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TiVo Mini will replace your second DVR. But, won’t completely do away with additional subscription costs.
If you take your DVR serious, you may have sprung for a TiVo instead of trusting your TV-watching needs to your cable or satellite provider. Up until this point, if you wanted additional TiVos in your home, you had to purchase additional units, which could be quite costly, especially if it’s a room you only occasionally watch TV on. TiVo is announcing a new accessory to its main set-top-box that will make those infrequently used rooms less costly to have a TiVo in.
The TiVo Mini will allow current TiVo owners to access applications and use their existing DVRs to watch live TV and recorded shows in additional rooms for an additional $5.99 a month, or through a one-time service payment of $249.98. Those prices are in addition to the actual price of the TiVo Mini, which costs $99. Mini is key here as the device measures in at 6.1 inches wide and 1.3 inches tall making it quite small. (more…)
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If you have a TiVo in your home entertainment set-up and wish it could serve its content elsewhere, here’s a solution. The TiVo Mini is an extender box which lets you stream to another room for $100—plus a $6 monthly fee. More »
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