I got my Tivo as a Christmas gift back in December 2001. Since then, I’ve convinced my Parents, Sister & Bro-In-Law, Aunt, Grandpa, Mike, coworkers and many other people to get Tivos.
When Tivo introduced the Tivo Rewards program about a year ago, I signed up and started racking up points. Got a referral from my coworkers, two from Mike, one from Grandpa.
Tivo sent me an email offering me a number of 140-hour new Series 2 Tivo units for free. (All I had to do was pay for a 12-month gift subscription or product lifetime subscription for each unit!) I’ve been pondering an upgrade to a Series 2 unit for a long, long time. My first and current unit, a Sony SVR-2000 is a Series 1 unit…allowing for a lot of hacking, but not quite as advanced as the Series 2 units sold nowadays.
I’m so excited…a brand-new toy! I can’t wait to use all the new Series 2 features, including the new custom applications people have coded, such as the iSee iTunes plugin which allows your Tivo to control Apple’s iTunes/Airport Express remotely!
Comments (4)
Wish I would have know about Tivo rewards sooner! We've converted a number of people, and haven't gotten credit for it.
Posted by starlitwishes | May 5, 2005 2:44 PM
Posted on May 5, 2005 14:44
They sent out an email when the program started to the email account you registered with when you signed up your original Tivo...otherwise I wouldn't have found out about it, either.
I'm bummed, too, as I only got credit for anyone I've converted since last October or so when the program started. Would have been nice to pick up all the credits going back to when I got my first Tivo and started showing it off to friends and family.
But, hey, who am I to complain...I'm getting something for doing what I've done anyway, spreading the Tivo gospel! :)
Posted by Damon | May 5, 2005 2:46 PM
Posted on May 5, 2005 14:46
Congratulations! You'll love the series 2. Lots of cool stuff. :) If we would have known about the referrals when I bought the first one, you could have had the points for that one too.
Posted by Hrubes | May 5, 2005 3:22 PM
Posted on May 5, 2005 15:22
I'm a TIVO believer! It's now the next thing on my "must have" list! Screw all the bulky tapes and hoping the VCR kicks in when it's supposed to (that's if I remember to program it). I also did some TIVO research and it works with just an antenna too!
Looking forward to that little noise it makes when you skip commercials! ;-)
Posted by Alanna | May 5, 2005 11:25 PM
Posted on May 5, 2005 23:25