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Panasonic gives you 100,000 reasons to pick its 1080p plasmas

by Steven Kim posted Aug 16th 2008 at 10:40PM

Panasonic with Father Time
The amount of dis-information in the marketplace about plasma TVs never fails to amaze us. While we personally haven't overheard a salesperson talk about refilling the gas in a plasma TV in a while, we also haven't seen customers choosing between plasma and LCD -- that decision has already been made in favor of LCD. Credit Panasonic for fighting the good fight by introducing an easy-to-understand and relevant spec to the marketplace: its 2008 plasmas boast 100,000-hours plasma life for the 1080p sets, 60,000-hours for the 720p sets. That's the time you'll have before the plasma brightness falls to half of its original value. So if you leave the set on 24/7, that translates to 11-years of viewing. There are certainly reasons to pick an LCD over plasma, but these figures close the book on lifetime arguments -- a plasma today will last you well into your OLED/SED/hologram Jetsonian future.

[Image courtesy HappyEntertainment]

TiVo brings back $399 Lifetime Service plan

by Darren Murph posted May 15th 2008 at 11:10AM


Hard to say if this is just another fling that will expire as soon as some TiVo exec feels that it should, but for whatever it's worth, interested users can now purchase a Lifetime Service plan for their TiVo. Those operating sans a TiVo HD DVR can actually still take advantage of the Blue Moon special, but for everyone else, you can snag the Lifetime package for $399 (or $299 if adding it to your second, third, fourth or twentieth TiVo box). Remember, however, that the "Lifetime" subscription only applies to whatever deck you currently have, and with all this talk of tru2way, we might suggest holding off and letting the dust settle before pulling the trigger.

[Via Zatz Not Funny, thanks MegaZone]

Lifetime Networks grabs popcorn, gets cozy with Cox

by Darren Murph posted May 15th 2008 at 9:10AM

After tying the knot with AT&T and Verizon, it seems that Lifetime HD has wooed Cox Communications as well. Lifetime Networks has just announced a "wide-ranging agreement" that will bring all of its multi-platform channels -- including Lifetime Television HD, Lifetime Movie Network HD, Lifetime On Demand and Lifetime Movie Network Espanol On Demand -- to the cable carrier. Of course, the network took the opportunity to restate just how many females aged 18 to 54 will be absolutely elated to hear the news, but they'll all have to patiently wait until June before it begins rolling out to Cox systems.

TiVo's Blue Moon special: TiVo HD, lifetime service for $698

by Darren Murph posted Apr 25th 2008 at 3:13AM


Yeah, TiVo's Blue Moon special has been alive for a few weeks now, but for those unaware, we figured it prudent to pass along the deal in case you're interested in grabbing hold. From now until June 16th, interested consumers can snatch up a TiVo HD DVR, TiVo Wireless Adapter, a lifetime of service on the unit and an incredibly amazing TiVo plush doll for $698. Yes, that's less than the original price of the Series3 alone. So there you have it -- at least you've got ample time to think it over before deciding either way.

[Thanks, Jonas]

Transfer current TiVo lifetime sub to Series 3

by Matt Burns posted Sep 8th 2006 at 5:52PM

So, you purchased that lifetime TiVo subscription but want one of those shiny new Series 3 boxes. TiVo has you covered -- kind of. It is going to cost you a mere $199 one-time fee (heard that before) to transfer over your Series 1 or Series 2 subscription. There is a catch though. It looks like the new TiVo needs to be purchased before December 31st and the transfer has to happen before January 31, 2007. That old box isn't going to be rendered useless though as TiVo will endow upon it one year of service for free. Awful nice of them considering you spend at least $299 for the lifetime on the older TiVo, $800 on the new box and $199 to transfer the original lifetime subscription. You would think that for $800 bucks they would throw in the transfer but they do have all those legal fees to deal with.




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