TiVo is offering a $200 rebate on the Series 3 for Father's Day

Rebate is good ONLY from 5/27 to 6/16 --don't buy before then!

Costco: (YMMV on Rebate, as listed as unauthorized reseller)
$599.99 (linked)
-$200 Rebate
=$399.99

Dell:
$669.00
-$200 Rebate
=$469.00

OR...
use E/A coupon and DPA discount to make even hotter!
$669.00
-10% EA (-66.90)
-2% DPA (-12.04)
-3% FatCash (-17.70)
-200 rebate
=$372.36
(feel free to correct my math if I'm wrong!)


Also, may want to try Amazon: (confirmed as people receiving rebates from TiVo after buying from them in the past)
$606.95
-200
406.95 (no tax/free shipping)


Rebate linked here
Rebate good from 5/27 to 6/16
Note: Rebate requires service activation and 1 year service.

What this TiVo service required statement? I thought comcast sticking us was enough?

Im a little new to TiVo but heres the calculations I got to install and use a 3 series in my home.

TiVo needs

Internet connection $42.95
Digital Cable (for full benefit) $62.97
Tivio service $16.95 per month
TWO cable cards $10-15 per month

Unit $399 after rebate (good deal on equipment)
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For one year of use, or until the a new model comes out and everybody upgrades:
$160.00 ish per month to use the TiVo fully as specified by TiVo.

Yikes!

Yes TiVo is great (reviews) but I didnt figure that it would cost this much. Good deal for those who need it!

Rebate states "from authorized TiVo retailer'

Is Costco considered authorized?

BigDaddyCool said:Rebate states "from authorized TiVo retailer'

Is Costco considered authorized?

Not sure, if someone finds out please PM me so I can update the thread.

Conservative1 said:What this TiVo service required statement? I thought comcast sticking us was enough?

Im a little new to TiVo but heres the calculations I got to install a use a 3 series in my home.

TiVo needs

Internet connection $42.95
Digital Cable (for full benefit) $62.97
Tivio service $16.95 per month
TWO cable cards $10-15 per month

Unit $599 after rebate (good deal on equipment)
---------------------------------------------------
For one year of use, or until the a new model comes out and everybody upgrades:
$187.37 per month to use the TiVo fully as specified by TiVo.

Yikes!

Yes TiVo is great (reviews) but I didnt figure that it would cost this much. Good deal for those who need it!


I think your going a bit too broad here, I highly doubt (due to the fact that you are posting here), that you only have internet if you have TiVo... It makes more sense to only compare what would change.

Also, does comcast really charge that much for cable cards? They are only $2-3 each down here per month.

Yeah your are right about computing changes only. My comcast market gives the first cable card for free and the second is 11.99 because it is considered a SECOND box. For me personally the extra TiVo service on top of the second cable card brings me around an extra $30 per month, im not that worried about missing a show.

Conservative1 said:Yeah your are right about computing changes only. My comcast market gives the first cable card for free and the second is 11.99 because it is considered a SECOND box. For me personally the extra TiVo service on top of the second cable card brings me around an extra $30 per month, im not that worried about missing a show.

Weird, Comcast for me (and on their site), charges 1.99 for the second cable card. First is free. Once multistream cards go mainstream (hopefully soon) you'll only need one card anyways.

With the card, I don't have to pay any HD fee so I save around $20 a month from Comcast that they would charge me for an HD fee and their crappy DVR. More than makes up my monthly TiVo cost.

ReidWings said:Conservative1 said:Yeah your are right about computing changes only. My comcast market gives the first cable card for free and the second is 11.99 because it is considered a SECOND box. For me personally the extra TiVo service on top of the second cable card brings me around an extra $30 per month, im not that worried about missing a show.

Weird, Comcast for me (and on their site), charges 1.99 for the second cable card. First is free. Once multistream cards go mainstream (hopefully soon) you'll only need one card anyways.

With the card, I don't have to pay any HD fee so I save around $20 a month from Comcast that they would charge me for an HD fee and their crappy DVR. More than makes up my monthly TiVo cost.

Yeah, I had a card in my downstairs Pioneer 4360 and it would shut the picture off constantly. Had two cards replaced and same thing. wanted a card upstairs for my other tv and the rep said it would cost 11.99, in the oregon market. After all the hassel of getting the cards to work the rep said that it would be better to wait for the two-way cable cards.

UltiPlayer said:One downside I can think of is that you can't share shows between DVR's like you can w/ TiVo 2 & 3. Part of the better TiVo software.

Well, at the moment, you can't share the series 3 at all. And there has been no definitive answer as to whether you will ever be able to. So the above statement really only applies to the S2 Tivos.

scoobydooby said:Fingers crossed that Dell posts the rebate on their site, cause then I'll be online asking them to refund the difference since I purchased one 2 weeks ago...

Why would Dell pay you a manufacturers rebate?