TiVo Series 3

**David Vaughn** · 07-19-2016, 06:48 PM

So, my Series 3 is still going strong (I've replaced both the hard drive for more capacity and the power supply, that went out a couple of years ago), but alas, it needs to be retired because Comcast is going to MPEG-4 and it isn't compatible. Fortunately, my TiVo HD and Premiere are both compatible, so I'm not going to get screwed too bad.

I called TiVo this weekend and was able to get a Roamio for $25 + $350 for the lifetime service. I could have gone with the Roamio Pro or Bolt, but both were a lot more money and the lifetime was $550 (total cost would have been almost $900 versus $375). I've already ordered a new hard drive for $75 from Amazon to upgrade it to 2 Terabits from 500MB, so all told, I'm out about $450.

I plan on listing the Series 3 on eBay in order to transfer my lifetime warranty unless someone here wants to make me an offer. I absolutely LOVE TiVo and have 3 of them in my house (actually, two...one is in the garage on a TV that I watch when exercising).

**Tracy Rainwater** · 07-20-2016, 07:45 AM

I miss my Tivos. I had three of them networked together so I could transfer recordings, but this was back before DirecTV went HD. Even after that, I kept them so I could archive kids' programming for our daughter. Even to this day, they could still record the SD channels, but one by one they died and I didn't see the need to repair them.

Good luck with your sale.

**jerrich** · 07-20-2016, 09:56 AM

So new cable cards would not fix your model 3?
JR

**David Vaughn** · 07-20-2016, 06:32 PM

No. TiVo wants people to upgrade. Supposedly they were forced by the Australian government to update the Series 3 in that country but they don't have to do it here.