A Fond Fairwell to my First TiVo
Back in 1999 I saw the light and bought a TiVo. Service for it was about $10 a month but thinking this would be a long-term appliance for me, I bought the lifetime service for $240. If I kept my TiVo for more than 2 years, I would be in the black.
That TiVo served me well. Over the years I hacked it by putting a network card in it and adding a second hard drive to expand its original 30 hour capacity to about 250 hours. I also added a web interface and a toolset that supported my TiVo to Podcast project that, as its name suggests, turned TiVo season passes into video podcasts.
Now, 10 years on, I am finally forced to retire my beloved TiVo that has served me so well. Today is the day that analog television transmission ceases in the United States. And as my beloved TiVo only has an analog tuner, the signal will go dark in just a few hours.
Now my back of the napkin math puts my monthly service at $2. Still very expensive for my cheap heart, but I think its respectable. Rest in peace, good 'ole TiVo.
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