Dh received a TiVo box as a reward for selling a certain product. Do we need to subscribe to the TiVo service in addition to our regular cable?

By Kaye on Tuesday, December 12, 2006 - 04:51 pm:

Yep. They usually offer special near Christmas time for a full year.

By Mommyof5 on Tuesday, December 12, 2006 - 04:54 pm:

Hmmm...I already have a DVR box through our cable company so does Tivo do some amazing things that my cable DVR can't? I'm thinking this may not have been such a wonderful "prize".

By Trina~moderator on Tuesday, December 12, 2006 - 04:59 pm:

If you already have DVR then you don't need TiVO. We used to have TiVO but switched to DVR. They are very similar but DVR has more options.

By Kaye on Tuesday, December 12, 2006 - 05:01 pm:

LOL I guess it depends on your DVR, my dad has tivo and it has more options than my dvr.

Tivo services cost 199 a year ( i just checked out their website). I pay 14 a month for the dvr box with my cable, it is comparable i think.

By Conni on Tuesday, December 12, 2006 - 08:23 pm:

Could you use the Tivo in another room in your house. OR give it as a Christmas gift to someone?

By Kaye on Wednesday, December 13, 2006 - 08:20 am:

You are right, you don't need both.

By Jackie on Wednesday, December 13, 2006 - 09:45 am:

I LOVE MY TIVO!!! Thats all I have to say

By Jewlz on Wednesday, December 13, 2006 - 10:06 am:

I love my DVR the only difference i would look into is the amount of space ur new and old one would have mine is cable and only has forty hours of space ...at this time of the year im having trouble keeping up withthe programs i want to see ...

By Dawnk777 on Wednesday, December 13, 2006 - 02:34 pm:

My dad has some sort of recordable dvd device. He told us to bring our wedding videos the last time we were there and he put them onto a DVD. Since we were married 19 years ago, I'm glad we have a more archival method of saving them now. I'm sure the videos won't last forever. It was fun watching them again, as they recorded, too!