TiVo News Vol. 72 Ka-ching!: Is that a new TiVo sound?

Letter from the
Editor
Where do I even begin? For the rest of this year, you’ve
got some amazing opportunities to win big cash, great gadgets, a NEW CAR
— and a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, courtesy of two new programs
from TiVo: the "Passion
Pays Off!" sweepstakes and the TiVo
Ambassador contest!

But first things first, especially when it’s such a perfect segue: You
can now get a 40-hour TiVo® box for the all-time low of just
$49.99 after our $150
mail-in rebate. This price makes it shockingly simple to refer your
currently DVR-less friends to the TiVo® service, wouldn’t you say?

And just in time, because between now and 12/31/05, every time you successfully
refer someone to the TiVo® service as part of the TiVo Rewards™
program, you’ll be automatically entered in a weekly, random drawing for
a chance to win
$1,000. That’s right: one
thousand bucks. The more referrals you make, the more chances you
have to win. And you’ve got 17 weeks to score starting now. Go!

As for the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity… We’re looking for the undisputed
champ at spreading the word about TiVo®. Why? So we can award this
spectacular someone with $50,000 in cash and prizes, not to mention some
very cool assignments. I’m the dark-haired gal who explains this search
for the world’s first TiVo
Ambassador (and introduces our new CEO, Tom Rogers, with a special
message for you) in the TiVo Showcase video that will appear on your TiVo
Central screen on Thursday, September 8th, 2005. Look for the mini TiVo
logo.

Vroom-vroom,
Shanan

P.S. If you haven’t already, register now for the TiVo
Rewards™ program. Whether or not you win one (or more!) of the
$1,000 weekly drawings, you’ll effortlessly earn TiVo Points towards great
rewards, including a new DVD
Recorder with TiVo®, an Apple®
iPod, a Nikon®
Coolpix™ digital camera and much, much more! What are you waiting
for?

TiVo Fan Mail

color="#ff9900"> TiVo® Tip: Bookworms love
TiVo, too!
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Here’s how one TiVo® subscriber is using the smart TiVo® service
to think outside the (TiVo®) box, too (oh, c’mon; that’s clever).
"Many bad movies are based on good books," Larry H. so aptly
points out (Prince of Tides, anyone?). "So before I go to the library
or bookstore, I do a keyword WishList™ search for ‘BASED ON.’ Usually
about a dozen or so programs pop up. I’ll read the descriptions and see
if anything looks interesting."

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Refer a Friend!
size="2">Passion pays off. Register for the TiVo
Rewards program and start earning TiVo Points, redeemable for great
rewards, including the DVD-Recorder with TiVo® and more, with every
successful referral! It’s free, easy, and open to all.

Greta Garbo: WishList™ Actor
Search
Actor search ranking: Not ranked
September marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of Hollywood icon,
Greta
Garbo. Create a WishList™ search for this film legend and bring
some of that "Garbo Mystique" into your living room. Did you
know she…

• Popularized trenchcoats & berets
  in the 1930s.
• Was once voted by The Guinness Book
  of World Records as the most beautiful woman who ever lived.
• Disliked Clark Gable,
  a feeling that was mutual. She thought his acting was wooden while he
  considered her a snob.
• Spanish sculptor Pablo Gargallo created
  three pieces based on Garbo: "Masque de Greta Garbo à la
  mèche," "Tête de Greta Garbo avec chapeau,"
  and "Masque de Greta Garbo aux cils."

Create a WishList actor search for Greta
Garbo to find search results for your TV listings.

Got a show recommendation of your own to share?

"Anything by John Hughes takes me back to my formative
years where I developed my values," explains Jean. "While John
Cusack takes me back to the years of the best teenage movies-the 80s-which
include Better Off Dead ("I want my two dollars!"), Sixteen Candles
(he was a friend of the geeks!), and one of the greatest movies ever made-Say
Anything."

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color="#ff9900"> color="#ff9900">TiVo Fan Mail
size="2">You know you’ve got a great product/service when you get great stories
from the people that use it. You’ve got to hear them to believe them.
Read the latest from our electronic mailbox.

A short
while ago we earned our 140 TiVo® box through the TiVo Rewards™
program. When the box came, I invited my 2-year-old son to help me open
the big brown box. As soon as we lifted the lid, he exclaimed "I
got TiVo!"

size="2">Since he thought it was his, I thought I would let him help with the
setup. I hooked it up and then let him do the guided set up. Of course,
I had to do the reading, but he worked the controls and we had it set
up in no time. Yes, TiVo’s Guided Setup is so easy, even a 2-year-old
can do it.

It’s quite possible that Kevin will grow up not knowing that you couldn’t
rewind or pause TV, to him seeing something again and again is natural.
Be it a favorite Ritz commercial from the holidays or the Dragon Tales
song, he knows that "TiVo Man" can play it again and again.
Oh, and he never asks to watch TV, he says "I wanna watch TiVo."

Best Appreciations,
Jesse S. from L.A.

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