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New TiVo Repair Resource Page

Just a quick note!

We’ve added a TiVo repair resource page to the blog.

This page is a central repository of where to find troubleshooting help, repair services, and parts for your broken TiVo.

More info to come!

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WeaKnees Now Offers Flat-fee TiVo Repair

At WeaKnees, we have been reviving TiVo DVRs for years through our extensive inventory of replacement parts. Now, with our ability to repair motherboards, we’re offering flat-fee repairs on most non-DirecTV TiVos. This means that for one price, starting at $149, customers can be assured that their TiVo will be repaired, no matter what (or how many!) problems it has.

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While $149 may initially seem like a high price when new Dual Tuner TiVos can be purchased for $149, the key is that our repairs retain the customer’s lifetime service, or prepaid service. So if a customer has a lifetime plan on a TiVo DVR covered under this program, they can keep that in place. New lifetime plans from TiVo for new DVRs cost up to $399, so repairing an existing unit often makes much more sense than replacing the unit.

Under this program, we can essentially fix any problem with these units, as long as the unit has not been physically damaged or tampered with (beyond normal hard drive upgrades and installation of replacement parts). So unless it’s been run over by a truck, we’re able to fix it. To date, units we’ve brought in under this program have been revived – 100%.

Another great advantage to choosing our flat-fee option is that customers don’t have to try to diagnose the issues at all. If customers are not sure what’s going on with the unit – of if they just aren’t interested in trying to figure it out – they can just let us do everything.

In addition, for customers looking to upgrade the capacity of their unit while it’s here at WeaKnees, that’s an option with these repairs. We can add capacity, and we can do so at a discount while the unit is here.

Please see the options for models and capacity upgrades on our flat fee TiVo repair page.

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TiVo Kickstart Code Information and Tutorial

TiVo DVRs have some diagnostic utilities hidden under the hood. In certain situations, they can be useful for diagnosing TiVo problems, especially bad hard drives.

Here’s a screenshot from one of the tests:

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For full info, see our TiVo kickstart code page and our page dedicated to TiVo kickstart 54.

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Maybe this is the largest TiVo ever?

In our last installment here at WKBlog.com, we wrote about the “largest TiVo ever” in the physical size category. Today, I have a different contender for the badge of “largest TiVo ever” in the category of hours of space. 

 

2533 Hours at Basic Quality
2533 Hours at Basic Quality

This is a screenshot of a Dual Tuner TiVo model TCD649080 upgraded internally to two terabytes. How do you put two terabyte drives in this unit? You need our DT TiVo upgrade bracket, and two of our SATA to IDE converters. Or, you can now buy this unit ready to go, from our site:

Dual Tuner SD TiVo with 2533 hours of capacity!

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Series3 TiVos now at $399 and WiFi for Free!

The Series3 TiVo, the first HD TiVo for cable, is an amazing unit – still the only one with a display on the front reading what shows are currently being recorded.

Series3 Front Panel Display

 

TiVo stopped making this unit and effectively replaced it with the TiVo HD XL. But the Series3 has a lot of fans still, since it has some features that even the new HD XL doesn’t have:

  • The front panel display
  • Ability to accept eSATA drives of any size – even beyond the 500 GB supported on newer units
  • A larger, heavier-duty case
  • CableCARDs go in the back, for less confusion and better kid-proofing
  • Front panel has buttons on the unit itself

The point is: this is a great unit, considered by many to be the gold standard.

And, now, we’re selling this unit, brand new, starting at $399 (more for larger capacities – up to 300 hours in HD) and we’re including a free TiVo wireless G adapter with each unit, while supplies last.

 

TiVo Series3
TiVo Series3

 

 

Shop for the TiVo Series3 before they’re all gone!