$99 Tivo

[Alan Gordon]

I have been interested in getting a DirecTIVO for a while, but I was waiting until the Pegasus/DirecTV skirmish was finished (hoping Pegasus would die a quick death), and now that it hasn't and Pegasus looks to be here for a few more years, Circuit City no longer offers the $99 Hughes receiver, only the $349 Hughes and HDTivo. Not wanting to pay the $349 or $999, I wanted to know if this is just a breather until the new DirecTV-branded receivers come out, and will there be any advantage to doing that, or should I go ahead and start looking at the RCA and Samsung receivers?! I have had very bad luck with Samsung receivers in the past few years, and have had bad trouble with RCA products in general, so I'd prefer looking at the Hughes...


~Alan

 

[boba]

Directv's tivo promotion goes through 7/17/04. All TiVo units are the same brand names only mean cosmetic changes on the front panel, guts are the same. Buy whatever is available.

 

[mini1]

you must look past CC for deals. there are many, many other great places you need to look for deals.

 

[Alan Gordon]

you must look past CC for deals. there are many, many other great places you need to look for deals.

That's the only store I can get a DirecTV receiver from.


~Alan

 

[fredfa]

You haven't tried the internet?

 

[Alan Gordon]

You haven't tried the internet?

A lot of the online retailers have "issues" with Pegasus subscribers! I could try Best Buy, but I'd really prefer having the Hughes receiver. As it gets closer to the cut-off date on the Tivo deal, I might go ahead and get one of the other brands anyway...I was just wanting to hear everybody's thoughts as I am planning on getting one before the end of the year.


~Alan