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To: Paul Engel who wrote (138341)	6/28/2001 8:04:26 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 186894

Re: "But at $2,600, not including the monitor, it's better to buy a personal video recorder like TiVo. Those typically retail for around $400 and store up to 30 hours of programming." This author didn't do his homework - TiVO REQUIRES a MONTHLY fee - at least $10/month - to use the TiVO box. TiVO is NOT just a digital recorder - it is a MONTHLY SUBSCRIPTION SERVICE - REQUIRED. True but it takes a lot of $10 months to equal the difference between $400 and $2600. 220 months if you don't count the time value of money. Maybe forever if you do and are paying credit card interest rates. And you can buy a "lifetime subscription for $249 and pay no fee. Ofcourse you run the risk of either the fee getting raised or if you pay the $249 you run the risk of Tivo going out of business. Tim