Long-time TiVo expansion and service vendor DVRupgrade is today launching new TiVo life-extension services. While DVRupgrade has long offered pre-upgraded TiVo units, as well as drop-in replacement drives and the tools needed it to do-it-yourself, they're now offering full TiVo repair services as well ( Read more... )

CNET's Brian Cooley just posted an Insider Secrets video all about upgrading your TiVo with a larger hard drive, using the Instant Cake CD from DVRupgrade. I've often recommended Instant Cake myself, and I've used it in the past for imaging hard drives for a TiVo. It really is a nice all-in-one solution for TiVo disc imaging and well worth the $ ( Read more... )

DVRupgrade posted their "Top Ten Reasons To Buy a TiVo Series3 or TiVo HD DVR", and that got me thinking about what I'd put on my list. I agree with most of their list, but not all of it. For example, I'm not a big user of TiVoToGo, in fact I hardly ever use it. While I do regularly transfer video to my TiVo, I prefer Slingbox over TiVoToGo for ( Read more... )

A couple of updates to sales items I posted previously.

In an earlier post I listed some sales DVRupgrade is having on the TiVo HD, along with two special offers - an HDMI cable for one penny and the TiVo Glo remote for $30. At the time you could only select one of these special deals. However, after talking to them about it, they said that was ( Read more... )

DVRupgrade is running more special deals, just in time for the holidays.

First up, get $50 off select TiVo HD units with coupon code DVRTCF2007-050. Which units?
43 hour / 320GB - normally $449, just $399 with coupon
70 hour / 500GB - normally $579, just $529 with coupon
107 hour / 750GB - normally $779, just $729 with coupon and eligible for $30 ( Read more... )

DVRupgrade is selling the TiVo HD upgraded with a 320GB drive for $449. But, even better, as a special offer for TiVo Lovers readers, enter coupon code DVRTLB2007-050 during checkout and save $50 - for a total of $399. So you get double the capacity (320GB vs. 160GB) of a standard TiVo HD, which means you can record up to 43 hours of HD content ( Read more... )

While both WeaKnees and DVRupgrade have been offering special order upgraded units with up to 2TB of capacity for a while, WeaKnees announced in their blog that they're making the 2TB Series3 an official offering on their site. The 2TB unit has one internal 1TB drive and on eSATA 1TB drive. What does 2TB of capacity get you? How about up to 292 ( Read more... )

TC Club is basically a special club for users of TiVoCommunity.com who donate to support the site. Members of TC Club get some added features and privileges:

• Elimination of all advertisements running on the site
• Full access to the TC Club Members Only Chat Forum, as well as other forums which may be added in the future (make a suggestion!). These ( Read more... )

Capable Networks, the parent company of sites such as DVRPlayground.com, SlingCommunity.com, and the recently acquired TiVoCommunity.com has expanded their partnership with TiVo upgrade pioneer DVRupgrade.

Under the expanded partnership, DVRupgrade, which is already an official sponsor of DVRplayground.com, will become an official sponsor of ( Read more... )

DVRupgrade announced on their blog that they have expanded TiVo HDs in stock and they're extending their 'free premium remote' offer. Buy any upgraded Series3 or TiVo HD, use the coupon code 'GLOREMOTE07A', and get a free 'Glo' remote with your purchase. (You can also by a stock unit and use code 'GLOREMOTE07B' for $15 off a Glo remote or code ' ( Read more... )