[House] TiVO Options

[RJ Johnson]

Option three and the house can reimburse you. :-)


On Mon, Sep 9, 2013 at 5:10 PM, Robin Lee Powell <
rlpowell at digitalkingdom.org> wrote:

> If people think #3 is the better investment, I can certainly front
> the money.
>
> -Robin
>
> On Mon, Sep 09, 2013 at 05:05:32PM -0700, RJ Johnson wrote:
> > I say option 2 unless you want to front option 3 and have the house pay
> you
> > back over time. Mostly this is based on my not having a job yet.
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Sep 9, 2013 at 2:28 PM, Robin Lee Powell <
> > rlpowell at digitalkingdom.org> wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > So, I'm pretty happy with our current TiVO until it explodes (which
> > > it may be working on, but lately it seems like all the "might be the
> > > hard drive" troubles have stopped).  It seems to me like the only
> > > reason we'd want to get a https://www.tivo.com/shop/roamio would be
> > > because the YouTube and Netflix interfaces suck, and in that case
> > > we've got the PS3, or we could get another chromecast; I can't see
> > > spending $200+ for that.
> > >
> > > So, given that, it's worth noting that our contract is about to end.
> > > We can:
> > >
> > > 1.  Pay $20/month with no contract
> > >
> > > 2.  Pay $15/month with a 1 year commitment
> > >
> > > 3.  Pay $400 forever (I think; it might be $500).  That's 2.5 years
> > > or so at the 1 year commitment rate, and less than 2 years at the
> > > month-to-month rate.
> > >
> > > Thoughts?
> > >
> > > -Robin
> > >
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