Spy Pics of TiVo Series 3 Lite?
Gizmodo has a story on what may be the first photos of a stripped down HD TiVo. There was speculation soon after the $799 Series 3 HD TiVo launch that they'd eventually do a cheaper $299 version with less features, but the photos from this gizmodo post look pretty rough and show it having dual tuners which seems like a stretch for something supposedly thin on features.
A bigger issue with TiVo is their upcoming marketing strategy if this is a real product coming out. They've got the high-end HD cable market with the $600-800 Series 3 TiVo, and Comcast is now chipping away at the low end with their soon-to-be-rolled-out TiVo-powered Comcast HD boxes. If they introduce a cheap HD TiVo for say $200-300, I think it'd hurt Series 3 sales as well as be a confusing option given the cheaper Comcast box. At this point, it probably makes more sense to try and bring the Series 3 box down to maybe $399 and leave it as their only HD TiVo offering.
Uh, yeah, unless they plan on EOLing Series2, as is pretty much the case with Series1.
Posted by: K | July 12, 2007 at 02:15 PM
Well, Tom Rogers (TiVo's CEO) has said that they are developed a new, lower-cost HD box. So this looks like it.
Posted by: MegaZone | July 12, 2007 at 02:22 PM
You're welcome
Posted by: Tark | July 13, 2007 at 06:23 AM
I bought my series 3 last night and got my lifetime service transferred over to it today. Should I go back and return it and turn my series 2 back on?
Posted by: John | July 14, 2007 at 10:07 AM
I bought my series 3 last night and got my lifetime service transferred over to it today. Should I go back and return it and turn my series 2 back on?
Posted by: John | July 14, 2007 at 10:07 AM