So the power cord popped out of my Roamio basic and apparently that was enough to kill it :(
It was going to be $149 to replace the box with a refurb and I didn't have lifetime on it, so I opted to take the refurb lifetime deal. Then my credit card was declined so I got off the phone with Tivo and called my bank to find out my card was fraudulently used - so had to deal with that (I hope the rest of September is better than it's starting out!).
I called Tivo back to complete the transaction with a different card and in the course of conversing with the second rep he looks on my account, notices my original Phillips and then proceeds to offer me a "long time customer" special - a NEW Roamio Plus for $399 with Lifetime for $99!
I was thinking of getting a stream for the Roamio Basic eventually, so for $50 more that the Refurb Roamio/Lifetime/Stream I got the Plus with lifetime which has the Stream integrated.
I also lost the ability to tune OTA with the plus, but I don't see myself cord cutting any time soon - we have FIOS and Comcast and I can always play one off the other to get a deal to where cable+internet isn't much more than internet alone. If I do get serious about dropping cable and want OTA back I can always sell the Plus and get an OTA only Roamio (or whatever the new one ends up being - I hope they don't use Bolt as the public name).
Anyway, just thought I would share in case anyone else might be interested in this deal - if it's been brought up on the forum before I didn't see it. If anyone was thinking of the refurb/lifetime and then getting a Stream then I think this is a better deal. If you don't care about the Stream functionality, then the refurb Roamio basic+lifetime is a steal right now.
It was going to be $149 to replace the box with a refurb and I didn't have lifetime on it, so I opted to take the refurb lifetime deal. Then my credit card was declined so I got off the phone with Tivo and called my bank to find out my card was fraudulently used - so had to deal with that (I hope the rest of September is better than it's starting out!).
I called Tivo back to complete the transaction with a different card and in the course of conversing with the second rep he looks on my account, notices my original Phillips and then proceeds to offer me a "long time customer" special - a NEW Roamio Plus for $399 with Lifetime for $99!
I was thinking of getting a stream for the Roamio Basic eventually, so for $50 more that the Refurb Roamio/Lifetime/Stream I got the Plus with lifetime which has the Stream integrated.
I also lost the ability to tune OTA with the plus, but I don't see myself cord cutting any time soon - we have FIOS and Comcast and I can always play one off the other to get a deal to where cable+internet isn't much more than internet alone. If I do get serious about dropping cable and want OTA back I can always sell the Plus and get an OTA only Roamio (or whatever the new one ends up being - I hope they don't use Bolt as the public name).
Anyway, just thought I would share in case anyone else might be interested in this deal - if it's been brought up on the forum before I didn't see it. If anyone was thinking of the refurb/lifetime and then getting a Stream then I think this is a better deal. If you don't care about the Stream functionality, then the refurb Roamio basic+lifetime is a steal right now.
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