Thanks to David & Michael, I just went ahead and placed an order for a DVR Expander from TiVo’s dieing rewards program. After I added the DVR Expander to my cart I ended up having 6500 points to spare so, I went ahead and ordered a couple of items which I will be giving away on this site…..
Thanks again Dave and Mike. Your generosity is really appreciated!
Update 4/15 @ 8:47PM: Thanks for the referral Michael. Now I’m only one referral away from getting a DVR expander!
Thanks to an individual by the name of Rodney, I’m now only two referrals away from getting a My DVR Expander. I normally don’t beg for points however, I really would love to get one of these drives and with the program ending soon I don’t have a lot of time. If anybody has a referral that they would like to send my way I would really appreciate it….
I finally got around to setting up my brand new TiVo HD which I received via the rewards program. I currently have it connected to a standard def TV however, I plan on getting an HDTV for the back room sometime in the near future. Here’s some pictures that I took during the unboxing process…
As noted by TiVoLovers and several other blogs, TiVo recently sent out an official statement which confirms the rumor that TiVo Inc. plans on discontinuing the TiVo rewards program as of May 28, 2008. Also as as expected, you have until April 28, 2008 to earn additional points.
Along with this news, TiVo has gone ahead and added a couple of new items to the rewards program. From now until May 28th, you can pickup a My DVR Expander drive for 28500 points. In addition to the expander drive, TiVo has also added two “entertainment packages” which they are calling the TiVo Rewards Entertainment Package (120,00 points) and the TiVo Rewards Ultimate Entertainment Package (150,000 points). Both packages included a TiVo HD
Like I said in my previous post, I’m disappointed that TiVo is getting rid of the rewards program. I hope that MegaZone of TiVoLovers.com is correct and that TiVo will restart the program, possibly under a new set of rules. I guess all we can do is wait and see for now…
Both Dave Zatz and a TiVo Community member have reported that TiVo plans to discontinue their rewards program sometime in the near future. Unlike the TiVo Community thread, Dave Zatz went ahead and contacted his TiVo rep. to get some more details. According to Dave’s rep, April 28th will be the last day that you can earn points and May 28th will be the last day you can redeem your points.
Based on this information, I’ve gone ahead and used up all of my rewards points on a TiVo HD and two TiVo t-shirts (which I’ll probably give away on this site). Prior to this news, I had planned on waiting for TiVo to add new items to the program but, now it looks like that won’t happen. I’ve been meaning to post something about the lack of new items that are available via the rewards program however, it looks like that post is no longer needed….
Thanks to this site’s faithful readers, I’ve been fortunate enough to receive a number of great items from the rewards program. In a little of three years I’ve referred 82 people via the rewards program! That being the case, I’m obviously very disappointed that TiVo is going to discontinue the program. Hopefully TiVo will reconsider this move because, I think if they discontinue the program they’re loosing out on a great opportunity to get new subscribers……
Update 2/17 @ 1:07 PM: And the winner is….RK. RK, I’ll send you an email in a couple of minutes so that I can get your shipping address.
Update 2/16 @ 3:30PM: I can’t believe there’s only 4 submissions for this contest! After all, who doesn’t want a free t-shirt. If you’d like, you can still enter your name because I plan on picking the winner later tonight…
Being the nice guy that I am, I went ahead and cashed in some of my TiVo Rewards points in order to pickup a TiVo t-shirt which I’m going to give away in the following contest.
Here’s how the contest is going to work:
Good luck and let me know if you have any questions.
TiVo has reduced the number of points that are required to receive a TiVo HD via the TiVo Rewards program. Now, you can get a TiVo HD for 35,000 points (7 referrals) instead of 50,000 points. The Series 3 could use a price cut since the DVR still requires 75,000 points.
If you have 35,000 reward points, you might want to consider getting the TiVo HD especially since you can now easily expand the DVR and since TiVoToGo & MRV is also available.
As always, I would appreciate it if you would enter my email address (raianoat AT gmail DOT com) when you activate your TiVo so that I can get the reward points.
TiVo has added the TiVo HD to their TiVo rewards program. The TiVo HD is available for 50,000 points (10 referrals). Now all TiVo needs to add is the iPod touch and I would be happy :).
Finally available to TiVo Rewards(TM) the TiVo HD DVR is the ultimate HDTV companion. TiVo HD records up to 20 hours of your favorite shows in HD (or up to 180 in standard definition), and then plays everything back in pristine audio and video. It’s advanced broadband features allow you to download the latest movies or even search for your favorites from both broadcast and broadband content. Treat yourself to the perfect reward and get TiVo HD!
TiVo.com has launched a new TiVo rewards sweepstakes. To take part in the sweepstakes, all you have to do is refer a friend to the TiVo service between now and Nov. 15, 2007. One lucky winner will receive following merchandise (totaling in at $3039.97): TiVo HD DVR
If you’d like, you can always enter my email address (raianoat AT gmail DOT com) when you activate your TiVo. If I were to win this sweepstakes I would be completely ecstatic!
If you purchase a TiVo I would appreciate it if you put me down as your referrer (raianoat AT gmail DOT com).
