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TiVo to Drop Lifetime Service Plan

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the nothing-lasts-forever dept.

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."

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  1. creators extend lifetime of service plan by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    yet another opportunity to care for each other as we were designed/intended to do. there are no viable long term alternatives. see you there?

    for many of US, the only way out is up.

    don't forget, for each of the creators' innocents harmed (in any way) there is a debt that must/will be repaid by you/US as the perpetrators/minions of unprecedented evile will not be available after the big flash occurs.

    'vote' with (what's left in) yOUR wallet. help bring an end to unprecedented evile's manifestation through yOUR owned felonious corepirate nazi life0cidal glowbull warmongering execrable.

    some of US should consider ourselves very fortunate to be among those scheduled to survive after the big flash/implementation of the creators' wwwildly popular planet/population rescue initiative/mandate.

    it's right in the manual, 'world without end', etc....

    as we all ?know?, change is inevitable, & denying/ignoring gravity, logic, morality, etc..., is only possible, on a temporary basis.

    concern about the course of events that will occur should the corepirate nazi life0cidal execrable fail to be intervened upon is in order.

    'do not be dismayed' (also from the manual). however, it's ok/recommended, to not attempt to live under/accept, fauxking nazi felon greed/fear/ego based pr ?firm? scriptdead mindphuking hypenosys.

    consult with/trust in yOUR creators. providing more than enough of everything for everyone (without any distracting/spiritdead personal gain motives), whilst badtolling unprecedented evile, using an unlimited supply of newclear power, since/until forever. see you there?

    "If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land."

  2. Renew your library card by ewg · · Score: 0, Troll

    Here's a thought: eBay your TiVo and then go renew your library card.

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  3. Tivo folks are bastards by greg_barton · · Score: 0, Troll

    I bought a tivo for my mom. I was supposed to get a $150 rebate on the pvr if I bought a year's subscription. After all was said and done they said the rebate request didn't get in on time. I sent it in one month before the deadline.

    Bastards.

    I was thinking of getting one for myself. Even though a MythTV setup could be more expensive (and definately harder to set up) that's what I'm going to do. They've lost my business.