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To: unclewest who wrote (1412)	1/9/2000 1:25:00 PM
From: RocketMan	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 6516

at $500 per box and $10 a month...the consumer may not consider it free. I went to Best Buy and looked at one of these puppies yesterday. I agree that the price tag is going to be a hurdle for an additional box that provides applications that can be gotten from VCRs, cable boxes, satellite boxes, and TVs in various combinations. In fact, I ordered a new Dish 7000 receiver for $140 the other day that does essentially what TiVo does, maybe without as much memory, etc, but hey, it's part of my satellite receiver, so I get the other stuff for free. More important than the cost is having to pay a monthly fee. Anytime you ask someone to pay a monthly fee they'd better be convinced they are getting something they will use over and over and there is not a cheaper/better way to get it. It is going to be hard to sell that monthly fee when there are TVs on the floor with built-in EPGs. Not to mention VCRs with VCR+ Gold and the ability to keep whatever you have recorded. They do have an option where you pay something like 190 for a lifetime subscription, but now you are talking a 690 dollar investment. I think not.

To: unclewest who wrote (1412)	1/9/2000 3:27:00 PM
From: Hanney Yin	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 6516

"at $500 per box and $10 a month...the consumer may not consider it free." Ouch! Am I interpreting it wrong? see news: siliconinvestor.com It is said:"TiVo's technology is built on the "open source" Linux operating system and is currently licensed royalty free to manufacturers who want to deliver TiVo's Personal TV Service. The partnership between Liberate and TiVo will enable network operators to deliver multiple services -- including interactive TV and TiVo's service -- to subscribers."