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TiVo DVRs in Canada

Most of you probably know that TiVo now supports use in Canada. We have a bit more information.

First, WeaKnees now ships to Canada. We offer two methods of shipment: USPS (which uses Canada Post on the North side of the border) and United Parcel Service (UPS). UPS costs a bit more, but our results have shown that deliveries happen much more quickly and that the website offers frequent tracking updates. The USPS/Canada Post method essentially offers little or no tracking and seems to be significantly slower than UPS.

Next, make sure that your unit has TiVo OS 7.2 or later on it. Those OS versions support Canada in a much more elegant fashion than earlier versions. If you have an earlier OS version, you’ll need to see this information for Canadian TiVo users.

As of now, all standalone WeaKnees TiVos shipping to Canada will have TiVo OS 7.2 or later – wherever you buy one, be sure to get this OS as it’ll make life much easier.

Finally, we are unable to ship DirecTV equipment to Canada at this point. But everything else on our site is shipping to Canada now, and ready-to-go!

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New DIRECTV Systems with the REAL TiVo – R10

Post author By Michael
Post date January 31, 2006
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To add to the confusion between the actual TiVo DVR – the R10 – and the new generic DirecTV DVR – the R15 – we’ve heard from many customers who order new DirecTV systems and get the bait-and-switch. This may not be intentional since TiVo seems to have become a generic term meaning DVR, but many TiVo-loving customers recently have moved to DirecTV to get a TiVo that can record two channels at once, and they’ve found that the unit that gets installed is not, in fact, a TiVo at all. So if you’re ordering a new DirecTV system with the expectation of getting TiVo, be careful.

We’ve stocked up on TiVo DVRs from DirecTV, and we have both standard definition and high definition units available as part of new DirecTV packages (and available outside those for existing subscribers). If you’re looking for a new DirecTV system with TiVo, look no further:

The WeaKnees DIRECTV System Wizard

Customer Shipment

Sleep tight, TiVo

This just in, a comfy TiVo. Shipped between two flannel-covered pillows, we hope it had a nice trip.

Product Information

Rebate on Harmony 880

Logitech is offering a $50 rebate on the Harmony 880 until April 25, 2006. We have the Harmony 880 for $229, with free shipping, so after rebate, your net cost is $179. That’s a pretty good deal for an excellent remote. In addition, for the lower-end Harmony 676 ($124.99 at Amazon) you end up with a new cost of $74.99.

An excellent review of the Harmony 880 is over at PVRBlog.

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Older DIRECTV TiVos

Well, we’ve run out of two models of the older, stock DirecTV TiVo models: the Philips DSR704 and the Hughes SD-DVR120. Interesting that we ran out of stock of both the smallest and largest of the group at the same time. We do have other 40 GB models (the Hughes SD-DVR40 and HDVR2) but no other 120 GB models at the moment, although we may get some Samsung S4120R units at some point.