Did anyone receive the "Advisory Panel's" Roamio offer?

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I would love to use your second code, Dave, if you are successful in using the first one. Or a code from any other friendly board member willing to donate to this poor soul...

 

Never got the mail or e-mail. Wonder if they all went out at the same time.

 

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I have been on the panel for 3 years no code for me but, if anyone has one and is not using I would happily take it. I would even beg if it helped.

 

No, it's a quirk in the CA tax laws, they have to charge you tax on the full price before any discounts or subsidization. Anyone who's purchased a cell phone in CA knows this can put a huge dent in the wallet.

 

Yep everyone I even opted in to the subs about cars and booze. No need for sensitivity it's just generic questions although I appreciate.

 

I got very lucky today by stumbling onto this discussion right after I read the Advisory Panel (AP) email. I was instantly tempted to pull the trigger but decided to check here first

I see many of you discussing Roamio model choices and that puzzles me. I currently have 5 Tivo units with three in service. They are 2 Series 3 with lifetime and one series 2 Toshiba Unit with a DVD player. I keep the Toshiba around just to have access to TW On Demand which is not available with the Cable Cards in the series 3.

My first Tivo is a Sony series 1 that still works some 16 years later. My 2 series 2 and 2 series 3 were bought in pairs and were chosen with advice I received right here. I have always bought the lowest capacity units and then instantly installed my own larger drives to get maximum capacity.

I haven't seen a single mention of that here today. Why pay $400 (with AP offer) when with the same offer, I can buy a Roamio for $150 or a Plus for $200 (to get 6 tuners) and then drop in a larger drive myself?

Has something changed in the land of Tivo thatI am not aware of?

 

I have been on the panel for years. Nothing.
And then I beta tested a really long/painful one for them and was told after there would be a gift. Nothing.

Color me disappointed (although I certainly could care less about a Roamio special offer. I already spent a fortune to buy a Roamio Pro with lifetime and extended service and then a Slide Pro.)

 

Shame they don't give beta testers perks like this.

-Kevin

 

Can anyone point me to a list of things about the Roamio that make it better than the Premiere? Our Premieres and Stream are working well for us, but I'm tempted....

 

Like you, I am happy with my Premiers. The standard Roamio has 4 tuners like the Premier4, however, it allows you to use it for OTA or cable, where the Premier4 is cable only.

The upper Roamio models offer 6 tuners instead of 4, and larger hard drives (up to 3TB).

The Roamios are supposed to be faster than the Premiers.

That is about it, as far as I know. Since I have no issues with the speed of my Premier4 or Premier2, and have already upgraded both to 2TB drives, I see no real reason to drop another $500-$800 on a Roamio for my viewing.

 

"You want lifetime. The other plans are for suckers who can't do math." -- Bigg


This is true until they go out like Replay TV, I hope not.

http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2014/...exit-hardware/

Hope that was BS!!! https://twitter.com/davezatz/status/426176452912889856

Tivo has cable deals with cable operators but.....

 

1) more tuners
2) WAY faster, including downloads to computer

I still intend to get rid of my P4 (and keep a lifetime Tivo HD) partially to have the 'upgrade' make more sense.

 

Count me in at being forever grateful to anyone who has an offer to spare! In meantime, I will cross my fingers that I will get an email for my participation on advisory panel (although I was not 100% perfect in filling out all the surveys).

 

The fact that you don't hold onto the unit long makes lifetime EVEN MORE beneficial, since it GREATLY increases the resale value.

 

I noticed that I was the sent the offer just after I filled out the January TiVo Advisory Survey. That might have something to do with it if haven't received the offer and haven't yet filled out the January survey.

 

I received both the email and a flyer from Tivo in the mail.

From the flyer I can get the TiVo Roamio + Lifetime for $574.99.

From the Tivo web site with the promo code from the advisors panel
I can get the same (includes Multi-service discount) for $549.98.