life time membership?

Boiseboy · 01-12-2008, 02:35 PM

I hear a lot about lifetime membership... where does one find this... I purchased the HD box (180 min) within the last 30 days.

Is this the same as VIP?

Thanks
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bkdtv · 01-12-2008, 02:40 PM

As of today, lifetime is only available on each box after the first. It costs $399.

The offer to purchase your first box with lifetime (through gift offer) expired last week.

scandia101 · 01-12-2008, 05:04 PM

and it's not a membership, it's a subscription.

classicsat · 01-12-2008, 05:15 PM

Yep, not a Membership. TiVo isn't a club (technically), but a service.
You don't have a cable or phone membership do you? (You might if you belong to a co-op though).

VIP was the name of the promotion when the Series 3 launched, where for $199 you could transfer a Product Lifetime (its official name) from another TiVo (the terms were pretty broad on that one) to your Series 3, and get a free year monthly service on your old one. There is a similar offer currently in effect for the TiVoHD, where you can transfer Product Lifetime to a TiVo HD for $199, but provided the Product Lifetime is from a standalone, and activated before October 2003.