TiVo to Drop Lifetime Service Plan

Thomas Hawk writes "TiVo held their most recent analyst conference call today and on the call announced that they will be dropping their lifetime subscription option as well as offering three new monthly no upfront fee TiVo plans combining their box and service for one year, two year and three year commitments. Additionally they announced that their highly anticipated Series 3 HDTV standalone model with CableCARD support will not be available until after "mid year," a new retail partnership with Radio Shack and the fact that the company is in solid discussions with other cable operators for deals similar to their previously announced Comcast initiative."

Comments

Re:Is Tivo still relevant?

[Anonymous Coward]

MythTV, buddy - completely free and far too difficult for years now!

Lifetime support?

[phozz bare]

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Re:Is Tivo still relevant?

[bender647]

Now that they're cutting back on services and making it more difficult to avoid commercials, surely there must be a better service out there...

Cue the hordes of homebrew PVR links...

Re:Imagine a world without TiVO or even TV

[RobotRunAmok]

Imagine what the world would be like if everyone on this planet could not watch TV/movies/internet for a year.

Well, for one thing, it would mean I would go for 12 months without having to be exposed to snide, supercilious and off-topic holier-than-thou commentary like yours on topics you clearly do not understand.

Where do I sign up?

Silver Lining

[Comatose51]

...Additionally they announced that their highly anticipated Series 3 HDTV standalone model with CableCARD support will not be available until after "mid year," a new retail partnership with Radio Shack

Boy if a partnership with "You've got question, we got blank stares" formerly run by someone who lied about his degree doesn't get the investors excited, I don't know what will!