TiVo takes impressive approach to the digital transition
It's hard to look around your house without seeing a bunch of devices that could be affected by the upcoming digital transition in 222 days. From old TVs, to emergency radios -- you know the ones that let you listen to audio from TV stations -- to digital video recorders; if you have an antenna hooked up to it and it doesn't have an ATSC tuner, then it's going to stop working. For the most part it's going to be up to consumers to figure out what they need to do to be ready, but TiVo is taking an interesting approach. TiVo is looking at the configuration of your DVRs and when you have analog antenna connected, TiVo is sending out letters giving you your options. The options aren't too bad either, it includes a list of digital convert boxes that will make your old TiVo keep ticking, or if you want to "treat yourself" TiVo is offering a $40 discount on the TiVo HD -- puts it at $259. So yeah, sure, $40 isn't that great of a discount, but it's more than we've heard of any other consumer electronics company offering.





















Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Craig @ Jul 11th 2008 6:52AM
you might want to double-check that math... wouldn't that be $259?
Aaron @ Jul 11th 2008 8:07AM
I think you need to check your facts - I'm fairly sure that no radios will be affected, especially not emergency radios. That would be a much bigger deal than just turning off analog TV!
Ben @ Jul 11th 2008 8:09AM
You've never seen an emergency radio that lets you listen to the audio from TV channels?
Either way you are right, the post makes it sounds like all emergency radios. I'll clarify, thanks.
Dave Zatz @ Jul 11th 2008 10:10AM
Amazon sells it for less than $260. Though the best deal is the refurb TiVo HD for only $180 shipped free - a new low. I'm thinking it's time to reintroduce my mom to the DVR concept... Comcast DVR without CableCARD hassle may be simpler though.
Le Big Mac @ Jul 11th 2008 3:11PM
Over at the Tivo board we've been unable to qualify anything--a TivoHD, a Tivo using cable, and a Tivo using only OTA. Not sure if everyone gets the same message, but given that one click at amazon gets as good a price, why bother?