Yeah, thats about $20 too expensive.

And people complain about the Tivo S3 cost!

I'll take one

$800 + $200 lifetime transfer divided by 5 years is ~$16/mo, only about $1 more than the Comcast crap-dvr plus tivo coming out sometime next year. You get 2x the space *and* a much better piece of kit. I know on our comcast system cablecards have no monthly cost, just an install/change fee.

Cablecard '2.0' with OCAP is a sham. The cable companies want STB providers to essentially provide a VM for their crappy platforms rather than provide an API to their products so companies like TiVo can make better software. Its going to take a long time, and whatever comes out of it wont be widely deployed, from what it sounds.

I also hope that I can get the 'VIP' offer at best buy rather than direct so I can get some reward zone love. I've got $60 in certs waiting right here for the tivo or the wii, depending on what happens.