Comments on: TiVo clarifies some of the price changes http://www.gizmolovers.com/2006/11/07/tivo-clarifies-some-of-the-price-changes/ TiVo, Slingbox, Android, Blu-ray Disc, and whatever other tech I feel like blogging about... Fri, 18 Sep 2020 20:50:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: megazonehttp://www.gizmolovers.com/2006/11/07/tivo-clarifies-some-of-the-price-changes/comment-page-1/#comment-1729 megazone Thu, 16 Nov 2006 13:04:41 +0000 http://www.tivolovers.com/2006/11/07/tivo-clarifies-some-of-the-price-changes/#comment-1729 You mean on the old box lifetime was transferred from? After the free year it is eligible for $6.95/month with no commitment. You mean on the old box lifetime was transferred from? After the free year it is eligible for $6.95/month with no commitment.

]]> By: anonymoushttp://www.gizmolovers.com/2006/11/07/tivo-clarifies-some-of-the-price-changes/comment-page-1/#comment-1728 anonymous Thu, 16 Nov 2006 02:31:28 +0000 http://www.tivolovers.com/2006/11/07/tivo-clarifies-some-of-the-price-changes/#comment-1728 <q>If you transfer lifetime to a Series3, then after the year of free service on the old box expires, it will be eligible for the $6.95 MSD rate.</q>This is the first I have heard this. Is it eligible for this with a three year commitment or can you pay monthly with no commitment? If you transfer lifetime to a Series3, then after the year of free service on the old box expires, it will be eligible for the $6.95 MSD rate.

This is the first I have heard this. Is it eligible for this with a three year commitment or can you pay monthly with no commitment?

]]> By: megazonehttp://www.gizmolovers.com/2006/11/07/tivo-clarifies-some-of-the-price-changes/comment-page-1/#comment-1727 megazone Fri, 10 Nov 2006 00:30:46 +0000 http://www.tivolovers.com/2006/11/07/tivo-clarifies-some-of-the-price-changes/#comment-1727 Yeah, if the price goes up then you may as well just buy a new bundle and get a new box. Yeah, if the price goes up then you may as well just buy a new bundle and get a new box.

]]> By: anonymoushttp://www.gizmolovers.com/2006/11/07/tivo-clarifies-some-of-the-price-changes/comment-page-1/#comment-1726 anonymous Thu, 09 Nov 2006 23:49:07 +0000 http://www.tivolovers.com/2006/11/07/tivo-clarifies-some-of-the-price-changes/#comment-1726 The service plans themselves seems fairly straight forward. I think the part that is causing a lot of confusion is what happens at the END of these commitments. What rate will you get after your term is up? After going through and reading the service agreements on Tivo.com, they seem to treat bundled customers and service only customers very differently. If you bought bundled, you get the prevailing monthly rate for a new bundle of the SAME term (1, 2, or 3 years). But if you buy a service only package, you get the prevailing monthly rate for a 1 year term. Now to me that makes buying a unit from retail or used on eBay a LOT less attractive. It seems like Tivo is trying to basically kill off the re-sale market for old units and get everyone to upgrade to new/current hardware at the end of their commitments. The service plans themselves seems fairly straight forward. I think the part that is causing a lot of confusion is what happens at the END of these commitments. What rate will you get after your term is up? After going through and reading the service agreements on Tivo.com, they seem to treat bundled customers and service only customers very differently. If you bought bundled, you get the prevailing monthly rate for a new bundle of the SAME term (1, 2, or 3 years). But if you buy a service only package, you get the prevailing monthly rate for a 1 year term. Now to me that makes buying a unit from retail or used on eBay a LOT less attractive. It seems like Tivo is trying to basically kill off the re-sale market for old units and get everyone to upgrade to new/current hardware at the end of their commitments.

]]> By: megazonehttp://www.gizmolovers.com/2006/11/07/tivo-clarifies-some-of-the-price-changes/comment-page-1/#comment-1725 megazone Tue, 07 Nov 2006 20:52:11 +0000 http://www.tivolovers.com/2006/11/07/tivo-clarifies-some-of-the-price-changes/#comment-1725 I don't think the new pricing itself needs to be explained, it is simpler that it used to be.The confusion is only for people who knew the old pricing and see the new pricing and immediately think 'increase', when it nets out as mostly a decrease.For J. Random Consumer going to buy TiVo, it shouldn't be confusing. There are less options now than before. I don’t think the new pricing itself needs to be explained, it is simpler that it used to be.

The confusion is only for people who knew the old pricing and see the new pricing and immediately think ‘increase’, when it nets out as mostly a decrease.

For J. Random Consumer going to buy TiVo, it shouldn’t be confusing. There are less options now than before.

]]> By: anonymoushttp://www.gizmolovers.com/2006/11/07/tivo-clarifies-some-of-the-price-changes/comment-page-1/#comment-1724 anonymous Tue, 07 Nov 2006 12:40:29 +0000 http://www.tivolovers.com/2006/11/07/tivo-clarifies-some-of-the-price-changes/#comment-1724 "Lots of trying to explain basic math over the past day."TiVo isn't marketing to you or I, they're marketing to the average Joe consumer. If the pricing needs explaining, they've already failed.-DZ “Lots of trying to explain basic math over the past day.”

TiVo isn’t marketing to you or I, they’re marketing to the average Joe consumer. If the pricing needs explaining, they’ve already failed.

-DZ

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