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1. $800 sounds pretty believable for the initial price, remember the early adopters will pay almost anything for the new hot tech toy.

I don't remember how much the original Series1 cost when it came out, or for that matter the original Series2, but I do know they are much more expensive than even the Series2 DT is now.

I would expect the price to come down after the holidays and be closer to, maybe even under $500 (at least after rebate) by this time next year.

Hardware wise the Series3 probably cost a decent amount more to make with a much bigger hard drive and guaranteed more memory & processing power, the prices of these components will come down and allow TiVo to lower the price of the unit.

Licensing costs are also probably a factor, I don't know if TiVo needs to pay CableLABS & whoever owns the HDMI spec a per unit licensing fee but I wouldn't be surprised if that were the case, there are enough new technologies in the Series3 that the licensing fees alone could very well cost more than the Series2 does now.

Posted at 11:57AM on Sep 6th 2006 by Robert Aitchison

2. Frankly, I can't buy one for a number of reasons, but it makes me quite happy to know that this thing will be coming out - I know people can quibble with the price or specs or whatever, but making a solid product that some people think costs too much is far better than not having a product at all.

Posted at 12:01PM on Sep 6th 2006 by Ari

3. I remember how much the first TiVo was. I bought a 14 hour TiVo the first week they were available at Best Buy for $500. I got the Best Buy service plan and when I took it back a year later because the modem went out I was able to trade up to a 30 hour and get $100 in store credit because the price had come down so much. Needless to say, I’m planning on getting the Series 3.

Posted at 7:38PM on Sep 7th 2006 by Eric Treesh