Poll: Reactivating my Tivo. Monthly or Lifetime? _You_ decide for me!

[Thegonagle]

I cancelled my Tivo service a few months ago. I was going to sell the unit on Ebay, but my little digicam wouldn't work, so I never listed it. Now I want to use it again.

I'm able to either (A) put it on a monthly plan for $12.95 per month, or (B) get service for as long as I keep it for a one time fee of $299.

Decisions, decisions. . .

Help me!

 

[MeanMeosh]

monthly... that way when your ass gets thrown in jail for piracy (i know you're not pirating, you know you're not pirating, but does the mpaa know that???), your money isn't wasted =P

 

[Thegonagle]

Huh? What's that all about?

 

[geckojohn]

Do the monthly and then hack it next month after you know what your doing. :beer:

 

[Thegonagle]

Originally posted by: geckojohn
Do the monthly and then hack it next month after you know what your doing. :beer:

I want the program data from the Tivo home office. What's this hacking you speak of, and can I get the programming data if I don't pay for it, i.e., hack it?

 

[geckojohn]

read the newsgroups. hack tivo, and pvr soft

 

[Thegonagle]

Lifetime's winning.

I can't find a way to get free Tivo guide data. Everything I'm reading says I can't, and I don't want to screw Tivo anyway, because I like them.

I'm almost ready to just give them the $299. The break even point is about 24 months. As long as the electronics inside the Tivo continue to work for that time, and then some, I'll be fine. (I've already experienced hard drive failure once, and I dealt with that by upgrading from 30 hours to 63.)

 

[Walleye]

hey, why not just get a tv tuner card for your computer? wouldnt that do the same thing?

forgive me if i'm wrong, i have no clue what tivo does...

 

[iwearnosox]

Get back under your rock, Walleye, it's much too dangerous for you out here. :beer:

 

[Walleye]

scratch that, i have no clue how TIVO works. i know what it does... somewhat...

 

[Jugernot]

Monthly, something better will come along in a couple of years and from what I remember, you can't transfer between units.