TiVo 80-hour Series2™ Dual Tuner DVR plus 1 year of TiVo® service for $125

Where is this Amazon deal you speak of? I remember seeing it before but I can't find it now. How come people are rating this bad. Isn't it a pretty good deal?

tmc said: justscott5 said: Thanks for rubbing it in. I missed the both the RS and CC deals. Not a very good deal, but thanks for posting. Why would you get this when you can get the Amazon deal? They have the dual tuner for and a year of service for $100.

i missed it too. if only i can get a single tuner for $40'ish from eBay with the $170 rebate valid, then i can get 1 year service free. that is enuff for me .

JMHO, but I think you'd be much better with OP's deal.

eBay would be $40(single tuner TiVo)+99(1 year of service)-170(rebate)= $30 - (whatever shipping/amount above $40 you have to pay) In addition, you have the gamble that something goes wrong to screw up the rebate such as the eBay seller already registered the unit, receipt or UPC not included, etc. You also end up with a single tuner unit. I have both types. I can assure you, the dual tuner function alone is worth far more than the possible $30 from the eBay scenario even with all the potential pitfalls of it aside.

Edit:
Here's the original deal people refer to from Amaz0n. OP, I think this is a great deal. I think this was negged only because there were a
number of unbelievable profit making Tiv0 deals recently. For the moment though, yours is the best deal available I can find and should be getting greened. To neg a deal like this does nothing more than bury it and keep those in the market now from seeing and benefiting from your efforts.

Op, this is a great post. Green from me.

This pretty much amounts to a free dual tuner box if you are a new subscriber. Green.

what denotes a new subscriber I wonder?

Name?
CC#?

I have a TiVo but want the box upgrade!

seems like a pretty good deal to me for a dual tuner. The rebate one people were making $$ from was just single tuner right?
I'd pay some more $50 more for a dual tuner.

It may seem alot but the list of confirmed adapters is relatively short. The most popular one is Linksys but you need to purchase the correct revision of the unit. $30 for a TiVo branded is really worth the extra $. Transfer rate is very solid.

clayfu said: seems like a pretty good deal to me for a dual tuner. The rebate one people were making $$ from was just single tuner right?
I'd pay some more $50 more for a dual tuner.

Actually, the extended deal (RS and Amazon combined) nets a single tuner Series 2 (from RS), a dual tuner Series 2 (from Amazon), and a $100 TiVo activation gift card (from Amazon). With rebates ($50 from RS and $170 from TiVo) the deal works out to a $41 profit. Folks then plan to simply switch TiVo service from the single tuner to the dual tuner box once the TiVo rebate comes through. All-in-all a great deal!

smithr4 said: clayfu said: seems like a pretty good deal to me for a dual tuner. The rebate one people were making $$ from was just single tuner right?
I'd pay some more $50 more for a dual tuner.

Actually, the extended deal (RS and Amazon combined) nets a single tuner Series 2 (from RS), a dual tuner Series 2 (from Amazon), and a $100 TiVo activation gift card (from Amazon). With rebates ($50 from RS and $170 from TiVo) the deal works out to a $41 profit. Folks then plan to simply switch TiVo service from the single tuner to the dual tuner box once the TiVo rebate comes through. All-in-all a great deal!
the dual tuner is at 219$ on Amazon now, opposed to $100 like before.

I think this is a good deal.

It is as good as the Am8zon deal WAS. the Am8zon deal was $99 for machine and a $100 gift card, the 1 year service is $129 therefor total of 99+129-100=128. This deal is 125.

GM99 said: I think this is a good deal.

It is as good as the Am8zon deal WAS. the Am8zon deal was $99 for machine and a $100 gift card, the 1 year service is $129 therefor total of 99+129-100=128. This deal is 125.

The Amazon deal wasn't really a deal. People were buying that to use the GC to activate their Radio Shack Tivos. This resulted in four Tivos and one year of service on two of them plus money in your pocket.

OK I'm a n00b when it comes to TiVo for cable. If you subscribe to digital cable will this pull in your digital cable channels? I have DirecTv myself but am interested in buying this for my parents for Christmas.

randall said: OK I'm a n00b when it comes to TiVo for cable. If you subscribe to digital cable will this pull in your digital cable channels? I have DirecTv myself but am interested in buying this for my parents for Christmas.

My TiVo works in conjunction with my cable box (digital). During initial setup, you connect the cable box to your TiVo (via serial or IR connection) and the TiVo works out the best way to tune/change channels using your cable box. If you're still in an area that doesn't require a cable box, the TiVo should tune the channels for you. Dual-tuner TiVo models are another story. The downside to these Series 2 DT boxes with digital cable (i.e. requiring a cable box) is that you'll only be able to tune one channel at a time through the cable box. Thus, they should effectively function as a ST box. To my understanding, to get true DT capability in this case, you need to step up to a series 3 TiVo which incorporates digital (rather than analog) tuners. If I'm wrong, someone please correct me as I currently have digital cable with both ST and DT Tivos (the DT is waiting for the TiVo rebate before activation).

In for 2. Thanks OP, great Christmas gift for the parents and in-laws.

jmunjr said: A TiVo rep told me the 1 year of service begins when the item ships...

That sounds ridiculous! Especially since I got one to be a present. =\

how big is the hard drive? i didn't see on TiVo site

thanks op, delivered today

oopsz said: jmunjr said: A TiVo rep told me the 1 year of service begins when the item ships...

Nah, it begins from the first sync- the first time your TiVo calls in to get setup information/program guide.

I think the TiVo rep is correct. Seems to correspond with this FAQ here:

Link to Tivo.com FAQ

"Will I have to activate TiVo service upon receipt?
No, you will not need to activate TiVo service. Your TiVo box will ship with TiVo service pre-activated. You can ignore any directions in the Getting Started poster, Viewer's Guide, or Guided Setup to activate TiVo® service online or by phone. We've already activated service for you."

This is a different from puchasing the unit and service separately.

dwit said: alphasux said: jmunjr said: A TiVo rep told me the 1 year of service begins when the item ships...

That sounds ridiculous! Especially since I got one to be a present. =

Might "sound ridiculous" but that's the fact.

Yeah.. Sadly =( I know.. Anyway, I'm already loving my DT TiVo! =)

bavster said: Just wondering: I have regular cable ( 90+ channels) BUT I dont pay for it..I came with the apt..not sure if cable company knows...now if I install the TiVo...will I have problems?

No way.. Why would anyone care?

You're still receiving the same signal. Now you're just shifting time and recording.