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03-22-2012, 09:59 PM
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TiVo Premiere getting 500GB HDD?
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03-22-2012, 10:17 PM
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Very nice...
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03-22-2012, 10:26 PM
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Wonder how they have it before Tivo has it on their website? 
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03-22-2012, 11:38 PM
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$100 extra for 180GB extra.
What's not to yawn about?
For that price you can almost buy a regular Premiere and add a 2TB drive yourself.
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03-22-2012, 11:40 PM
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Oh interesting! This must've slipped out early.
But I wonder why? Any intel on it having something other than just a bigger HDD?
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03-23-2012, 12:59 AM
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Originally Posted by unitron
$100 extra for 180GB extra.
What's not to yawn about?
For that price you can almost buy a regular Premiere and add a 2TB drive yourself.
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Where are you getting $100 extra? Amazon shows $149 and the 320gb Premiere MSRP is $99.
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03-23-2012, 01:25 AM
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I wonder if this is simply a HDD swap, or if the motherboard has also changed to be more like the Elite's motherboard design.
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03-23-2012, 02:08 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by innocentfreak
Where are you getting $100 extra? Amazon shows $149 and the 320gb Premiere MSRP is $99.
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There's a least one outfit selling new 320GB Premieres for $50.
I certainly wouldn't dream of paying $100 for one.
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03-23-2012, 06:03 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by unitron
There's a least one outfit selling new 320GB Premieres for $50.
I certainly wouldn't dream of paying $100 for one.
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This one, for example. I can recommend them.
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03-23-2012, 06:46 AM
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I really don't understand why the new price is $150, if the monthly sub is still $20. Perhaps it's a reflection of the spike in HD prices, but it's a head-scratcher otherwise.
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03-23-2012, 07:00 AM
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I guess they could have been planning this for a while. And the hard drive prices put a wrench in their plans. Maybe they planned on it being the same price as the 320GB version, but with the inflated hard drive prices they were forced to increase the retail price.
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03-23-2012, 08:25 AM
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03-23-2012, 08:42 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by slowbiscuit
I really don't understand why the new price is $150, if the monthly sub is still $20. Perhaps it's a reflection of the spike in HD prices, but it's a head-scratcher otherwise.
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What is not to understand? The 320gb version is $100 MSRP and the 500gb is $150. That seems about right to me. I would imagine you will see the new ones around $125 at various outlets before too long.
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03-23-2012, 09:28 AM
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I am betting this is more then just a hard drive upgrade. I think we will see the Elite become the new design standard.
With that said, my guess is that this model will have on board MoCa.
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03-23-2012, 09:38 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by bradleys
I am betting this is more then just a hard drive upgrade. I think we will see the Elite become the new design standard.
With that said, my guess is that this model will have on board MoCa.
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I was wondering about that as well last night, but dismissed it as wishful thinking. It would be nice, and it's desirable for MSO setups.
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03-23-2012, 09:49 AM
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What else was upgraded in the Elite?
I know the design was somewhat simplified and they upgraded the memory from 512MB of DDR2-800 to 1GB DDR2 SDRAM - anything else?
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03-23-2012, 09:57 AM
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Premiere model number
TCD746320
Model number of this new 500GB version
TCD746500
Going by the precedent of models such as the 240xxx, 540xxx, and 649xxx, I'm convinced it's just the same old Premiere with a slightly bigger drive.
Which probably means that it's easier or cheaper for them to get 500s right now than 320s.
Or they're just trying to generate some buzz.
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03-23-2012, 09:59 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by bradleys
What else was upgraded in the Elite?
I know the design was somewhat simplified and they upgraded the memory from 512MB of DDR2-800 to 1GB DDR2 SDRAM - anything else?
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The memory in the Elite is the same as the base and XL Premiere. It was a mistake early on in the thread discussing the Elite tear-down when we thought it had double the memory.
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03-23-2012, 10:00 AM
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The Elite has the same amount of RAM. It was thought to be doubled at first but there was some early confusion.
I think the networking was also upgraded to true gigabit along with the moca.
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03-23-2012, 10:00 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by unitron
Premiere model number
TCD746320
Model number of this new 500GB version
TCD746500
Going by the precedent of models such as the 240xxx, 540xxx, and 649xxx, I'm convinced it's just the same old Premiere with a slightly bigger drive.
Which probably means that it's easier or cheaper for them to get 500s right now than 320s.
Or they're just trying to generate some buzz.
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Good observation...
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03-23-2012, 10:14 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by unitron
There's a least one outfit selling new 320GB Premieres for $50.
I certainly wouldn't dream of paying $100 for one.
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Right but you are comparing the sale price to the MSRP of a product that isn't available yet. There is nothing that says the 500gb won't be $79-$99 on sale.
I believe did say that with the Premiere they listened to their customers and plan to do refreshes more often so I could easily see them slowly replacing the 320gb as they sell out.
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03-23-2012, 10:35 AM
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I'm not sure if anyone else picked up on this, but in the write up on Engadget they incorrectly list the monthly service price as 15 dollars.
And if you look through the comments there are several mentions from readers that they were interested until they saw the 15 dollar a month charge (which would actually be a decent discount from the actual monthly price).
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03-23-2012, 11:38 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by rainwater
What is not to understand? The 320gb version is $100 MSRP and the 500gb is $150. That seems about right to me. I would imagine you will see the new ones around $125 at various outlets before too long.
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Because HW gets cheaper over time, and the Premiere is at least 2 years old now. One would think (I certainly would) that the expense for the bigger HD would be offset by lower costs for the box, but again this may not be true with the inflated HD market now.
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03-23-2012, 12:05 PM
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http://www.zatznotfunny.com/2012-03/...on/#more-30375
Looks like Dave has confirmed a couple of our guesses.
This will replace the 320gb model and the 14.99 price is correct for monthly with MSD at $12.99.
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03-23-2012, 12:21 PM
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The article mentions $100 reduced price on Elite. tivo.com still doesn't show the $100 reduced price for the Elite and it's not yet discounted much at Amazon either, but perhaps that will change starting Mar 25.
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03-23-2012, 12:42 PM
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Interesting, I like the new service price but still feel it could be lower. Meh...
The only way that they can still justify taking $15.00 for a single DVR is if the Preview sees a retail release and it doesn't have any monthly fees or is very cheap ($5/month). Then I'd get a single Elite and sprinkle a few Previews around the house.
They also need to stop playing around with their pricing all the time.
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03-23-2012, 12:53 PM
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Quote:
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Interesting, I like the new service price but still feel it could be lower. Meh...
The only way that they can still justify taking $15.00 for a single DVR is if the Preview sees a retail release and it doesn't have any monthly fees or is very cheap ($5/month). Then I'd get a single Elite and sprinkle a few Previews around the house.
They also need to stop playing around with their pricing all the time.
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I think we will see a Preview though probably called something else. My guess is they will do a lifetime box only, but no idea what price. Maybe $199?
The price is relatively the same for the year. Customers are just paying up to $50 more upfront for a $5 savings per month or $60 for the year.
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03-23-2012, 01:20 PM
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Semantics - but it will not be called a Preview, those are being marketed specifically to MSO's.
This will be an IP Set Top Box without a tuner.
I do agree with innocentfreak, I expect that it will not have a monthly service fee related to it. I am expecting something more in the range of $150 per device, but we will not know until they release it.
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03-23-2012, 02:41 PM
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If this IP set top box that people have been talking about comes out later this year, I will probably sell my XL Premiere and my upgraded Premiere. Then I will pick up another lifetime Elite along with one of the IP STBs.
If the STB is priced right, and I can basically get them for no money out of pocket. I know I would certainly love to get another Elite.
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03-23-2012, 03:52 PM
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Yep... I will sell my lifetimed S3 and HD and replace them with an Elite + 2 extenders.
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