DTivo fee

[Kenster]

If you have more than one DTivo, Is there a $5.00 monthly Tivo fee for each receiver, in addition to the SAT mirroring fee?

[Karl Foster]

The Tivo fee (like the Ultimatetv fee) is per account, not per receiver. You could have several Tivo's and you fee is the same. You will be charged a $4.99 mirroring fee for each receiver beyond the first, though, regarless of the type of receiver it is.

[bonscott87]

The fee structure is like this:

$4.99 mirror fee for every receiver beyond the first (which you pay anyway, even if a regular basic receiver)
$4.99 PVR fee per account for a DirecTivo no matter how many you have
The PVR fee is waived (i.e. Free) if you have the Total Choice Premier programming package.

So for example I've had a DirecTivo on my account for a couple years. I pay $4.99 PVR fee for it. I just added another DirecTivo a couple months ago. I pay the $4.99 mirror fee but nothing extra for PVR since it's already covered in my PVR fee.

[Karl Foster]

Oops, I forgot about the fee waiver if you have Total Choice Premier programming.

It is a great deal, especially since the competition is offering their PVR with a PVR fee per receiver.

[EricG]

IMHO, Once you've paid the $4.99 TiVo fee, there's no reason NOT to have all of your DirecTV receivers a DVR. Heck, a standard DD recever will cost you almost as much as a DVR.