monthly fee? does this product require a fee to use it?
1602413
$20 a month .. no thanks even if the box was free! wow TIVO is still in business?
1602414
time warner charged me $10 for box plus $15 for dvr service plus 25 cents for remote.Now I pay $2 for cable card, $20 per month for tivo if you sign up for 2 years nothing upfront.So if regular tivo subscription is $12.95, $7 x 24 months is $168. Tivo box will cost you $168 after 2 years. And if you pay $99 and sign up for 1 year tivo box will cost you $183. I think this is not a bad deal.
1602415
Tivo's in general don't work well with satellite TV, they're meant for cable TV or over-the-air TV. DirecTV has it's own DVR (or PVR) similar to Tivo that they offer (for a smaller monthly fee).
1602416
One thing to consider about fees is your current cable company's HD DVR is likely NOT free. Most cable companies charge a fee to rent their crappy HD DVR...check your cable bill!! For me, the HD DVR fee is about $15 / month. Now, i returned their DVR to them, and now rent a CableCard instead for $2 / month. All said and done, my cable bill goes down $13 / month, and I have a Tivo bill for $20/month... so really for me the net increase to use the Tivo service is about $7 / month. Well worth it in my opinion.
1602417
@James Cooper who said "Go to Weaknees dot com and read up before you plunk down $50 on what you think is a deal."A better place to read up is in TiVocommunity dot com. They are not affiliated with TiVo and the members there can clear up most anything, including questions like "My TiVo's hard drive failed. Can I replace it and salvage my lifetime subscription?"
1602418
@Otis: Yes, you're paying for the right to use the device. Tivo refers to this as "DVR Service". Without DVR Service, you essentially have little more than just a tuner. It won't even function as a dumb VCR without the monthly fee. In part the monthly fee is used to subsidize the low up-front cost of the hardware, but if you own the Tivo for more than a couple years then you'll be paying far in excess of what was reasonably used to subsidize the hardware. In a practical sense, you are paying for program guide data and software updates. Since the box is cryptographically locked down, you don't have any alternate choice for guide data nor can you install alternate software. So, you pay Tivo to use the device, take it or leave it, it is what it is.
1602419
I bought a refurb off the tivo site for $99 and it has the more normal 12.95 a month fee.I don't know why tivo thought the $20 a month deal was even a good idea.
2017304
No monthly service fee. The only charge is the $1.99 if you need additional "e keys" for family or temporary guests.
1118734
It should. I haven't needed to use it but I do check monthly to ensure it is charged.
1761636
From our experience it is a monthly service fee to be able to use the product to full capability.
1216033
The only charge is an annual subscription for the service. Everything else is free. Works really good so far I must say.
1264208
That is correct my friend! You save yourself the $5 per month in rental fees bc you don't have to rent their modem. And it doubles as a wireless router. They are also fairly easy to set up so you have a secure network. Hope that helps!
2253270
Well I know you need to register the product with a credit card or debit card. I have not been charged a montnly fee yet. I was told it is 50 dollars. I can tell you that this device is so necessary and important. If it has not been for this device Iwwould have lost my son.
630380
I'm not a tester and don't own the unit (not yet anyway), but I've been checking it out... yes, the monthly service is $10-13 after the initial 3 month free period expires. Based on my experience with other units, this is about the same as the cost of one or more map updates per year that other vendors charge for, but the service includes more ... so for me, this will not be a big concern.
1163618
You will have to pay a monthly fee once the GPS device is activated. But it's not a long term contract, it's month to month. By the way, the device and service work great. I found it to be worth the money.
1289501
Nope no fee! I've had it about a year now. You do get charged a certain percentage per transaction but it's fairly small.
714612
Yes. That's not a problem. They will include a monthly data fee, if it is not part of your plan already, (for updates) but not enough to use the internet regularly.
519432
Sorry, we do not charge the fee. However, if you contact Pandora, they may provide a pro-rated refund ... who knows ... you can ask.
1635538
No it does not, that is the beauty of this unit, you don't have to pay any monthly fees. It works well... my Dad busted his leg and used the mini microphone to talk to me 50 miles away.
1424307
No. When you buy this item and you get it all that is required is that you call the number on the box and activate it, then you go to the website and register it, and finally you pay $50 for your first month. Then you are good to go.
195323
Yes it would require a subscription for that. But it's inexpensive for so many features it offers. I love this product and all that it does for the money.
978086
No, it doesn't require monthly service fee. Just connect to any EVDO that works in any country and you are on the internet.
1379835
There is no monthly fee. You are purchasing the equipment for a one-time fee. The reason there is no monthly fee is that you are not involving a monitoring center. The emergency call for help goes to family, neighbors, friends, even 911. This is the same group of people that a monitoring center would go to so, essentially, you are cutting out the middle man and improving resolution time.