver then you are only subject to the DIRECTV $5 mirroring fee.
No Additional TiVo monthly.
You can have as many TiVo combos as you want in the same household for only $5 per unit per month for DIRECTV and TiVo service.
Also might want to look at the Dish Network Deal
Get a Dish 301 system for 69.00 and can sign up for the I like 9 program
Not as cheap as free-some of the other deals that are gone now were, but still all this for like 15.00/month for first year-Does not include Shipping which is a VERY STEEP 32 BUCKS-OUCH,
So really not all that great, where are the hot deals for the I like 9 promo
Get a Dish 301 system for 69.00 and can sign up for the I like 9 program
Not as cheap as free-some of the other deals that are gone now were, but still all this for like 15.00/month for first year-Does not include Shipping which is a VERY STEEP 32 BUCKS-OUCH,
So really not all that great, where are the hot deals for the I like 9 promo
What if I just want to buy one of these boxes, and I don't
have any service and I don't want any service...Can I get for those
prices? Looks to me that the answer is no, but just checking...
Kwad
have any service and I don't want any service...Can I get for those
prices? Looks to me that the answer is no, but just checking...
Kwad
Nope you get the discount only if you subscribe to the $31.99/mo or higher service. It's nice of them to not tell you till you add it to your cart then click checkout and read the ludicrously fine print.
Crap!!! Paid $150 70 days ago w/ Blue. Missed a PM by a week!
This receiver rocks. I might buy a second one. It will not cost any more per month to replace my normal receiver, and it will be another 35 hours of HIGHEST QUALITY recording. I might even throw in an 80 giger in this one too to use as a movies on demand box.
This receiver rocks. I might buy a second one. It will not cost any more per month to replace my normal receiver, and it will be another 35 hours of HIGHEST QUALITY recording. I might even throw in an 80 giger in this one too to use as a movies on demand box.
Anyone know how this unit compares to the Philips DSR6000R DirecTivo unit that is available for $99 at Circuit City? Shipping for me in CT looked like it was going to be $29.95! If that is the case, the one at CC would be a better deal for me.
<< Anyone know how this unit compares to the Philips DSR6000R DirecTivo unit that is available for $99 at Circuit City? Shipping for me in CT looked like it was going to be $29.95! If that is the case, the one at CC would be a better deal for me. >>
Internally they are identical. The only difference is the case and the remote. Many of the Phillips have a faulty remote which Phillips will replace for free. The Hughes remote doesn't have the problem. The cases are obviously different color (silver Hughes, black Phillips). Circuit City was offering a 5 year extended warranty for $24.99 which was great considering if something goes wrong in 3 years when they aren't making the model anymore, they'll replace it with whatever is the current similar model. And it's always nice to be able to take it local if you need to use the warranty.
IClight
<< Anyone know how this unit compares to the Philips DSR6000R DirecTivo unit that is available for $99 at Circuit City? Shipping for me in CT looked like it was going to be $29.95! If that is the case, the one at CC would be a better deal for me. >>
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They are the exact same models. Just the skin (casing) is different. I know, I have two of each.
Anyone try Expert Satellite yet? A free system with free installation. Looks like a pretty good deal. A multiroom system with an extra reciever is 69.95 with free installation as well. Looks like you can either get recievers with or without TIVO for the same price. Shipping is $19.95. Expires January 31 2002.
After reading their terms and conditions, it looks like it is only for first time subscribers. You have to activate your DIRECTV system and all recievers within 21 days after you recieve them or pay a $175 fee for each reciever. You also agree to have the directv programming for 12 months including the additional recievers which are $5/month additional each. It looks like an $85 dollar fee if you break that part of the agreement. Just read the terms carefully because there is a lot there. So not a good deal if you are going to break their terms, but if you were planning on keeping the service, it looks pretty good. Now it would be nice to hear from someone who has tried them.
Their merchant rating at yahoo is 4 1/2 stars if that means anything.
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Terms and Conditions
After reading their terms and conditions, it looks like it is only for first time subscribers. You have to activate your DIRECTV system and all recievers within 21 days after you recieve them or pay a $175 fee for each reciever. You also agree to have the directv programming for 12 months including the additional recievers which are $5/month additional each. It looks like an $85 dollar fee if you break that part of the agreement. Just read the terms carefully because there is a lot there. So not a good deal if you are going to break their terms, but if you were planning on keeping the service, it looks pretty good. Now it would be nice to hear from someone who has tried them.
Their merchant rating at yahoo is 4 1/2 stars if that means anything.
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Terms and Conditions
1 question -
If I have the dual LNB dish this deal comes with, can i view 2 shows on 2 tv's, or is the tivo going to hog both feeds?
If I have the dual LNB dish this deal comes with, can i view 2 shows on 2 tv's, or is the tivo going to hog both feeds?
Uthiroid,
If you want the TIVO to be able to work to it's full capabilities, it needs both feeds in. You can use it with one feed, but with that, you can only record the program you're watching.
IClight and Sepen,
Thanks for letting us know that the models are the same. I would think that if people have a Circuit City near them, that it's better to go with them vs. some web company.
If you want the TIVO to be able to work to it's full capabilities, it needs both feeds in. You can use it with one feed, but with that, you can only record the program you're watching.
IClight and Sepen,
Thanks for letting us know that the models are the same. I would think that if people have a Circuit City near them, that it's better to go with them vs. some web company.
The unit price is good. But, take a look at the shipping costs:
UPS Ground: $30
UPS 3 Day: $45
UPS 2nd Day: $60
UPS Next Day: $90
Ridiculous! Now we see how they charge so little for the DirecTivo.
UPS Ground: $30
UPS 3 Day: $45
UPS 2nd Day: $60
UPS Next Day: $90
Ridiculous! Now we see how they charge so little for the DirecTivo.
The fine print says that the Tivo won't record from any other source! WTF?
So let me get this straight, I have to pay $5/mo for each and every TV in my house, I have to buy a whole bunch of these noisy Tivo boxes (can these be used in a bedroom?), and if by some freak of nature, my rabbit ears manage to pull in a fuzzy Ally McBeal, the Tivo will shut down and refuse to record Ally?
And then have to throw away the entire stack of HDTV incompatible Tivos in a year or two?
What am I missing?
So let me get this straight, I have to pay $5/mo for each and every TV in my house, I have to buy a whole bunch of these noisy Tivo boxes (can these be used in a bedroom?), and if by some freak of nature, my rabbit ears manage to pull in a fuzzy Ally McBeal, the Tivo will shut down and refuse to record Ally?
And then have to throw away the entire stack of HDTV incompatible Tivos in a year or two?
What am I missing?
The fine print says that the Tivo won't record from any other source! WTF?
I believe that the Direct TiVo only has inputs for Direct TV, so the Direct TiVo will only receive/record from Direct TV.
So let me get this straight, I have to pay $5/mo for each and every TV in my house
It is $5/month for each box (beyond the first) whether it is Direct TV or Direct TiVo - same price.
I have to buy a whole bunch of these noisy Tivo boxes (can these be used in a bedroom?)
I have a couple of standalone TiVo's and they are quiet. Not a problem in a bedroom. But, "quiet enough" for me may not be for you. It does include a hard drive.
if by some freak of nature, my rabbit ears manage to pull in a fuzzy Ally McBeal, the Tivo will shut down and refuse to record Ally?
The Direct TiVo will record anything that the Direct TV receives. The standalone TiVo will record your rabbit ears Ally.
And then have to throw away the entire stack of HDTV incompatible Tivos in a year or two?
Yep, current TiVo's are not compatible with HDTV.
What am I missing?
I have had my standalone TiVo's for about a year and I would really hate to give them up. With TiVo, everytime I turn on the TV, I can start at the beginning of any of about 75 of my favorite shows or movies from TV. I very seldom watch live TV anymore. A half hour show takes about 20 minutes (without the commercials) and is available at my convenience. I think that the PVR idea is great and TiVo has implemented it extremely well. For anyone with Direct TV, I think Direct TiVo is well worth about $80 plus $5/month.
I believe that the Direct TiVo only has inputs for Direct TV, so the Direct TiVo will only receive/record from Direct TV.
So let me get this straight, I have to pay $5/mo for each and every TV in my house
It is $5/month for each box (beyond the first) whether it is Direct TV or Direct TiVo - same price.
I have to buy a whole bunch of these noisy Tivo boxes (can these be used in a bedroom?)
I have a couple of standalone TiVo's and they are quiet. Not a problem in a bedroom. But, "quiet enough" for me may not be for you. It does include a hard drive.
if by some freak of nature, my rabbit ears manage to pull in a fuzzy Ally McBeal, the Tivo will shut down and refuse to record Ally?
The Direct TiVo will record anything that the Direct TV receives. The standalone TiVo will record your rabbit ears Ally.
And then have to throw away the entire stack of HDTV incompatible Tivos in a year or two?
Yep, current TiVo's are not compatible with HDTV.
What am I missing?
I have had my standalone TiVo's for about a year and I would really hate to give them up. With TiVo, everytime I turn on the TV, I can start at the beginning of any of about 75 of my favorite shows or movies from TV. I very seldom watch live TV anymore. A half hour show takes about 20 minutes (without the commercials) and is available at my convenience. I think that the PVR idea is great and TiVo has implemented it extremely well. For anyone with Direct TV, I think Direct TiVo is well worth about $80 plus $5/month.
One other difference between the Philips and the Hughes. In at least some cases the Philips has IDE/power cables for two hard drives where the Hughes only has cables for one hard drive. This was true for me (all units purchased in the last three months). I have two of each, one of each upgraded with an additional 80 Gig drive. It's also hard to beat the CC extended warranty if you get a Philips you don't intend to hack.
<< The fine print says that the Tivo won't record from any other source! WTF?
So let me get this straight, I have to pay $5/mo for each and every TV in my house, I have to buy a whole bunch of these noisy Tivo boxes (can these be used in a bedroom?), and if by some freak of nature, my rabbit ears manage to pull in a fuzzy Ally McBeal, the Tivo will shut down and refuse to record Ally?
And then have to throw away the entire stack of HDTV incompatible Tivos in a year or two?
What am I missing? >>
Are you bashing tivo, or do you really have a question?
DirecTivo will not record any source other than satellite. It does not have an MPEG encoder, only a decoder. So that means the exact sattelite stream (already compressed in MPEG format) coming into your home through the dish is recorded onto your hard drive. The tivo reads the data, decodes it and displays it on your tv screen the same way any other DTV receiver does resulting in 0 loss of quality.
You can watch other sources using your directivo box (antenna/cable), you just can't use the tivo functions with them.
If you have satellite and antenna or satellite and cable, or dish network, (and don't plan on getting locals on DTV) a stand alone Tivo box would suit you better. It has an MPEG encoder and therefore can record off of any source. With satellite and SA tivo, though, you get degradation of quality because you have a compressed signal that you decompress, compress, then decompress again.
You don't have to pay $5/month for every tv in your house because you have a directivo. If you have more than one directivo, you pay the directv $5/extra receiver mirroring fee that you would pay whether you had tivo or not. You don't pay extra $10/month tivo fees for those extra directivo receivers.
DirecTivo will still allow you to watch HDTV, you just can't use the tivo functions on them. I doubt whether you will ever be able to use the tivo functions on HDTV broadcasts because of piracy concerns. The equipment will not suddenly become worthless.
Sweet deal... i'm in Canada, so i can't get this deal, but i sent the link to a friend whose parents have DTV and a standalone Tivo.
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