How does this apply to contracts for a limited time period rather than lifetime?
On Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 4:30 PM, Brian Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have been out of town... and missed this conversation... the responses > were off track. > > The TiVo lifetime contract is a gamble... $300 and no monthly payments, but > only for the lifetime of your DVR. TiVo currently only offers lifetime > contracts for the newer HD DVR's (Series 3) (works with older TV's as well). > The Lifetime contract is for the life of the unit you purchased.. more > specifically the ID in the BIOS chip on the motherboard. There is a third > party company that will fix your TiVo, even down to transferring the TiVo > units ID number to another motherboard if necessary, but this is at your > expense (usually around $100 to $200 depending on the problem). I have used > them to reimage the HDD in the past.. they also provide replacment and > upgrade HDD's for your TiVo already loaded with the TiVo software. > > - Brian > (2) series II TiVo's upgraded to 300 hours, one with lifetime contract > > >> We have gone for a while with no contract, just monthly payments (at >> full freight). I would like to set up a contract, but before doing >> so, I would like to know what would happen if our current box were to >> fail or become woefully obsolete (I am assuming it can't handle HD) >> before the end of the contract. > > > ************************************************************************* > ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** > ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** > ************************************************************************* > ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
