Ongoing Specials from DVRupgrade for TiVoCommunity Members

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Updated: December 11th with a new Holiday Special detailed here...

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If you are a TiVo Community Forum member, then you are eligible to receive a special price on any of these upgraded systems offered to you by DVRupgrade, the official TiVo Upgrade sponsor of TiVo Community. We have had a presence here since September of 2000 and were the creators of the very first upgrade kits and services so many years ago. As advertisers here at one time, we've taken the plunge to become the official sponsors and are working together with the new owners of the community to offer special pricing on select products, sponsor contests and even offer special pricing to members of the TiVo Community Club (TC Club), as well.

Here are the current specials being offered:

Specials on THESE select TiVo HD Systems

$50 off any of the following upgraded TiVo HD systems:

TiVo HD DVR (43-hours HD / 409-hours SD) Normally: $349 With coupon: $299

TiVo HD DVR (70-hours HD / 663-hours SD) Normally: $499 With coupon: $349

TiVo HD DVR (107-hours HD / 1015-hours SD) Normally: $429 With coupon: $379

TiVo HD DVR (144-hours HD / 1368-hours SD) Normally: $499 With coupon: $399

TiVo HD DVR (292-hours HD / 2776-hours SD) Normally: $749 With coupon: $699

When checking out, please use this coupon code: DVRTCF2009-050 and the $50 will automatically be deducted.

If you want an HDMI cable, you can buy one for a PENNY by using this coupon code: HDMI09TCF

And if you want a GLO REMOTE, you can buy one for $30 by using this coupon code: DVRTCF2009-030

All three coupon codes may be used during a single purchase. They can't be combined with some other offers, like the free glo remote / wireless adapter offer on our site. If you have a question about ordering, please let me know or reply to this thread.

The idea here is to work together with TCF to give you some deals that are better than you can find anywhere else. Hopefully that is the case, and if they are not, please let me know and I will look into it further.



Current Status of TiVo HD Specials

Lifetime Service is now available (as of 5/15/08) on new TiVo DVR purchases and activations. $399 for the first unit on your account and $299 for any subsequent unit on your account. All TiVo HD units purchased from DVRupgrade are eligible for this pricing as your activations are done with TiVo, directly.



Thanks again for your support,

Lou

 

Also worth noting is that these units are eligible the Transfer of Product Lifetime offer that was announced by TiVo in November.

Basic rules are:

1. You must have a lifetime subscription on another TiVo unit that was activated prior to October 1st, 2003
2. You must purchase your TiVo HD prior to February 3, 2008
3. The transfer costs $199
4. Your old unit will remain active for one year following the activation

Full details of the promotion, and tool you can use to check your service ID to confirm eligibility are available here on the TiVo website.

 

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Hmm. We don't have anything like that. As far as I know, the ONLY external drives which will work with the TiVo HD (without having to modify the software on your TiVo) are the Western Digital My DVR Expander drives only available from TiVo and Best Buy.

 

Its my understanding that the TRANSFER of a lifetime subscription offer only applies to purchases of the TiVo HD. Here's a link to the TiVo HD Lifetime Transfer Offer which is pretty specific about it being the TiVo HD (the transfer costs $199).

The purchase of a LIFETIME SERVICE for $399 applies to BOTH the TiVo HD and the Series3. Its my understanding that you must already have an active TiVo account to qualify to purchase a lifetime and that a DirecTV TiVo system won't count towards that qualification. If you look here on the TiVo site there is a reference to Multi Service Discounts and Product Lifetime where it says "Already have TiVo?"

Whether you get the unit from us, another retailer or TiVo directly, it does not matter; either way you have to activate the TiVo with them directly either through their web site or by calling them, and the rebate form (for the Series3) must be submitted directly, as well.

Hope that helps,
Lou

 

I just tried it and it worked with no problems.

What products did you have in the cart?

 

That is correct. The special price for the remote (and the HDMI cable) are when purchasing one of the featured upgraded units listed above.

 

If you got our most recent mailing, you'll find something nice in it.

 

From a hardware perspective, both drives are the same. However, the 'firmware' , which is programmed into the controller of the hard drive, is different for CinemaStar and Deskstar hard drives because the performance requirements of deskstop drives are different than when used in a DVR (desktop drives run with faster seeks which is also noiser, and they also optimize on data integrity which can degrade video performance). Hitachi gave us special software which allows us to program the Deskstar so that it is the same as the CinemaStar. So for all practical purposes, they are the same.

Hence the term, "tuned to Hitachi CinemaStar specifications."

At the time we purchased most of our Deskstar inventory, CinemaStars were not readily accessible and were (and still are) more expensive, as well. We are considering carrying CinemaStar drives in the future, perhaps by special order only, however it would also be more expensive to do so. Its not clear that there is value there given that appropriately configured desktop drives have always worked just fine.

Hope that clears things up.

Lou

 

Here is a statement that should cover all of this, perhaps not to your complete satisfaction, but I think its more than appropriate given that this is a public forum, and the questions are a bit off the original topic:

We do have relationship with Hitachi and they have provided us with the tools, information and guidance on making these modifications. To my knowledge, there is no impact on the warranty, as it was not part of our original discussion. There is no certification beyond that; we spoke with a Marketing person and an Engineering resource who gave us the information and tools we needed and assured us that the modifications made to the Deskstar rendered it the same as a CinemaStar.

In addition, this discussion all took place at the same time we established the rebates, as well. That's really about as official as it gets, though. [edit: The bottom line here is that we are happy to be working with Hitachi and increasing awareness of their products in this segment of the market; that is my official statement.]

Lastly, I'll bring this up because it was brought up to me in our conversations with Hitachi, as well:

Its Deskstar... and CinemaStar... I know it seems inconsistent, but that is how they prefer the names to be spelled and they were very clear about representing it that way, as well.

Hope that clears things up.

Lou