Comment Disappointed (Score 1) 301
I've had my Series 1 since Nov 1999 and it runs like a champ (after replacing the HD with dual 80GB drives). I have calculated that I have paid $1.32 per month (and dropping) since paying $100 for my lifetime subscription.
Personally I plan on buying the Series 3 shortly after it comes out. Somebody said, "The Series 2 does anybody would need from a DVR." Sorry, but the Series 2 does not have dual tuners, digital cable/ATSC capabilities, or the ability to record HDTV. I currently rent a HD-DVR from my cable co for $17.90 and it doesn't do half the things the Series 3 can. The HD-DVR can't record broadcast stations, schedule recordings from the internet, browse my pictures, play my MP3s, or offer TiVoToGo capabilities.
I was happy to see that I was going to pay only $6.95 a month because of their multi-service discount (and I would have upgraded to lifetime after maybe 6mos). I now can only imagine that they are going to drop the multi-service discount since they didn't mention it in their press release. They have even increased the monthly service fee from 12.95 per/mo which makes me worry that they may charge MORE for the new Series 3 features. Personally I would hope they charge LESS since I will need to rent 1 or 2 cable cards to replicate some of the functionality of my HD-DVR.
I thought I was going to save money by switching to the Series 3, but if their monthly service fee + cable card rental is greater than $17.90 I will need to seriously consider my purchase.
Personally I plan on buying the Series 3 shortly after it comes out. Somebody said, "The Series 2 does anybody would need from a DVR." Sorry, but the Series 2 does not have dual tuners, digital cable/ATSC capabilities, or the ability to record HDTV. I currently rent a HD-DVR from my cable co for $17.90 and it doesn't do half the things the Series 3 can. The HD-DVR can't record broadcast stations, schedule recordings from the internet, browse my pictures, play my MP3s, or offer TiVoToGo capabilities.
I was happy to see that I was going to pay only $6.95 a month because of their multi-service discount (and I would have upgraded to lifetime after maybe 6mos). I now can only imagine that they are going to drop the multi-service discount since they didn't mention it in their press release. They have even increased the monthly service fee from 12.95 per/mo which makes me worry that they may charge MORE for the new Series 3 features. Personally I would hope they charge LESS since I will need to rent 1 or 2 cable cards to replicate some of the functionality of my HD-DVR.
I thought I was going to save money by switching to the Series 3, but if their monthly service fee + cable card rental is greater than $17.90 I will need to seriously consider my purchase.
