07-31-2010, 12:37 AM
I have 2 DirecTV TiVos, and they are covered by a lifetime subscription, like Mike Johnson said. DirecTV stopped offering lifetime subscriptions for their TiVo DVRs sometime in 2003-2004, if memory serves. Many have reported that they are hard pressed to even get DirecTV support reps who will acknowledge that such subscriptions once existed. For those of us who bought them, we are "grandfathered" and do not pay the monthly DVR fee. The fees were associated to the DirecTV account, not necessarily the equipment, so simply possessing a DirecTV DVR that was once owned by a DirecTV accountholder who had lifetime DVR service will probably not allow that lifetime DVR service to transfer to another DirecTV account.
To the OP's original question, the unit probably has the most value (if there is much value at this point) with a DirecTV customer who already has "grandfathered" lifetime service and wants to add another DVR to their account or use it for replacement parts.
To the OP's original question, the unit probably has the most value (if there is much value at this point) with a DirecTV customer who already has "grandfathered" lifetime service and wants to add another DVR to their account or use it for replacement parts.