The Once in a lifetime deal you've been waiting for.
For a limited time, transfer lifetime service from your TiVo Series 2 or Series 3 DVR for only $99 with a purchase of any new TiVo BOLT™1. Seriously, we've never offered a deal like this before! TiVo BOLT is the best TiVo ever! You get:
• Streaming apps like Netflix and Amazon Prime with all your live TV and recorded content.
• SkipMode which lets you skip over entire commercial breaks at the touch of a button.
• Jaw dropping 4K quality.
The TiVo all-in service plan is regularly $550. You save $450 when you buy a new TiVo BOLT and Transfer your lifetime service for just $99! Stay on the couch, but act now!Offer ends April 10th.
1 Only TiVo Series2/Series3, HD and HDXL DVRs with Product Lifetime service that have connected to the TiVo service between 3/28/16 and 3/28/17 qualify. Your current TiVo DVR will be deactivated 10 days after you connect the new TiVo BOLT to the TiVo service.
As best I can tell, this offer cannot be combined with the today/tomorrow TiVo offer of 20% off a new Bolt (Bolt or Bolt+; not including subscription) (code MAROFF20), at least on-line. But if others find otherwise, please let us know.
Yeah, the website does not let you use both. I'm assuming the lifetime has to be purchased ar the time the Bolt is purchased for $99 discount. Might call tomorrow and see if I can use both over the phone.
I'm guessing, yes, esp. if you personally received the email (unless it was a general email blast, which I'm guessing it wasn't, as it could upset other box owners). I likewise have a Toshiba Series 2 box and received the offer, and am assuming I'm covered. But it should be verified with TiVo customer sales support.
A related query: my Toshiba Series 2 came with a free "TiVo Basic" subscription, an "abbreviated" form of a TiVo lifetime subscription (no season passes, Guide limited to 3 days, no TiVo networking, and other limitations). If the lifetime is transferred to a new Bolt, will the Series 2 be reverted to its original state with TiVo Basic, or will it be totally deactivated?
Some calls to TiVo are in order.
edit: Tried telephoning TiVo just now, for questions--closed for the day. Open tomorrow at 7 a.m. PDT. 1-877-289-8486.
I have 3 series 3 boxes - does anyone know how it selects which one to deactivate? (I'm only going to buy 1 Bolt). I don't want more than one to deactivate and it's not clear to me if the transfer process asks for the TIVO service number of a particular box....?
I would call TiVo customer sales support to work it out. I would assume that you can choose which of your Series 3 boxes to be deactivated, and that deactivation only affects that box. But it should be verified with TiVo.
Of course, you could buy multiple Bolts, so as not to have to choose.
I just got the email also. I have a Humax Series 2, Series 3, & TiVo HD with lifetime that have all called in during the required time period. However I also have a base Roamio & Bolt with lifetime and even though this is a great deal will not be buying another Bolt.
Anyone who has one of these older units and doesn't also have newer ones really needs to take advantage of this. $300 for the base Bolt with lifetime is a great deal.
Nice that they are leaving the old TiVo active for 10 days give people a chance to move shows off their old units if they want to.
I just got the email also. I have a Humax Series 2, Series 3, & TiVo HD with lifetime that have all called in during the required time period. However I also have a base Roamio & Bolt with lifetime and even though this is a great deal will not be buying another Bolt.
Anyone who has one of these older units and doesn't also have newer ones really needs to take advantage of this. $300 for the base Bolt with lifetime is a great deal.
I am very tempted. I will have to research what a TiVO mini is, but sounds like a very good deal. I have a 2 and a 3, so I will call to see if my 2 can be deactivated. Does the Bolt have built in wi-fi?
I have one Series 3 left that I bought when it came out. I am tempted to get the 1TB version of the Bolt but noticed it is $85 cheaper on Amazon. I'd like to know if I have to buy the unit from TIVO in order to qualify for the transfer.
1 Only TiVo Series2/Series3, HD and HDXL DVRs with Product Lifetime service that have connected to the TiVo service between 3/28/16 and 3/28/17 qualify. Your current TiVo DVR will be deactivated 10 days after you connect the new TiVo BOLT to the TiVo service.
I don't understand this requirement. I have a working Lifetime Service Series2 that has been unplugged and stored in a closet for years. I'd love to be able to transfer its lifetime to a new box, but this requirement says I can't. I don't get it.
Personally, I'd call TiVo and nicely schmooze them and escalate to a supervisor, if necessary--you never know. In my experience, TiVo can be generous, at times (I think it helps to be nice on the phone). And you may have an explanation for things, such as you had moved and things were in storage and you just hadn't set things up, yet (albeit, TiVo is looking back an entire year . . .) or something else.
I had thought of this possibility (a TiVo "buy-out" of older boxes similar to what it had done with Series 1 owners earlier) a while ago, and thought, given what I saw had happened with that last offer, that if I ever disconnected my Series 2, I would try to remember to dial in once a month.
TiVo's limitation to "active" boxes may be its attempt to avoid redemptions for attic or garage boxes no longer being used and not intended to be used again, figuring that those people will pay full price at this point for a box. (As vs. me, lol!)
anyone know if the code is unique to each user or not. Parents have a lifetime series 2 in use and they want to move to a 4 tuner asap with this deal. But not looking like they got the same email. (yet)
Considering that my beloved 13 year old Humax 800 isn't worth half this it's probably time to let it go. I also have a Series 3 HD with lifetime which is similarly not worth much so I may go ahead and get two and sell one if TiVo will transfer the "all in" to a buyer.
Time to go onto eBay or Craigslist and purchase a lifetime'd Series 2 for under $100? I wonder if that would work, or if you would have to be the owner prior to this offer.
That won't work. The offer says *you* have to have a TiVo with an active account that connected between 3/28 of this year and last. In other words, if you didn't get the email, you probably can't redeem it. Even if you have an old one in a closet, unless it connected during this time period, it is not eligible.
I also received this email. I'm tempted as I'm still using a TiVo HD w/lifetime.
My only hesitations are that I'm not clear how committed Rovi... err TiVo is committed to at least keeping the Bolt software in decent shape in terms of bugs and few/no regressions and improving their somewhat crappy guide data.
I did have a lifetimed Series 2 standalone that I sold long ago that still shows up on my account. It's no longer in my possession and I'm not clear if it has connected during that time and whether the buyer still uses it. If it meets the requirements but they're not using it, I'd rather the sub be transferred from that.
Bolts still work ok w/kmttg, right? From a few searches, it looks like they were working fine last year. I sometimes transfer shows from my Tivo HD to a PC via kmttg. I don't usually transfer shows the other way, but occasionally do.
As to the future, I'm kinda thinking, the software/Guide probably won't regress, at least, will it? Providing some security in that regard. But I know that some people feel otherwise.
I always wonder how long the company will be here. But I also felt that way when I purchased my Series 2. And the price lessens the exposure.
Be interesting how you could finesse matters with the Series 2 you no longer have--maybe the purchaser just wouldn't care.
Any differences between Bolt vs Bolt plus? I know about the 6 tuners, larger drive and no HD antena. Any thing else? If they are the same I might just go with the regular Bolt. 6 Tuners and 3TB drive seems like over kill for how we watch tv now. If I can save the $200 bucks then I might go with the 1TB model
I have 3 S2 lifetimes, but two have been broken a long time - I have a feeling for more than the one year timeframe they're talking about, but I should double check how long it's been since they connected. But I do have an active lifetimed S2 (single tuner) that we've been using continuously for years, so I'll have to think if I should convert that over to a Bolt. I did get the personal email about this.
yes I have a series 2 that i bought in 2001,and a hd in 2010. over the years I have replaced the hd 2 times in the series 2. time to put it into pasture.
I'm on the fence as I also got the offer and the price seems right everything considered, however the future of TV is on the internet and that is how I'm watching for everything other than daily news and live sports (so the question I have to answer is if $599 is worth the time shifting convenience). The movie industry is now starting to understand this as box office released movies will start hitting streaming services less than 45 days after theater release.
The "value" purchase is the standard 500GB Bolt for $200, add the $99 lifetime and you have $300 Bolt with lifetime service. This gives you the option of upgrading the HD, the 3TB Toshiba goes for about $140 or less if you want to keep it, or just hold it for a month or so and sell it. If you want a Tivo this is a gigantic step up from those older series boxes, and gives you the option of adding a mini or two.
The Bolt+ for $600 is a good price but not as good as the standard Bolt in terms of value.
If all you are interested in is streaming then get a Roku and forget about Tivo entirely, or go the PS VUE route.
So, I wonder if this $200 Bolt will also allow streaming and/or copyingrecorded shows to my iPad. I currently have some S2s, a Premier, and a Roamio, but my Roamio is one of the cheap ones that doesn't include this streaming option. (So none of my boxes do.) I could buy whatever standalone box TiVo sells for that (I think it's called the TiVo Stream? Or something like that), but if the Bolt includes it as a standard feature, that'd be a bonus in my eyes.
The CableCard will have to be paired to the new TiVo by your cable provider to be able to receive copy protected content. This can be done but is frequently difficult and frustrating as most reps do not have a clue as to how to do it correctly.
I have a TiVo HD which I gave to my daughter a couple years ago which she has in her apt. but I never bothered to change out of my account. I was thinking I might get her a new Bolt as a birthday present but if I do, would I be able to get it put into her account or would I have to keep it in mine?
I'm not sure of the mechanics, but I think that at the very least, you could get the Bolt and then after transfer it to your daughter, just like with any TiVo box re-sale.
Amazing was on hold for 20 minutes to talk to someone to make a purchase. The lady was rude and seemed overwhelmed.
I asked about buying it elsewhere because of the price difference they said no, and they don't pricematch. They said the reason it is more expensive is because it becomes preactivated compared to if you buy from Amazon you have to activate and it is more work me as the consumer.
Amazing was on hold for 20 minutes to talk to someone to make a purchase. The lady was rude and seemed overwhelmed.
I asked about buying it elsewhere because of the price difference they said no, and they don't pricematch. They said the reason it is more expensive is because it becomes preactivated compared to if you buy from Amazon you have to activate and it is more work me as the consumer.
LOL, that's funny. Thanks for posting the results, as many have asked about this.
But I can't fault TiVo's requirement that one purchase the box from it (TiVo wants to make as much as it can for itself in the deal--understandable) and the deal is great, regardless. The "consumer solution," if possible: purchase with a credit card that offers price protection and then make a claim.
I must have missed this tip earlier: price protection? That's a brilliant idea, assuming the way they process the claim is by refunding the price difference, and not making you return the item, and rebuy it from the other guy. My hat's off to whoever came up with this work-around.
I wound up ordering two 500GB Bolts though I only needed one. One of the upgrades was from a Tivo HD that I tried to use as an OTA box three months ago, but it had tuner issues so I put it back in the closet. The other upgrade was from a Series-2 that I remember connecting to Tivo service at some point in time just to see if it still worked. It did. I can't remember when I connected it to Tivo service, but I guess it was within the last year. Now I'll have to see if anyone in my family needs a Bolt.
I jumped the gun and got the 1 TB version. I will submit the amazon price to my credit card company. I am giving up my Series 2 and keeping my Tivo HD.
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