In case you didn’t see the outcome of the TiVo giveaway in the Bay Area, The San Jose Mercury News reported that nearly 2,000 TiVo PVRs were given away to Comcast customers who had wanted Comcast PVRs but had not yet received them. More than 2,000 toys were collected for the Family Giving Tree, a San Francisco area charity “dedicated to fulfilling the Holiday wishes of children who would otherwise go without gifts.”
As a result of the previous story on the TiVo give-away, Martin O’Donnell pointed out that the TiVo Series2 40-Hour Digital Video Recorder is now less than $80 after the main-in rebate at Amazon.com. They throw in free shipping, provided you are OK with receiving the PVR after the holidays. If you want one and you didn’t have time to make the trip to Alviso for the event, this is a pretty nice deal.