Direct TV DVR Service and TIVO

[cnash]

Hello,
I have a Direct TV DVR and a Direct TV TIVO receiver(DVR-80, older, but still love it). I hate the DVR receiver and was going to deactivate it and give it back to them. If I deactivate it and take off the DVR service that was added will my TIVO still work like normal, or will it just work like a single line receiver?
I am going to cancel my service in August 2009 when it is up and just want to cut my costs as much as possible. I had enough when I wanted to upgrade to an HD receiver and they told me I had to pay $500 for it since I would not sign a new 24 month contract.

Appreciate any info.

[dishrich]

I do NOT believe they'll let you remove DVR service if you actually have ANY DVR's activated on your account, so you might still have to pay the $6 DVR fee if you plan on still using the old Tivo.

[HiDefGator]

It would cost you far less than $500 to sign the 24month service deal, cancel it in august 2009, and pay the prorated cost for early termination.

[sashen]

Yeah, I'm pretty sure they can't deactivate just the DVR part of your account (I think I asked them about that when I was getting set up and already owned a DVR).

BUT, you might want to try the "I think I'm going to cancel my account" ploy and see what they do. They gave me 6 months free DVR service.