Things Smackie Thinks You Need to Know...

Sidehatch

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Re: Things Smackie Thinks You Need to Know... September 25, 2015 at 01:14 PM UTC #

I know I should be able to figure this out
but for travel, as an American, do you want the dollar strong or weak compared to the country you are visiting?

Yada

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Re: Things Smackie Thinks You Need to Know... September 25, 2015 at 01:29 PM UTC #

Sidehatch wrote:
I know I should be able to figure this out
but for travel, as an American, do you want the dollar strong or weak compared to the country you are visiting?

You serious, Clark?

sweetcell

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Re: Things Smackie Thinks You Need to Know... September 25, 2015 at 02:49 PM UTC #

vansmack wrote:
sweetcell wrote:
vansmack wrote:
"Let's be honest.  If you could do it all over again, you'd lose the War of 1812, right?"

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/today-we-celebrate-the-time-canada-burned-down-the-white-house-127844144/

Canadian Loonie hits an 11 year low and it keeps falling...

gonna hafta try harder…

vansmack

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Re: Things Smackie Thinks You Need to Know... September 25, 2015 at 03:55 PM UTC #

Watch 'The Warriors' Recreate Their Last Subway Ride Home

vansmack

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Re: Things Smackie Thinks You Need to Know... September 25, 2015 at 04:01 PM UTC #

sweetcell wrote:
gonna hafta try harder…

Not really. I honestly forget that you're there sometimes.

jrpa

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Re: Things Smackie Thinks You Need to Know... September 30, 2015 at 02:18 PM UTC #

Thoughts on Tivo Bolt? One button commercial skip is worth the cost to upgrade alone, and quick mode seems cool. Native 4K support is pretty awesome. The pricing structure – building a year of service into the price – seems like a game changer. The "if you keep paying for service, we will replace your broken box for $50 for life" thing is pretty amazing too, and gaps my biggest concern with upgrading to a Lifetime subscription. The ability to directly connect an external harddrive to the thing natively also awesome.

The negatives? 4 tuner limit, especially for those of us running multiple Tivo Minis off our box. Where the (bleep) is the 6 tuner model like Roamio Pro!?!

Of course, all anyone will discuss is the odd appearance of the box.

Sidehatch

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Re: Things Smackie Thinks You Need to Know... September 30, 2015 at 02:20 PM UTC #

sure will be hard to stack things on top of it
but makes it unique

jrpa

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Re: Things Smackie Thinks You Need to Know... September 30, 2015 at 02:25 PM UTC #

Sidehatch wrote:
sure will be hard to stack things on top of it
but makes it unique

Julian, wrote:
Of course, all anyone will discuss is the odd appearance of the box.

vansmack

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Re: Things Smackie Thinks You Need to Know... September 30, 2015 at 03:52 PM UTC #

Julian, wrote:The negatives?

Subscription model.

jrpa

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Re: Things Smackie Thinks You Need to Know... September 30, 2015 at 03:55 PM UTC #

vansmack wrote:
Julian, wrote:The negatives?

Subscription model.

The fact it still charges a monthly fee or the specific tweaks to the subscription model for this unit?

Sidehatch

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Re: Things Smackie Thinks You Need to Know... September 30, 2015 at 04:01 PM UTC #

Julian, wrote:
vansmack wrote:
Julian, wrote:The negatives?

Subscription model.
The fact it still charges a monthly fee or the specific tweaks to the subscription model for this unit?

So i'm liking this new Tivo…nice thing is the first year is included
then it's $15 a month (or $150 annually)

do they no longer offer those lifetime subscription deals?
The $49 replacement policy is pretty nice…at least it seems like a good deal

vansmack

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Re: Things Smackie Thinks You Need to Know... September 30, 2015 at 04:02 PM UTC #

Julian, wrote:The fact it still charges a monthly fee or the specific tweaks to the subscription model for this unit?

The fact that after a year, you have to pay a subscription to continue using your device.

My DirecTV DVR is so slick these days, and secondary streaming boxes are so cheap and offer so many more apps than the TiVo box that it just doesn't make sense to also pay TiVo to use their service.

jrpa

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Re: Things Smackie Thinks You Need to Know... September 30, 2015 at 04:05 PM UTC #

Sidehatch wrote:
So i'm liking this new Tivo…nice thing is the first year is included
then it's $15 a month (or $150 annually)

do they no longer offer those lifetime subscription deals?
The $49 replacement policy is pretty nice…at least it seems like a good deal

They absolutely still offer Lifetime. After your first included year, you have the option to buy Lifetime (599.99), yearly (149.99) or monthly (14.99) service. At any of those service levels, after the 90-day full warranty, you can get a replacement for $49.

jrpa

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Re: Things Smackie Thinks You Need to Know... September 30, 2015 at 04:08 PM UTC #

vansmack wrote:
My DirecTV DVR is so slick these days, and secondary streaming boxes are so cheap and offer so many more apps than the TiVo box that it just doesn't make sense to also pay TiVo to use their service.

Well, I disagree on this personally but I am a noted (active) Tivo fanboy. Their OnePass to integrate all the included platforms is fantastic and well worth the money. No other DVR has nearly as intuitive, slick interface and remote as TiVo. (I do use a Roku for hockeystreams, Big Ten plus, and ESPN3 which TiVo doesn't currently have apps for but I feel strongly at least the last two of those will be coming with this switch to HTML5.)

vansmack

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Re: Things Smackie Thinks You Need to Know... September 30, 2015 at 04:14 PM UTC #

I use my phone(s) as my remote and beg to differ.

Sidehatch

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Re: Things Smackie Thinks You Need to Know... September 30, 2015 at 05:31 PM UTC #

Julian, wrote:
No other DVR has nearly as intuitive, slick interface and remote as TiVo.

I agree with this 100%
cost was my reason for leaving, new features are making it more appealing

but $599 for life time…you have to wait until your 5th year for that to pay off…and who knows, I might be taking my hoverboard to work by that time and have a neural implant in my brain that will have all the features of Tivo

jrpa

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Re: Things Smackie Thinks You Need to Know... September 30, 2015 at 05:42 PM UTC #

Sidehatch wrote:
but $599 for life time…you have to wait until your 5th year for that to pay off…and who knows, I might be taking my hoverboard to work by that time and have a neural implant in my brain that will have all the features of Tivo

The warranty sort of makes that less risky, though. Here's the thing I think a lot of people don't get: the financial advantages of TiVo come most apparently when you pair a lifetime subscription with TiVo minis in lieu of a traditional multi-room DVR setup.

For example: I have three TVs, and a Roamio and two TiVo minis (in case you're unaware on pricing a mini costs ~$125 new, and comes with free lifetime, but requires a Roamio or Bolt to use). To replicate my setup through Comcast – true "start in one room and finish in another" DVR, OnDemand, streaming on all three TVs – it would cost me $45/month in DVR rental fees. Even if I'm going to buy a new TiVo every 5 years like in your scenario, my cost for a Bolt (300), Lifetime (600), and two Minis (~250) divvied up over 60 months is $19.16/month. On top of this, Comcast gives out a credit of $2/user-owned device per month per some weird FCC ruling I don't totally understand which makes my effective monthly outlay 13.16/month. Basically I save $31.84 monthly through TiVo. My break even point is month 36; highly doubtful you're replacing your 4K TiVo Bolt in the next 3 years. And if you do, a secondary market for these things (especially ones with Lifetime) is extant.

You can price out similar set ups vs your local cable company's prices on your own.

Sidehatch

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Re: Things Smackie Thinks You Need to Know... October 01, 2015 at 02:27 AM UTC #

vansmack wrote:
I don't get angry often, but VW/Audi %$^&ed with the wrong guy on this one.  I will have their head.

have you seen their Ad apologizing for this

vansmack

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Re: Things Smackie Thinks You Need to Know... October 01, 2015 at 04:41 PM UTC #

I've already made the "that's what I get for forgetting my golden rule - where were you in World War II?" joke about my purchase….but Hitler Trusted Us, Why Won't You?" is better!

Sidehatch

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Re: Things Smackie Thinks You Need to Know... October 02, 2015 at 01:47 PM UTC #

I already knew this, but now it's confirmed that Android users have more stamina

the average iOS user lingering on the site for 8 minutes and 40 seconds -- Android fans hang around for 10 minutes and six seconds.

Jules…do use an iPhone….Android users are 138 percent more likely to search for BBW

There is, however, one sign that everyone's not so different at all, since the most searched-for term for both teams is the same: Lesbian.