Subj : Re: Rome
To   : alt.tv.farscape
From : Nick
Date : Wed Sep 14 2005 16:50:04

From Newsgroup: alt.tv.farscape

Trouble wrote:

> Tyler Trafford wrote:
> 
>> Nick wrote:
>>> Trouble wrote:
>>>> Nick wrote:
>  
>>>>> I have to admit.  I really don't get the excitement about paying
>>>>> for Tivo when I could get the same thing for free with a vcr.
>>>>> How much does tivo cost anyway?
>  
>>>> TiVo costs $12.95 a month for the service, you can get a 40 hour
>>>> unit right now for $49 with a one year agreement. Its $199 with a
>>>> $150 mainl in rebate. My second TiVo only costs $6.95 a month for
>>>> the service, and any more TiVos after that would be the same. 
> 
>>> That seems like a lot.  How much is lifetime?
>  
>> It's the same as 2 years worth of payments.
> 
> I would have gone lifetime but I get the sneaking suspicion that I
> won't be keeping one or both of these units when they come out with a
> Multi- tuner HD unit with Cablecard. 
> 

I can't help thinking that something offering lifetime service really 
doesn't expect to be around that long.

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