New TiVo Pricing...

[gcutler]

http://www.tivo.com/2.0.asp

Till New Years...

$199 for 40 hour Stand Alone Series 2 (TiVo Brand)
$349 for 80 hour Stand Alone Series 2 (TiVo Brand)
$399 for 80 hour Stand Alone Digital Network Recorder (Sony Brand)
$199 for 35 hour Direct-Tivo Original model

TiVo service not included in price.

Don't know what is different about Sony model???

[James_F]

Most likely has a better remote. :grin:

[gcutler]

Actually some research says you are probably right. It just looks like a regular Series 2, but with a Sony case and remote (and the Record to Sony VCR menu iten). Everything else looks the same (2 USB ports, etc.).

Now the real question is, is it worth $50 more than the TiVo branded one??? I doubt it...

[James_F]

Well, my brother has all Sony equipment, so him might want to have the Sony unit, but if you are like most of us, I probably wouldn't spend the money since they are really the same unit...

[Dmitriy]

What is Tivo doing in Dish Network PVR forum?

[James_F]

He is talking about a SA Tivo....

[gcutler]

My SA TiVo is used to record dish network and there is no "Generic" PVR forum.

[Scott Greczkowski]

Yup Stand alone Tivo's work fine with Dish Network so therefore this post is appropriate here. :)

[dlsnyder]

Is the harddrive in a series 2 still user upgradeable? I had heard elsewhere that it was not.

[gcutler]

I've heard that there is only one drive in the system, where the previous systems had 2 drives and swapping out the 2nd drive is real easy. But there is also a way you can image your drive and put it on a bigger drive (and not have to worry about rebuilding.

Visit www.tivocommunity.com to get accurate answers :D