Transfer lifetime to new TIVO (Upgraded)

"John" <john.hartshorn.RemoveThis@yahoo.com.spamfilter> wrote in message
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>I have a Series 1 (early model) with a lifetime service. I will be hooking
>it back up tomorrow after the cable guy is done doing his thing, but having
>been using a dual tuner DirecTIVO for the past two years, I know I am going
>to miss the second tuner, not to mention the larger drive space (I keep
>lots of kid movies on the DirecTIVO).
>
> Does anyone know if TIVO is still offering the lifetime transfer to a
> series 2 (for a fee)? (Not really interested in the HD series 3). I
> figure I can keep the series 1 as a manual recording device (and for the
> kids movies). I really don't want to pay a monthly fee on a new box. I
> have definitely gotten my money's worth on the series 1 lifetime - paid
> $249 (Some of which I think was rebated, but that may have been for the
> original purchase price, not the lifetime). I used it 2 years in
> Colorado, 3 years in England, and my brother used it for a year or so in
> Illinois until he got a DirecTV DVR (not TIVO though), and it's still
> going strong (fingers crossed).
>
> John
>

You don't need to transfer lifetime to get it on a S2. You can outright buy
it for $399 for about another week and a half. It seems that most people
think this offer is only for the Tivo HD or S3 but it's not. You can buy a
lifetime sub for ANY Tivo.


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"SquirrelGuy" <tredweller RemoveThis @yournuts.net> wrote in message
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> "John" <john.hartshorn RemoveThis @yahoo.com.spamfilter> wrote in message
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>>I have a Series 1 (early model) with a lifetime service. I will be
>>hooking it back up tomorrow after the cable guy is done doing his thing,
>>but having been using a dual tuner DirecTIVO for the past two years, I
>>know I am going to miss the second tuner, not to mention the larger drive
>>space (I keep lots of kid movies on the DirecTIVO).
>>
>> Does anyone know if TIVO is still offering the lifetime transfer to a
>> series 2 (for a fee)? (Not really interested in the HD series 3). I
>> figure I can keep the series 1 as a manual recording device (and for the
>> kids movies). I really don't want to pay a monthly fee on a new box. I
>> have definitely gotten my money's worth on the series 1 lifetime - paid
>> $249 (Some of which I think was rebated, but that may have been for the
>> original purchase price, not the lifetime). I used it 2 years in
>> Colorado, 3 years in England, and my brother used it for a year or so in
>> Illinois until he got a DirecTV DVR (not TIVO though), and it's still
>> going strong (fingers crossed).
>>
>> John
>>
>
> You don't need to transfer lifetime to get it on a S2. You can outright
> buy it for $399 for about another week and a half. It seems that most
> people think this offer is only for the Tivo HD or S3 but it's not. You
> can buy a lifetime sub for ANY Tivo.
>
> --
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Where can this offer be found? It's not on the TIVO website, unless it's
well hidden.

John
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"Peter H. Coffin" <hellsop RemoveThis @ninehells.com> wrote in message
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> On Wed, 23 Jan 2008 16:05:38 -0600, John wrote:
>
>> Does anyone know if TIVO is still offering the lifetime transfer to a
>> series 2 (for a fee)? (Not really interested in the HD series 3).
>
> Nope. S2's opportunity for Lifetime is done.
>
>> I figure I can keep the series 1 as a manual recording device (and
>> for the kids movies). I really don't want to pay a monthly fee on a
>> new box.
>
> You're pretty much out of luck. Your best option would probably be to
> keep the S1 active and add the S2 as an additional box. That'll cut your
> monthly fee down considerably.

Waiting on a reply from SquirrelGuy on how to get this $399 lifetime
subscription, so if it's available I will go with it. I checked to see if
I'm eligable for the MSD, but since my series 1 hasn't "phoned home" for
more than 180 days, right now it's saying I'm not. Once the Cable Guy gets
here and gets my VOIP phone up and running, I will let it call, and see if
my eligibility updates.

John
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"John" <john.hartshorn.DeleteThis@yahoo.com.spamfilter> writes:
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>"SquirrelGuy" <tredweller.DeleteThis@yournuts.net> wrote in message
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>>
>> You don't need to transfer lifetime to get it on a S2. You can outright
>> buy it for $399 for about another week and a half. It seems that most
>> people think this offer is only for the Tivo HD or S3 but it's not. You
>> can buy a lifetime sub for ANY Tivo.
>>
>Where can this offer be found? It's not on the TIVO website, unless it's
>well hidden.

I don't see what SquirrelGuy is talking about, but it looks like
the TiVoHD+lifetime offer:
http://www3.tivo.com/tivo-promo/show.do?pg=/buytivo/hdgift.html

now says that it expires April 1st (never a good date for business
offers, IMO). I don't know about a way to get the lifetime giftcard
separately, but TiVo doesn't make it easy to track down the available
offers.

That page is a but quirky, BTW. The right pane graphic still says
that it expired January 7th, but all the footnote text says April
1, 2008.

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* SquirrelGuy wrote in alt.video.ptv.tivo:

>
> "John" <john.hartshorn.DeleteThis@yahoo.com.spamfilter> wrote in message
> news:fn8dnj$mji$1@aioe.org...
>>I have a Series 1 (early model) with a lifetime service. I will be
>>hooking it back up tomorrow after the cable guy is done doing his
>>thing, but having been using a dual tuner DirecTIVO for the past two
>>years, I know I am going to miss the second tuner, not to mention the
>>larger drive space (I keep lots of kid movies on the DirecTIVO).
>>
>> Does anyone know if TIVO is still offering the lifetime transfer to a
>> series 2 (for a fee)? (Not really interested in the HD series 3). I
>> figure I can keep the series 1 as a manual recording device (and for
>> the kids movies). I really don't want to pay a monthly fee on a new
>> box. I have definitely gotten my money's worth on the series 1
>> lifetime - paid $249 (Some of which I think was rebated, but that may
>> have been for the original purchase price, not the lifetime). I used
>> it 2 years in Colorado, 3 years in England, and my brother used it
>> for a year or so in Illinois until he got a DirecTV DVR (not TIVO
>> though), and it's still going strong (fingers crossed).
>>
>> John
>>
>
> You don't need to transfer lifetime to get it on a S2. You can
> outright buy it for $399 for about another week and a half. It seems
> that most people think this offer is only for the Tivo HD or S3 but
> it's not. You can buy a lifetime sub for ANY Tivo.
>
>

I am pretty sure the update was NEVER available to a DirectTV Tivo only a
standard Series 2 Tivo. Glad to be wrong but I dont think I am.

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"SINNER" <arcade.master.DeleteThis@gmail.com> wrote in message
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>* SquirrelGuy wrote in alt.video.ptv.tivo:
>
>>
>> "John" <john.hartshorn.DeleteThis@yahoo.com.spamfilter> wrote in message
>> news:fn8dnj$mji$1@aioe.org...
>>>I have a Series 1 (early model) with a lifetime service. I will be
>>>hooking it back up tomorrow after the cable guy is done doing his
>>>thing, but having been using a dual tuner DirecTIVO for the past two
>>>years, I know I am going to miss the second tuner, not to mention the
>>>larger drive space (I keep lots of kid movies on the DirecTIVO).
>>>
>>> Does anyone know if TIVO is still offering the lifetime transfer to a
>>> series 2 (for a fee)? (Not really interested in the HD series 3). I
>>> figure I can keep the series 1 as a manual recording device (and for
>>> the kids movies). I really don't want to pay a monthly fee on a new
>>> box. I have definitely gotten my money's worth on the series 1
>>> lifetime - paid $249 (Some of which I think was rebated, but that may
>>> have been for the original purchase price, not the lifetime). I used
>>> it 2 years in Colorado, 3 years in England, and my brother used it
>>> for a year or so in Illinois until he got a DirecTV DVR (not TIVO
>>> though), and it's still going strong (fingers crossed).
>>>
>>> John
>>>
>>
>> You don't need to transfer lifetime to get it on a S2. You can
>> outright buy it for $399 for about another week and a half. It seems
>> that most people think this offer is only for the Tivo HD or S3 but
>> it's not. You can buy a lifetime sub for ANY Tivo.
>>
>>
>
> I am pretty sure the update was NEVER available to a DirectTV Tivo only a
> standard Series 2 Tivo. Glad to be wrong but I dont think I am.
>
> --
> David

You are correct, it is not and never has been available on DirecTV TIVO's.
I am talking about getting a stand-alone TIVO DT Series 2. After looking at
the options, I may be better off just going with the 3 year commitment ($99
for unit, $299 advance contract = $400) which allows for hardware upgrade 3
years from now, when HDTV will be pretty much standard fare, and I will want
a series 3 (or series 4) and keeping the lifetime on the series 1 for the
kids room. After the contract, if I don't care to upgrade to new HW, I can
start the MSD at whatever the current rate is.

Side note: Cable Guy has come and gone, Series 1 is currently downloading
guide data, and maybe a patch or two (Though I don't believe TIVO has
released any major SW upgrades for series 1 in quite some time). Now to
call DirecTV and give them the bad news

John
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John wrote:
> "SINNER" <arcade.master.DeleteThis@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:Xns9A2F62E5BD9B1louiscypherhellorg@140.99.99.130...
>> * SquirrelGuy wrote in alt.video.ptv.tivo:
>>
>>>
>>> "John" <john.hartshorn.DeleteThis@yahoo.com.spamfilter> wrote in message
>>> news:fn8dnj$mji$1@aioe.org...
>>>> I have a Series 1 (early model) with a lifetime service. I will be
>>>> hooking it back up tomorrow after the cable guy is done doing his
>>>> thing, but having been using a dual tuner DirecTIVO for the past
>>>> two years, I know I am going to miss the second tuner, not to
>>>> mention the larger drive space (I keep lots of kid movies on the
>>>> DirecTIVO). Does anyone know if TIVO is still offering the lifetime
>>>> transfer
>>>> to a series 2 (for a fee)? (Not really interested in the HD series
>>>> 3). I figure I can keep the series 1 as a manual recording device
>>>> (and for the kids movies). I really don't want to pay a monthly
>>>> fee on a new box. I have definitely gotten my money's worth on
>>>> the series 1 lifetime - paid $249 (Some of which I think was
>>>> rebated, but that may have been for the original purchase price,
>>>> not the lifetime). I used it 2 years in Colorado, 3 years in
>>>> England, and my brother used it for a year or so in Illinois until
>>>> he got a DirecTV DVR (not TIVO though), and it's still going
>>>> strong (fingers crossed). John
>>>>
>>>
>>> You don't need to transfer lifetime to get it on a S2. You can
>>> outright buy it for $399 for about another week and a half. It
>>> seems that most people think this offer is only for the Tivo HD or
>>> S3 but it's not. You can buy a lifetime sub for ANY Tivo.
>>>
>>>
>>
>> I am pretty sure the update was NEVER available to a DirectTV Tivo
>> only a standard Series 2 Tivo. Glad to be wrong but I dont think I
>> am. --
>> David
>
> You are correct, it is not and never has been available on DirecTV
> TIVO's. I am talking about getting a stand-alone TIVO DT Series 2. After
> looking at the options, I may be better off just going with the
> 3 year commitment ($99 for unit, $299 advance contract = $400) which
> allows for hardware upgrade 3 years from now, when HDTV will be
> pretty much standard fare, and I will want a series 3 (or series 4)
> and keeping the lifetime on the series 1 for the kids room. After
> the contract, if I don't care to upgrade to new HW, I can start the
> MSD at whatever the current rate is.
> Side note: Cable Guy has come and gone, Series 1 is currently
> downloading guide data, and maybe a patch or two (Though I don't
> believe TIVO has released any major SW upgrades for series 1 in quite
> some time). Now to call DirecTV and give them the bad news
>
> John

For what it's worth, I move and change providers a lot, so for me, going
with a dual tuner s2 that can take the signal off cable boxes/sat
receivers/etc and control em with an ir blaster (s3's wanted cablecards and
that would have locked me into one source), and getting a lfetime service
from ebay (there's 4 of em on there right now), worked out pretty well... If
you already have an s2dt as you said above, you may just want to look on
ebay for the lifetime service thing
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"John" <john.hartshorn DeleteThis @yahoo.com.spamfilter> shaped the electrons to say:
>Waiting on a reply from SquirrelGuy on how to get this $399 lifetime
>subscription, so if it's available I will go with it. I checked to see if

http://www.tivolovers.com/2007/11/08/tivo-product-lifetime-is-back-for...9-and-n

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SINNER <arcade.master.RemoveThis@gmail.com> shaped the electrons to say:
>I am pretty sure the update was NEVER available to a DirectTV Tivo only a
>standard Series 2 Tivo. Glad to be wrong but I dont think I am.

Officially, no. But some DirecTiVo owners managed to get lifetime
transfers out of customer service reps. It isn't something I'd count
on, but it happened.

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"John" <john.hartshorn.DeleteThis@yahoo.com.spamfilter> shaped the electrons to say:
>Where can this offer be found? It's not on the TIVO website, unless it's
>well hidden.

http://www.tivolovers.com/2007/11/08/tivo-product-lifetime-is-back-for...9-and-n

You can also still transfer lifetime to a TiVo HD (not an S2DT) for
$199:
http://www.tivolovers.com/2007/12/07/199-lifetime-transfer-offer-for-t...-hd-ext

That's the better value - the $200 difference in the lifetime cost is
about the cost difference in the unit. And TiVo HD is an all-around
better unit, even if you don't use HD.

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"Peter Pan" <PeterPanNOSPAM.DeleteThis@AkamailNOSPAM.com> wrote in message
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> John wrote:
>> "SINNER" <arcade.master.DeleteThis@gmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:Xns9A2F62E5BD9B1louiscypherhellorg@140.99.99.130...
>>> * SquirrelGuy wrote in alt.video.ptv.tivo:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> "John" <john.hartshorn.DeleteThis@yahoo.com.spamfilter> wrote in message
>>>> news:fn8dnj$mji$1@aioe.org...
>>>>> I have a Series 1 (early model) with a lifetime service. I will be
>>>>> hooking it back up tomorrow after the cable guy is done doing his
>>>>> thing, but having been using a dual tuner DirecTIVO for the past
>>>>> two years, I know I am going to miss the second tuner, not to
>>>>> mention the larger drive space (I keep lots of kid movies on the
>>>>> DirecTIVO). Does anyone know if TIVO is still offering the lifetime
>>>>> transfer
>>>>> to a series 2 (for a fee)? (Not really interested in the HD series
>>>>> 3). I figure I can keep the series 1 as a manual recording device
>>>>> (and for the kids movies). I really don't want to pay a monthly
>>>>> fee on a new box. I have definitely gotten my money's worth on
>>>>> the series 1 lifetime - paid $249 (Some of which I think was
>>>>> rebated, but that may have been for the original purchase price,
>>>>> not the lifetime). I used it 2 years in Colorado, 3 years in
>>>>> England, and my brother used it for a year or so in Illinois until
>>>>> he got a DirecTV DVR (not TIVO though), and it's still going
>>>>> strong (fingers crossed). John
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> You don't need to transfer lifetime to get it on a S2. You can
>>>> outright buy it for $399 for about another week and a half. It
>>>> seems that most people think this offer is only for the Tivo HD or
>>>> S3 but it's not. You can buy a lifetime sub for ANY Tivo.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> I am pretty sure the update was NEVER available to a DirectTV Tivo
>>> only a standard Series 2 Tivo. Glad to be wrong but I dont think I
>>> am. --
>>> David
>>
>> You are correct, it is not and never has been available on DirecTV
>> TIVO's. I am talking about getting a stand-alone TIVO DT Series 2. After
>> looking at the options, I may be better off just going with the
>> 3 year commitment ($99 for unit, $299 advance contract = $400) which
>> allows for hardware upgrade 3 years from now, when HDTV will be
>> pretty much standard fare, and I will want a series 3 (or series 4)
>> and keeping the lifetime on the series 1 for the kids room. After
>> the contract, if I don't care to upgrade to new HW, I can start the
>> MSD at whatever the current rate is.
>> Side note: Cable Guy has come and gone, Series 1 is currently
>> downloading guide data, and maybe a patch or two (Though I don't
>> believe TIVO has released any major SW upgrades for series 1 in quite
>> some time). Now to call DirecTV and give them the bad news
>>
>> John
>
> For what it's worth, I move and change providers a lot, so for me, going
> with a dual tuner s2 that can take the signal off cable boxes/sat
> receivers/etc and control em with an ir blaster (s3's wanted cablecards
> and that would have locked me into one source), and getting a lfetime
> service from ebay (there's 4 of em on there right now), worked out pretty
> well... If you already have an s2dt as you said above, you may just want
> to look on ebay for the lifetime service thing
No, I currently have a series 1. The other was a DT DirecTV TIVO, for which
service was just disconnected. I will post the funny comments on that in
another post using the 'goodbye DirecTV' thread I started in
alt.dbs.directv.

For SquirelGuy,

Thanks for the link to TIVO lovers blog. Now you made it so I have to make
this decision in the next week to get the deal. I was hoping to take a
month and ponder it. From what I got from your post on TIVO lovers, I will
see this option during the ordering process? I didn't see it as I was
browsing through the TIVO site, but I may not have gotten far enough in the
process. I'm pretty sure I was logged in. It may have been due to the fact
that my Series 1 had gone inactive (180 days without phoning home). If I
don't see on the web page, is there a codeword or offer number to use when
calling?

I am in the process of doing guided setup now after figuring out how to
bypass the 800 setup number that insists on dialing '1' first. (VOIP phone
doesn't like the 1- in front of the area code). I was getting frustrated
with the 'failed loading series' error, but I seem to have gotten past it
now and am on the second call to get channel line up and guide data.

Well off to ponder spending $500 dollars to upgrade to a series 2...

John
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John wrote:
I am talking about getting a stand-alone TIVO DT Series 2.
>>> After looking at the options, I may be better off just going with
>>> the 3 year commitment ($99 for unit, $299 advance contract = $400)
>>> which allows for hardware upgrade 3 years from now, when HDTV will
>>> be pretty much standard fare, and I will want a series 3 (or series 4)
>>> and keeping the lifetime on the series 1 for the kids room. After
>>> the contract, if I don't care to upgrade to new HW, I can start the
>>> MSD at whatever the current rate is.
>>> Side note: Cable Guy has come and gone, Series 1 is currently
>>> downloading guide data, and maybe a patch or two (Though I don't
>>> believe TIVO has released any major SW upgrades for series 1 in
>>> quite some time). Now to call DirecTV and give them the bad news
>>>
>>> John
>>
>> For what it's worth, I move and change providers a lot, so for me,
>> going with a dual tuner s2 that can take the signal off cable
>> boxes/sat receivers/etc and control em with an ir blaster (s3's
>> wanted cablecards and that would have locked me into one source),
>> and getting a lfetime service from ebay (there's 4 of em on there
>> right now), worked out pretty well... If you already have an s2dt as
>> you said above, you may just want to look on ebay for the lifetime
>> service thing
> No, I currently have a series 1. The other was a DT DirecTV TIVO,
> for which service was just disconnected. I will post the funny
> comments on that in another post using the 'goodbye DirecTV' thread I
> started in alt.dbs.directv.
>

> Well off to ponder spending $500 dollars to upgrade to a series 2...
>
> John

Sorry, guess I should have trimmed the posts, rereaing, you had said you
were looking at the s2dt's, not that you actually had one... I called asking
a sales droid about an s3, and he told me about cable cards and being locked
into one provider, and about the s2dt's for $99 - 4 months free service and
free wireless USB to my home network, and I bought a lifetime basic thing
(on ebay, there are a few of them for about $429 or less).. Seemed like a
resonable stopgap no muss/no fuss way to just do it now, albeit not HD, but
hopefully works with all my other stuff now, and with the c inputs,
hopefully in the future
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"John" <john.hartshorn.DeleteThis@yahoo.com.spamfilter> shaped the electrons to say:
>For SquirelGuy,
>
>Thanks for the link to TIVO lovers blog. Now you made it so I have to make

Actually, that was me.

>month and ponder it. From what I got from your post on TIVO lovers, I will
>see this option during the ordering process? I didn't see it as I was

If you have an existing TiVo account and it is active, you should see
it here: https://www3.tivo.com/store/plans.do

Note that you need to sign in to see the lifetime offered.

If you do sign in and don't see it, it could be because of the S1 not
having called in for so long. But you should still be eligible for
the $399 lifetime, so you could call to straighten that put.

>Well off to ponder spending $500 dollars to upgrade to a series 2...

I really think that's a waste of money - if you're going to spend
$500, get a TiVo HD and transfer the lifetime from the S1. Even if
you only used it for analog cable, it is still a better unit than the
S2DT. And you'd have the option of hooking up an antenna and
recording OTA ATSC HDTV for free - and the ability to stick in a
CableCARD should you ever want to go to digital cable, with or without
HD.

The TiVo HD is $299 from TiVo.com (less from elsewhere), and the
lifetime transfer is $199.

See:
http://www.tivolovers.com/2008/01/24/tivo-extends-tivo-hd-with-product...fetime-

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