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Since I'm only 1/3rd through my 3yr prepay, I'd have to justify holding onto this box for another 6 years (@ $100/year) before I broke even. Tech just moves too fast for me to think there won't be something better in that timeframe. If TiVo was alowing transfers to a new TiVo or that the lifetime sat on your account, I'd jump, because I really think TiVo is tops in DVR-dom.

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I'm dying to jump on the HD Tivo, but if I have to buy lifetime all over again, then it's kind of stupid.

I'm sure at some point they'll get desperate enough and allow old lifetime subscribers to jump to HD and take their lifetime with them, at a minimal cost. That last deal was $200 on top of a $300 Tivo. That's $500 bucks. Doesn't seem very fair. ]]>Nov 8th 2007 8:56AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2007/11/08/tivo-temporarily-reinstates-400-lifetime-subscription-for-serie/http://hd.engadget.com/2007/11/08/tivo-temporarily-reinstates-400-lifetime-subscription-for-serie/Nov 8th 2007 12:25PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2007/11/08/tivo-temporarily-reinstates-400-lifetime-subscription-for-serie/http://hd.engadget.com/2007/11/08/tivo-temporarily-reinstates-400-lifetime-subscription-for-serie/Nov 8th 2007 10:04AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2007/11/08/tivo-temporarily-reinstates-400-lifetime-subscription-for-serie/http://hd.engadget.com/2007/11/08/tivo-temporarily-reinstates-400-lifetime-subscription-for-serie/Nov 8th 2007 10:20AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2007/11/08/tivo-temporarily-reinstates-400-lifetime-subscription-for-serie/http://hd.engadget.com/2007/11/08/tivo-temporarily-reinstates-400-lifetime-subscription-for-serie/Nov 8th 2007 10:37AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2007/11/08/tivo-temporarily-reinstates-400-lifetime-subscription-for-serie/http://hd.engadget.com/2007/11/08/tivo-temporarily-reinstates-400-lifetime-subscription-for-serie/
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1. So is the lifetime service only an option if you have multiple Tivo's? It's only listed in the Multi-service pricing above.

2. If I were to get a TivoHD or series 3, would that lifetime subscription only apply to that box and not any Tivo box I were to get in the future?]]>Nov 8th 2007 4:29PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2007/11/08/tivo-temporarily-reinstates-400-lifetime-subscription-for-serie/http://hd.engadget.com/2007/11/08/tivo-temporarily-reinstates-400-lifetime-subscription-for-serie/
To answer your first question, it appears that you must already be a tivo owner in order to get the lifetime sub. You actually can't even see the lifetime sub on their website unless you log into your Tivo account. I would call to double check, however.

To answer the second question, lifetime subs have always been linked to the box, not to the owner (do an Ebay search for Tivo lifetime). During cyclical upgrades (as happened with the Series 3 and newer HD box), they have allowed for lifetime subs to be transferred for a limited time in exchange for a "hardware upgrade fee". ]]>Nov 9th 2007 2:16AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2007/11/08/tivo-temporarily-reinstates-400-lifetime-subscription-for-serie/http://hd.engadget.com/2007/11/08/tivo-temporarily-reinstates-400-lifetime-subscription-for-serie/Nov 8th 2007 10:23PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2007/11/08/tivo-temporarily-reinstates-400-lifetime-subscription-for-serie/http://hd.engadget.com/2007/11/08/tivo-temporarily-reinstates-400-lifetime-subscription-for-serie/
"You must be an existing registered account holder with a "Qualifying Subscription" persuant to TiVo's Multi-Service Discount Agreement to be eligible for purchase a Product Lifetime Subscription"

Yeah, they have a typo toward the end. Bottom line is I can't upgrade my single box subscription. Everyone has to continue to pay for at least one box, but they can get lifetime on the next 4. Unless they already have some lifetime agreement.]]>Nov 9th 2007 9:19AM