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Originally Posted by bicker
Yes, sort of... not a digital cable box, but a digital cable DVR is available for sale there: It costs $300, plus you will be required to pay the vendor, TiVo, about $400 for on-going service, plus perhaps another few dollars per month for a decryption and channel-mapping card from the cable company, in order for it to work.
So figure $700 total. It isn't really intended to save money. Rather, it gives you a lot of great features and capabilities. And compared to a DVR from the cable company, it does pay off eventually: Break-even is about two years.
TiVo® - HD Digital Video Recorder - TCD652160 |
So the only way to get around renting a box from cable is to get the Tivo? I want to make sure I get the math straight, you have to pay $300 for the unit plus $400 for service? If I only use it for 2 years that means I'll be paying $30 a month for it instead of renting it for a little more than half that price? Yowsa.
