I might be getting Premiere, but have a few Q's.

This. I "upgraded" my lifetime'd Series3, and took advantage of 1/2 off Lifetime on the Premiere. Both the Series3 and Premiere function correctly and have service.

One thing to note: Using the Upgrade Program will play hell with your named TiVos! My TiVos are generically name TivoS2, TivoS3, and now TivoS4. After purchasing the Premiere, it took on the name of TivoS3. I was completely confused when I first entered the Tivo DVR preferences webpage, until I took a closer look at the TSNs, and renamed them one at a time. When I tried to just swap the names in one transaction, it didn't take...

 

pretty sure you can only get the $200 off lifetime if you buy the TiVo from TiVo....so searching for some tiny discount won't really help much...

I guess you could use fatwallet to get a little cash back if that's still going on....but that's about it i think to get the $200 lifetime discount...

 

You will still get a MSD if you buy a box from someplace other than Tivo, but you will only save $100 off lifetime instead of $200.

 

Where are you people seeing this "$200 off lifetime" offer?? I don't see that online nor on the TiVo, itself.... inquiring minds...

 

Assuming you are logged on at TiVo.com, and your TiVo.com account has the lifetime TiVo on it, then you should see the option when you add the TiVo through this page.

 

It's part of the Premiere Upgrade Program for users with existing accounts and Service. The offer is 50% off of PLS if you already have PLS, or a percentage off the Premiere hardware if you have recurring Service payments.

 

OK, now I understand. Yes I was logged into TiVo. But apparently the $200 off the lifetime is only if you already had a TiVo with lifetime service. I don't- I have a month-to-month HD. So my offer is only 20% off a Premiere with no mention of discounts on the service at all.

Oh, but I see they still show my ancient series 1 out there (but not my old DirecTiVo HD) and if I select *that* one, I get the $200 off lifetime offer. Strange, since I don't think I had lifetime on the series 1. Hmm

 

You should be eligible for the normal MSD price of $299 for PLS (on the HD), I would think...

 

Looks like you didn't see the edit I did on my message...

I don't know what an "MSD" is, but in any case, no, it shows $399 for lifetime service if I select the HD to upgrade and the hardware is 20% off.

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EDIT: Oh, MSD is "multi service discount". No, the series 1 is not even here anymore. I don't know where it is! I think it died, but I can't remember, since it was near a decade ago I guess they know it has not been active, although they still show it. Strange
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SECOND EDIT: Oh, I found the answer on TiVo's site regarding MSD: "Your TiVo DVR to which the Product Lifetime Service is attached must have called into the TiVo service within the last 180 days to remain eligible for the MULTI-SERVICE DISCOUNT."

 

Note that this condition only applies to the MSD. The lifetime on the unit itself does not ever expire; fire it up three years later, and it will get service just fine (as well as re-qualifying the MSD).