RCN has hopped onto the TiVo Roamio bandwagon and is now the leasing 6-tuner DVR under less Shakespearean “T6” branding … for a whopping $45 a month. Given existing Premiere Elite “Q” $30 pricing, in light of the additional two tuners, increased recording capacity, and built-in iOS streaming, we suppose RCN had to go there. But the break-even point on a retail TiVo purchase versus rolling with a rental is seriously improved in this scenario. (Thanks Sam!)
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$45 a month. What a deal! Sounds like a steal at $540 per year. Lol
I don't recall the exact price that TiVo was charging for the separate TiVo Stream box per month but that needs to be considered. I suspect that some RCN HHs were paying $40/mo for the Premiere Q + TiVo Stream so the T6 is essentially $5 more per month. At some point, I suspect that RCN will drop the Premiere-Q and the TiVo Preview and go with T6, Mini, and Hybrid DTA as their main offering.
Its also probably worth mentioning that additional TiVo boxes are $5.00/mo on the T6 bundle versus $9.95/mo on the Premiere Q bundle.