Comments on: Deal Of The Day: TiVo Extends $200 Series 3 TiVo Rebate

By: john

john — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 18:12:51 +0000

do you think they’ll come out with another rebate soon?

By: MegaZone

MegaZone — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 18:44:15 +0000

Geoff – it is 160GB vs. 250GB. But given the price of drives today 90GB doesn’t justify the extra cost, I don’t think even the 90GB plus the Glo remote does.

Maybe if you just happen to fall into a bracket where 160GB is too little but 250GB is enough not having the hassle of upgrading the unit or adding an external disk justifies it. But you can always just upgrade the internal drive or stick an eSATA drive on the HD (or S3 for that matter).

By: Geoff

Geoff — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 16:21:18 +0000

You also forgot to mention that for the extra $143 you are also getting another 100 GB of storage. Isn’t it 190GB vs 300GB?
Although, once the SDV debacle is resolved, so you think there will be a Series 4 with it built in?

By: Gizmo Lovers Blog

Gizmo Lovers Blog — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 05:23:25 +0000

TiVo Extends Rebates, Again…

It would’ve been more surprising if TiVo hadn’t extended their rebates, given the track record for the last several cycles. They last extended them in April, but that rebate expired on 6/28. So starting on 6/29, and running through 8/30, …

By: MegaZone

MegaZone — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 05:06:11 +0000

I wouldn’t pay more for the Series3 now. I’d go with a TiVo HD and a Glo remote.