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If you’re reading the blog, you surely know that at WeaKnees, we’re all about TiVo capacity. So we keep a close eye on the amounts of space in the units that we come across.

Therefore, we were a little surprised to see what was coming through on each new delivery of TiVo Series3 units here.

We expected this, and we got it:

Then we saw some of these:

Then, looking back at the older ones we found these, with stickers:

Peel the sticker back and get this:

(OK – so I’m no Thomas Hawk with the pictures.)

Anyway, despite the crazy numbers, of course these all have the same Western Digital 250 GB drive in them. Not adequate at all, as far as we’re concerned. A Seagate 750 GB drive is a much better choice . . .

You’ve probably seen reports of TiVo’s call yesterday – they lost money again, and expect to lose more. Not too surprising at this point.

A few days before, they reported that they will begin appending commercials to the end of recorded shows, charging the advertisers. So at least they’re focused on getting more revenue in.

They did say that they have increased monthly receipts per customer, and they are increasing the numbers of standalone users (their most profitable), so there are some bright points. But how long can they sustain the losses?

Two new pages full of info over on the WeaKnees TiVo Forums:

TiVo Power Supply Problems FAQ

TiVo Season Pass tips: Any problems with your Season Passes? Fix them with this info.

For a limited time, you can get $20 off a $30 order on our website, if you use Google Checkout.

The $20 in discounts can be added to any discounts that you may have received via email.

Here’s how to take advantage of this offer:

1) Add items to your cart that equal or exceed the total required by the coupons you want to use.
2) If you have an existing weaKnees coupon code (good for HDTiVos on our site), enter the coupon code in the box that appears BELOW the Google Checkout button on our site. You MUST enter that coupon code BEFORE you click the Google Checkout button.
3) Then, click the “Google Checkout button. You will immediately see one of the $10 off $30 coupons applied.
4) After you log in to Google Checkout, enter “google10” as a coupon code WITHIN Google Checkout. IMPORTANT NOTE: “google10” can only be used ONE TIME per Google Account.

Are you looking to buy an HD TiVo but didn’t get the special coupons that we emailed recently? Just sign up for our email list by November 30th and put the words “need coupons” in the comments/questions section and we’ll email the coupons to you.

The instant $10 off $30 Google Coupon expires 12/18 and can be used repeatedly. The other $10 off $30 coupon could expire quickly; the current round of weaKnees coupons expires 11/30.

Thanks for reading.

Effective today through 12/31/06, there is a $180 rebate on all dual-tuner standalone Series2 TiVo DVRs and on all Humax TiVo DVRs (including those with a built-in DVD recorder).

This brings the price of an 80-hour dual-tuner down to $69 after rebate.

The older single-tuner standalone TiVo now has a $220 rebate, and the retail price drops to $220, bringing that unit down to free after rebate.

We haven’t really been stocking the single-tuner unit, because we feel pretty strongly that the dual-tuner is the better buy for the price difference.

As of this second, the new rebate form is not easy to find. I’m sure it will pop up, but for now, you can find it here.

And remember…if you already have a TiVo with service, service on an additional TiVo is $6.95/month.

Still no rebate on the new Series3, so if you’re considering one, it might be worth taking advantage of the $199 lifetime service transfer while you can.