|
|
05-18-2006, 01:55 PM
|
#1
|
|
Happy to be here.
Join Date: Oct 2002
Posts: 6,719
|
What Tivo's are available today?
I can not get a DirectTivo or a dual tuner.
Today I went to Best Buy and all they could offer is
an 80-hour stand alone.
Are there still combo Tivo units anywhere?
Is Tivo getting out of the hardware biz?
Thanks, Jill
__________________
This IS the place
Since 10.04.02
I am juilty on WWF.
Challenge me sometime.
|
|
|
|
05-18-2006, 02:02 PM
|
#2
|
|
Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2006
Posts: 896
|
|
|
|
|
|
05-18-2006, 02:47 PM
|
#3
|
|
Super Moderator
Join Date: Apr 2000
Location: Nevada
Posts: 17,296
|
TiVo is not getting out of the hardware business, DirecTV is just getting away from TiVo. DirecTV decided to develope their own DVR and have since stopped selling TiVos.
If you had cable instead of DirecTV you could actually get the newly released Series 2 DT, which is a dual tuner standalone unit for cable. But if you need a DirecTiVo you'll have to buy them from somewhere online that still has them in stock. (like Weaknees)
Dan
__________________
Dan Haddix
Super Moderator
Developer for VideoReDo
|
|
|
|
|
05-18-2006, 05:50 PM
|
#4
|
|
Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: oklahoma
Posts: 4,721
|
Quote:
|
Originally Posted by Dan203
TiVo is not getting out of the hardware business, DirecTV is just getting away from TiVo. DirecTV decided to develope their own DVR and have since stopped selling TiVos.
If you had cable instead of DirecTV you could actually get the newly released Series 2 DT, which is a dual tuner standalone unit for cable. But if you need a DirecTiVo you'll have to buy them from somewhere online that still has them in stock. (like Weaknees)
Dan
|
I'm still seeing HDTV/DIRECTV/TiVos at bestbuy. I saw some there a few days ago.
You forgot to mention that the Series 2 DT Dual tuner TiVo can only record 2 basic cable channels at the same time or 1 Digital cable channel and 1 basic cable channel at the same time.
|
|
|
|
|
05-18-2006, 07:51 PM
|
#5
|
|
Happy to be here.
Join Date: Oct 2002
Posts: 6,719
|
I thought I was clear, I apologize.
I CAN NOT get a DirecTivo or a dual tuner.
__________________
This IS the place
Since 10.04.02
I am juilty on WWF.
Challenge me sometime.
|
|
|
|
|
05-18-2006, 07:54 PM
|
#6
|
|
Super Moderator
Join Date: Apr 2000
Location: Nevada
Posts: 17,296
|
When you say "I CAN NOT get a DirecTivo or a dual tuner." does that mean you can't find one or that you can't use one?
If it's simply that you can't find one then go to a different store or order one on line. Circuit City sells the new DT units, and as pointed out above Weaknees.com sells the DirecTiVo units.
Dan
__________________
Dan Haddix
Super Moderator
Developer for VideoReDo
|
|
|
|
|
05-18-2006, 09:48 PM
|
#7
|
|
Elk Whisperer
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: De Pere
Posts: 3,907
|
Have you tried ebay?
__________________
"If you really want something in life, you have to work for it. Now quiet, they're about to announce the lottery numbers."
-Homer J. Simpson
|
|
|
|
|
05-18-2006, 09:58 PM
|
#8
|
|
L: 42-14 (Ouch)
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Chicago Burbs
Posts: 6,801
|
By combo do you mean a DVD Recorder with TiVo?
__________________
Earl: A purpose is a great thing to have, it gives you a reason to wake up every morning.
Randy: So a purpose is like a box of powdered donut holes?
Earl: Exactly.
|
|
|
|
|
05-19-2006, 07:36 AM
|
#9
|
|
Happy to be here.
Join Date: Oct 2002
Posts: 6,719
|
I am replacing a dead Toshiba.
Tivo has said I can NOT transfer a sub. to a dual tuner or a DirecTivo.
I hope that explains it better.
__________________
This IS the place
Since 10.04.02
I am juilty on WWF.
Challenge me sometime.
|
|
|
|
|
05-19-2006, 08:01 AM
|
#10
|
|
TiVo Pioneer
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Cincinnati, OH
Posts: 355
|
Certainly you can't transfer a subscription to a DirecTiVo since they don't really use the TiVo subscription model, but what reason were you told that you cannot transfer a subscription to a dual tuner? What kind of subscription are you trying to transfer? Oh, you can buy a dual tuner from a store and transfer a subscription to it. If you buy a TiVo directly from TiVo you cannot transfer a subscription to it. What do you mean by a "combo" unit?
You are really not communicating your situation very well, try using more detail.
__________________
90+ Hour (Best Quality) Series 1 PTV100 (Lifetime registered Dec 1999)
HR20-700
|
|
|
|
|
05-21-2006, 10:46 AM
|
#11
|
|
Happy to be here.
Join Date: Oct 2002
Posts: 6,719
|
O.k.
I will try.
I had a Toshiba DVD Player/Tivo combo. I had just put a lifetime sub on it some weeks back when Tivo announced they were getting rid of Lifetime subscriptions. The machine died this week (along with many machines just like it apparently ) My machine was covered under a Best Buy replacement plan, and when we took it in to be repaired, they came back to us and said it was not worth replacing, we would have to get a new one under their replacement plan. I called Tivo to see if the sub was transferable, they said it was...just not to a Dual tuner unit or a DiercTivo. When I went to the store to pick up another "combo" (Tivo with a Dvd player or recorder) Tivo unit, there are none available anywhere.
I hope this clarifies it. I guess the DVD/Tivo's were not very dependable, thus they are off the market. My only choice is a 80-hour Stand-Alone.....I guess.
__________________
This IS the place
Since 10.04.02
I am juilty on WWF.
Challenge me sometime.
|
|
|
|
|
05-21-2006, 11:29 AM
|
#12
|
|
L: 42-14 (Ouch)
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Chicago Burbs
Posts: 6,801
|
They should transfer it if it's being replaced under a warranty plan. Send an email to TiVoOpsMgr (His email is in his profile)...
__________________
Earl: A purpose is a great thing to have, it gives you a reason to wake up every morning.
Randy: So a purpose is like a box of powdered donut holes?
Earl: Exactly.
|
|
|
|
|
06-02-2006, 08:29 PM
|
#13
|
|
Hardcore TiVo Geek
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: .worcester.ma.us
Posts: 3,301
|
Quote:
|
Originally Posted by jilter
I hope this clarifies it. I guess the DVD/Tivo's were not very dependable, thus they are off the market.
|
Bad guess, I've had a Pioneer DVR-810H since they were brand new, a few years now. Works great. I also have a Toshiba RS-TX20.
Sure, some people have problems, but most people don't. The market just changes, and the DVD units don't sell as well as non-DVD units, that's all there is to it really.
Humax still makes combo units, and they're basically the same as the Toshiba.
__________________
-MegaZone, Editor,
To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
|
To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
|
To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
|
To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
|
|
|
|
|
06-02-2006, 09:07 PM
|
#14
|
|
Registered Troll
Join Date: Mar 2006
Posts: 1,164
|
Quote:
|
Originally Posted by megazone
...I've had a Pioneer DVR-810H since they were brand new, a few years now. Works great...
Sure, some people have problems, but most people don't.
|
That's true. A Pioneer DVR-810H has been the only DVR I've owned which completely died from HD failure. I sold it cheap to an AV Forum member who replaced the HD.
Too bad! The limited DVD recording features meshed well with the limited free basic TiVo service!
I currently have a ReplayTV 4532 which has a bad spot on its HD and won't record reliably. That HD is pretty full and plays back fine though. I've gotten a pre-formatted replacement 320GB HD which will replace the bad one after the programs are transferred to another HD or DVD.
|
|
|
|
Posting Rules
|
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
HTML code is Off
|
|
|
|
|
