Thanks for the response. I was wondering if getting a new box/service would be a better deal than renewing her old subscription on the current one (as long as she can still watch what she's already saved).
Any suggestions as to where the best offers are? Dennis --- In [email protected], MegaZone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Once upon a time dbraun126 shaped the electrons to say... > > My Daughter has an 80-hr TiVo (Series2 DT DVR). Her One-year > > subscription will be up at the end of the month, and the website says > > the box will no longer work without the paid service. > > Be warned, the normal practice is that when a pre-paid subscription > expires, if there is an active credit card on the account then they > will start billing monthly automatically and NOT terminate service. > So you may start seeing monthly charges for the service if they have a > valid card to charge. And the monthly rate is whatever carries over > from the old contract, whcih may be much higher than the best rate you > could get now. So if you wanted to continue service you'd need to > call and re-up for a newer contract. > > > If I choose NOT to continue the service, I know it will lose TiVo > > programming capabilities, but can't it still be programmed to > > record/playback manually? In other words, can we use it like a regular > > DVR? > > The old Series1 units and the Pioneer and Toshiba branded DVD/TiVo > combo boxes have functionality without a paid subscription. But all > other untis are door stops without a subscription. You can watch > existing recordings, and watch LiveTV with some basic trickplay - like > pausing and rewind - and that's it. No new recordings at all, no > network functionality, nada. Like a cell phone without service. > > -MZ > -- > megazone-at-megazone.org http://www.MegaZone.org/ Gweep, Geek, Human, me. > http://www.TiVoLovers.com/ http://www.Eyrie-Productions.com/ -><- Hail Eris > "A little nonsense now and then, is relished by the wisest men" 508- 852-2171 >
