Tivo Home Media Option now free
Cudos to TiVo Inc., who decided to get rid of the premium Home Media Option and instead made these additional services (online scheduling, digital music, digital photos and multi-room viewing) freely available as part of the standard subscription. For an additional monthly fee, I would not have considered subscribing to these features, but for free I think they represent an awesome enhancement of the already great TiVo service.
They have also introduced a significant discount for additional TiVo subscriptions, which now go for $6.95 instead of the full $12.95. Last not least, the entry-level 40-hour TiVo model (and why would you need anything else since you can easily hack it to increase the storage capacity) is currently on sale for $129 (after $50 mail-in rebate). In conjunction with the new multi-room viewing feature, this opens a lot of opportunities. I am seriously considering buying a second TiVo for the bedroom…