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Get the TiVo!
Posted by Bruce (more from Bruce) on Fri, 25 Feb 2005 17:26:45
In Reply to: Re: get Tivo and skip the commercials, t_mokes, Fri, 25 Feb 2005 13:02:00
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I don't understand why people have such an issue with the price of a TiVo.
The unit itself is WIDELY available for $79 after rebate (see Amazon.com or wait for it to go on sale at BestBuy, etc). That's a FULL BLOWN Linux based computer with a big hard drive for that price! How can you beat that?
Yeah, the subscription is either $12.99/month or $300 for "lifetime" (with a breakeven point of 23 months). But your paying for the program guide and software updates. This is how they make money after essentially giving away the box.
Heck, people paid $1000 for lousy old VCRs when they first came out... and a VCR is just plain DUMB compared to a Digital Video Recorder with a build-in program guide.
Let me put it this way... WHAT IS YOUR ***TIME*** WORTH?
Do you like sitting through LOUD commercials? Do you constantly flick through channels because there is nothing "good" on (at that time)? Does the phone ring or your spouse interrupt you in the middle of a good show or game?
Get a TiVo...
Personally I couldn't stand to watch TV without it.
-Bruce
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