Comments on: TiVo.com Now Offers Extended Warranty (2 Yrs $29.99, 3 Yrs $39.99)

By: Andy

Andy — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 06:34:21 +0000

Thanks Alex – I got my TiVo HD last Christmas, so I will have to take my chances once it leaves warranty next month.

By: Alex

Alex — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 23:04:17 +0000

From @tivodesign on Twitter: “@TiVoBlog An extended warranty can be added within 90 days of the original purchase of the TiVo DVR.”

https://twitter.com/tivodesign/status/5403398198

By: Alex

Alex — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:14:27 +0000

I’ll ask @tivodesign on Twitter about being able to purchase the warranty while your dvr is still within the one year warranty. Stay tuned…

By: Alex

Alex — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:11:52 +0000

This feature has been requested by a lot of users. I suspect that TiVo is working on it since they recently rolled the online to do and now playing lists. It only seems logical that you will be able to manage your season passes from tivo’s website as well.

By: Andy

Andy — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:11:16 +0000

I wonder if the warranty can be added to an existing TiVo that has not yet reached the end of its 1-year warranty period?

One thing TiVo really needs to figure out is how to transfer Season Passes, Wishlists, etc. from the “old” TiVo to the “new” TiVo when doing a warranty exchange — or simply an upgrade from one TiVo to another. How easy would it be to store ONLINE the season passes & wishlists from my network-connected TiVo HD? Tivo.com already shows me my Todo list and Now Playing list. Just grab a copy of my Season Passes and Wishlists in case my TiVo fails, so I can restore them when I buy a new TiVo. And if you do that, let me enter Wishlists, etc. on the web, avoiding the need to “type” on the TiVo.

By: Andy

Andy — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:06:08 +0000

I would probably buy this if I were buying a new TiVo today. It seems a reasonable price. The trouble with the TiVo HD, however, is that there are so many “moving parts” compared to analog cable on the Series2 — CableCARD, Tuning Adapter, more complex codecs, signal strength issues, etc — that it’s hard to know who is at fault for a given problem.

For instance – http://tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?p=7444746

By: Davis Freeberg

Davis Freeberg — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 16:06:53 +0000

If they had a five year warranty, I’d probably plop the cash down for the extra protection, but when you consider how reliable TiVo has been and that the cost to fix most of the problems tends to be only around $100, I don’t see myself taking advantage of this particular offer. May end up costing more in the long run, but it usually takes at least 5 years before you start seeing problems.
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