TIVO HD PREMIERE $199 shipped, XL is $374 shipped

[Greg04]

HD

http://www.amazon.com/TiVo-TCD746320...1817423&sr=1-2

XL

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...6SC037AR7XVSAE

 

[Knavish]

Don't forget to add $13/month or $129/year or $399/lifetime for the Tivo service.
(Otherwise it's a brick!)

 

[Greg04]

Don't forget to add $13/month or $129/year or $399/lifetime for the Tivo service.
(Otherwise it's a brick!)

Its gonna be $399 for me. I'm getting FIOS and their DVR sucks. They also charge $18/mo for it.

 

[Wag]

I'll wait for the HD Homerun Prime external cablecard tuner from Silicon Dust. At least Windows Media Center is free.

 

[superHARD]

I'll wait for the HD Homerun Prime external cablecard tuner from Silicon Dust. At least Windows Media Center is free.

How do you get Windows Media Center for free?

 

[Wag]

How do you get Windows Media Center for free?

It comes with Win7 (and some versions of Vista, although for the new cablecard tuners you'll need Win7). It provides TV programming data for free, so once you have a PC HD tuner there's no subscription fee required. It works really well.

 

[yuchai]

I'll wait for the HD Homerun Prime external cablecard tuner from Silicon Dust. At least Windows Media Center is free.

Do these Cablecard type tuners work with all Cable providers, or is that subject to whether the provider allows it to happen?

 

[TastesLikeChicken]

Do these Cablecard type tuners work with all Cable providers, or is that subject to whether the provider allows it to happen?

Cable providers are mandated by law to offer CableCards to their customers. Unless the provider is technically inept and can't get it to work, any CC tuner should work with any provider's CableCard since the cards all share a standardized format.

 

[SludgeFactory]

Code "PLSR" has been around forever and should get you $299 lifetime. You may have to be an existing customer to get it to work though, not sure.

 

[GTFan]

It comes with Win7 (and some versions of Vista, although for the new cablecard tuners you'll need Win7). It provides TV programming data for free, so once you have a PC HD tuner there's no subscription fee required. It works really well.

Yes, and right now the Ceton cablecard HTPC tuner costs $400 , hopefully that will go down once SiliconDust or Hauppauge breaks the monopoly.

 

[Wag]

Yes, and right now the Ceton cablecard HTPC tuner costs $400 , hopefully that will go down once SiliconDust or Hauppauge breaks the monopoly.

But for that $400 you get 4 tuners and no subscription fees so it's still better than a Tivo. I'm still gonna wait for the Prime though, even though it's only 3 tuners, that's more than adequate for my purposes.

 

[JackSpadesSI]

HD

http://www.amazon.com/TiVo-TCD746320...1817423&sr=1-2

XL

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...6SC037AR7XVSAE

Did I just miss some amazing sale? Because the prices on those links aren't even close to $199/$374!

 

[quikah]

It comes with Win7 (and some versions of Vista, although for the new cablecard tuners you'll need Win7). It provides TV programming data for free, so once you have a PC HD tuner there's no subscription fee required. It works really well.

OK, how do you get Win 7 for free?